Robert the Bruce was the eighth descendant of a Norman knight who was called Robert de Bruce after a Norman castle known as Bruis or Brix. The first Robert de Bruce came to England with William the Conqueror. The fourth Robert de Bruce married the daughter of William I, king of Scotland.
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