Brusse, Robert ("Brusi") de

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Brusse, Robert ("Brusi") de (son of Rognvald and Normandy, Felcia of).

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    Robert left Orkney and went to Normandy. Apparently he accompanied William
    the Conqueror to England, for the Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 4:280)
    states: "The first Robert de Brus, a follower of William the Conqueror, was
    rewarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton
    was the principal." "The Bruce Journal," Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 47, credits him
    with building the castle of la Brusse in Normandy at Brix.

    Robert married Brittany, Emma of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Braose, William de was born in 1049 in Brouze, Normandy.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rognvald (son of Brusse and Gothland, Ostrida of); died in 1046.

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    Rognvald was General in the Army of King Olav of Norway. He was "put to
    death." He was Earl of Ladoga in Russia.

    Rognvald + Normandy, Felcia of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Normandy, Felcia of

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    Felicia is daughter of Robert de Hastings, a lord of Normandy. "The Bruce
    Journal," Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 47, attributes two unnamed children to her.

    Notes:

    Married:
    his second wife

    Children:
    1. 1. Brusse, Robert ("Brusi") de


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Brusse (son of Sigurd Earl of Orkney and Donada); died in 1031.

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    Brusse was Earl of Caithness and Sunderland. {-Carr P. Collins, "Royal
    Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas, 1959), p.226, gives his descent
    to Robert I, King of Scotland 1306-29.} The name is from the town of Bruis
    in France. Brusse was Privy Councillor to King Olaus the Holy, according to
    "The Bruce Journal," 1:4, p. 47.

    Brusse married Gothland, Ostrida of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Gothland, Ostrida of

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    Ostrida is daughter of Regenwald, Earl of Gothland and Vigon - "The Bruce
    Journal," 1:4, p. 47.

    Children:
    1. 2. Rognvald died in 1046.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sigurd Earl of Orkney (son of Hlodve Earl of Orkney and Audna); died on 23 Apr 1014 in Battle of Clortarf.

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    Sigurd died in the Battle of Clortarf, Ireland. {For this line see the
    sometimes unreliable "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P.
    Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, pp. 201-02} He is the 7th Earl of Orkney. John
    S. Wurts, "Magna Charta," p. 2693, states he is "a descendant of Harold,
    Prince of Rogaland, living A.D. 650, and of Auda the Deep-Minded, wife of
    Olaf of Dublin, who died in 871.

    married Donada on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Donada (daughter of MacKenneth, King of Scots Malcolm II).

    Notes:

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    {Carr P. Collins, "Royal Ancestors of Magna Carta Barons" (Dallas: 1959),
    p. 228, gives her husband as Sigurd II, Earl of Orkney, who d. 1014.
    Finlay Mac Rory is given as her husband by Patrick W. Montague-Smith, "The
    Royal Line of Succession," p. 21.} Donada ("Alice") was youngest of two
    daughters and is also known as Dovada.

    Children:
    1. 4. Brusse died in 1031.