Donada
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Donada 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.married Sigurd Earl of Orkney on Yes, date unknown. (son of Hlodve Earl of Orkney and Audna) died on 23 Apr 1014 in Battle of Clortarf. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Brusse died in 1031.
Generation: 2
2. Brusse (1.1) died in 1031. Notes:
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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]
Children:
- 3. Rognvald died in 1046.
Generation: 3
3. Rognvald (2.Brusse2, 1.1) died in 1046. Notes:
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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.Family/Spouse: Normandy, Felcia of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 4
4. Brusse, Robert ("Brusi") de (3.Rognvald3, 2.Brusse2, 1.1) Notes:
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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:
- 5. Braose, William de was born in 1049 in Brouze, Normandy.