Princess of Scotland

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Marjory Bruce

Title: 
Princess
Dates: 
Born 1294, died c. 1317

The daughter of Isobel of Mar and Robert I, Marjory Bruce was captured soon after her father seized the throne of Scotland. Edward I ordered that she be confined to a cage in the Tower of London but later allowed her to move as a captive to the Gilbertine nunnery of Watton in Yorkshire. She was released in 1314 following the battle at Bannockburn and married Walter Stewart the same year.

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Tomb of Marjory Bruce
Sources
Paisley Abbey
Paisley Abbey visitors information leaflet/abbey staff
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