Helen Mar: MontyHistNotes

1284 - 1342 (58 years)

Generation: 1

Helen Mar was born in 1284 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland (daughter of 7th Earl of Mar Gartnait Mar and Lady Christina Bruce); died in 1342 in Scotland.

Family/Spouse: Lord of Arran John Menteith. John (son of John Menteith and Mary Hellen Ehislach) was born in 1299 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before 1344 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Christian Menteith was born in 1321 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1387 in Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland.

Generation: 2

2.	7th Earl of Mar Gartnait Mar Gartnait married Lady Christina Bruce. Christina (daughter of 1st Lord Bruce Robert Bruce and Countess of Carrick Marjorie Carrick) was born in 1273 in East Lothian, Scotland; died in Feb 1357 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lady Christina Bruce was born in 1273 in East Lothian, Scotland (daughter of 1st Lord Bruce Robert Bruce and Countess of Carrick Marjorie Carrick); died in Feb 1357 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Children:

1. Helen Mar was born in 1284 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1342 in Scotland.

Generation: 3

1st Lord Bruce Robert Bruce was born in Jul 1243 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of 5th Lord of Annandale Robert de Bruce and Isabel de Clare); died before 4 Apr 1304; was buried in 1304 in Abbeytown, Cumberland, England.

Robert married Countess of Carrick Marjorie Carrick in 1271 in Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. Marjorie (daughter of Earl of Carrick Earl Niall Carrick and Margaret Stewart) was born in 1252 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Oct 1292 in Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Countess of Carrick Marjorie Carrick was born in 1252 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of Earl of Carrick Earl Niall Carrick and Margaret Stewart); died on 27 Oct 1292 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Children:

Matilda Bruce
3. Lady Christina Bruce was born in 1273 in East Lothian, Scotland; died in Feb 1357 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
King of Scotland Robert I Bruce was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Writtle, Essex, England; died on 7 Jun 1329 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was buried in 1329 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
Mary Bruce was born in 1282 in Scotland; died on 22 Sep 1323 in Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland.

Generation: 4

12.

5th Lord of Annandale Robert de Bruce was born in 1210 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus and Lady Isabel Huntingdon); died on 31 May 1295 in Priory, Lochmaben, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland.

Robert married Isabel de Clare in May 1240 in Kent, England. Isabel (daughter of 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare and Isabel Marshall) was born on 2 Nov 1226 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 10 Jul 1264 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Isabel de Clare was born on 2 Nov 1226 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (daughter of 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare and Isabel Marshall); died on 10 Jul 1264 in Scotland.

Children:

6. 1st Lord Bruce Robert Bruce was born in Jul 1243 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died before 4 Apr 1304; was buried in 1304 in Abbeytown, Cumberland, England.

14.

Earl of Carrick Earl Niall Carrick was born in 1202 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland (son of Duncan Carrick and Avelina Fitzwalter); died in 1256 in Argyll, Scotland.

Earl married Margaret Stewart. Margaret (daughter of Third High Steward Walter Stewart of Dundonald and Bethoc of Angus) was born in 1206 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1255 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Margaret Stewart was born in 1206 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of Third High Steward Walter Stewart of Dundonald and Bethoc of Angus); died in 1255 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Children:

7. Countess of Carrick Marjorie Carrick was born in 1252 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Oct 1292 in Ayrshire, Scotland.