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{{Other people|Isabella of Scotland| Isabella of Scotland (disambiguation){{!}}Isabella of Scotland}}
{{Short description|Wife of Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale}}
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{{ infobox noble
| name = Isobel of Huntingdon
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| noble family = [[House of Dunkeld|Dunkeld]]
| father = [[David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon]]
| mother = [[Matilda of Chester]]
| spouse = [[Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale]]
| issue = [[Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale]]<br>[[Bernard I de Brus of Connington and Exton]]<br>Beatrice de Brus
| birth_date = 1199
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| death_date = {{death year and age|1251|1199}}
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'''Isobel of Huntingdon''' (1199–1251),<ref name="Scott2014">{{cite book|author=Ronald McNair Scott|title=Robert the Bruce, King of Scots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivEhAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16|date=1 May 2014|publisher=Canongate Books|isbn=978-1-84767-746-4|pages=16}}</ref> also known as Isobel the Scot, was the younger daughter of [[David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon]],<ref name="Mackay1974" /> grandson of [[David I of Scotland]], by his marriage to [[Matilda of Chester]].

She married [[Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale|Robert Bruce]], 4th [[Lord of Annandale]],<ref name="Mackay1974">{{cite book|author=James Alexander Mackay|title=Robert Bruce: King of Scots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RaRnAAAAMAAJ|date=12 December 1974|publisher=Hale|page=16|isbn=978-0-7091-4718-3}}</ref> and through her came the claims firstly of her son in 1290 and later in the beginning of 14th century of her great-grandson [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert Bruce, 7th Lord of Annandale]], to the [[Scotland|Scottish]] throne. Her above-mentioned son [[Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale]] was [[regent]] and recognized [[heir presumptive]] of Scotland in the years just before her death.

Isobel survived her husband Robert who died in 1232.<ref>{{Cite book |last=JOSEPH J. HOWARD |url=https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagene00howagoog/page/337/mode/1up?q=sir+bernard+bruce |title=MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA. VOL. 1. 1874. |date=1874 |others=Oxford University |language=English}}</ref> She did not remarry and she herself died in 1251. She was buried at [[Sawtry Abbey]], alongside her husband and her father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/430/mode/1up|title=The Scots peerage : Founded on Wood's ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom}}</ref>

== Issue ==

Isobel and her husband Robert de Brus had at least 2 sons and a daughter:
* [[Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale|Robert de Brus]], who became the 5th Lord of Annandale and married Isabel de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; had issue.
* [[Bernard I de Brus of Connington and Exton|Bernard de Brus of Exton]], married firstly Alice de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp of Elmley,{{sfn|Richardson|2011|pp=282-283}} and married secondly Constance de Merston, widow of John de Morteyn;{{sfn|Richardson|2011|pp=282-283}} was the father of Sir Bernard de Brus II.<ref>Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Volume 14, page 345 (2020) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] {{doi|10.5284/1000184}}</ref>
* Beatrice de Brus, married Hugo de Neville.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paul |first=James Balfour |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/430/mode/1up |title=The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom |date=1904–1914 |publisher=Edinburgh : D. Douglas |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>

== References ==
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*{{cite book |title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Volume 1 |publisher=Hamilton, Adams, and Company |year=1874 |ref={{SfnRef|Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|1874}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |title=Royal Ancestry, Volume II |year=2011 |publisher=Douglas Richardson |isbn=978-1-73139-168-1}}
*{{cite web |url=https://conington.cambs.info/local_info/conington_manor.asp |title=The History of Conington Manor |access-date=30 January 2022 |archive-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130223021/https://conington.cambs.info/local_info/conington_manor.asp |url-status=dead}}

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[[Category:1199 births]]
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[[Category:House of Dunkeld]]
[[Category:House of Bruce]]
[[Category:Scottish princesses]]
[[Category:Scottish royalty]]
[[Category:13th-century Scottish women]]
[[Category:13th-century Scottish people]]
[[Category:Daughters of British earls]]


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