Niall of Carrick Boyd

Notes:

In the 1995 film Braveheart, Robert the Bruce is incorrectly shown as taking the field at Falkirk as part of the English army; he never betrayed William Wallace (despite having changed sides). Wallace is also alleged to have been a complete supporter of Robert the Bruce, but Wallace was a supporter of the Balliol claim to the throne which Bruce consistently opposed.


Name:
Due to a poor source for the ancestors of Robert the Bruce, the surname Boyd/Boyt may not apply at all. When this entire lineage is revised, several generations may need to be deleted, or set as a different line of Roberts.

Buried:
Robert's body is buried at Dunfermline Abbey

Robert married Elizabeth de Burgh. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

David II succeeded his father to the throne as legitimate heir. The other children listed here as though children of Elizabeth were likely his illegitimate offspring of unknown mothers.

Notes:

Name:
(10) Robert, Dictus Boyt, first mentioned (1262) in a charter by Sir John Erskine, of the lands of Halkill, in which he is designated as Robertus de Boyd, Miles. He took part in the Battle of Largs, in Ayrshire, October 3, 1263, between the Scots and King Haco (or Hacon) of Norway, for possession of western Scotland and the Islands. The result was a complete victory for the Scots. The word Goldberry was placed on his Arms in commemoration of his services in this battle in the vicinity of Goldberry Hill, near Keppenburn. He also received a grant of several lands in Cunninghame, Ayrshire, from King Alexander III. He died about the year 1270...

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Name:
(Boyd and other spellings)

Notes:

The third son was Simon Fitz-Alan (8), ancestor of the Boyds. The fourth son was unknown. The fifth son was Adam Fitz-Alan, mentioned in a charter, given by David I in 1139. (8) Simon Fitz-Alan, (son of Alan Fitz-Flaald) followed his brother, Walter, into Scotland in the service of King David I. Simon witnessed Walter's Foundation Charter to the Monastery of Paisley in 1160, in which he is designated as, Frater Walterii, Filii Alan, Dapiferi, according to Sir James Balfour Paul's, "Scottish Peerage" (Vol. V, pp 136-7). This charter was executed, not at Paisley, but at Fotheringay. He was living about 1200...

Simon was an ancestor of Robert the Bruce.