Scottish noble (c. 1285 - 1307)
Alexander de Brus (c. 1285 – 17 February 1307), Dean of Glasgow , was a younger brother of King Robert I of Scotland , who supported his brother in the struggle for the crown of Scotland . He was captured by forces at Loch Ryan , Galloway , Scotland and later executed by the English.
Born c. 1285 at Carrick , Ayrshire , Scotland he was the fourth son of Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale and Margaret, Countess of Carrick . He is said to have been a learned man who was educated at Cambridge and was later named Dean of Glasgow .[ 1]
On 9 February 1307 shortly after King Robert returned to the Isle of Arran from Rathlin Island , Alexander, his brother Thomas de Brus and Sir Reginald Crawford , sailing 18 galleys, landed with a force of some 1000 Irishmen at Loch Ryan . They were met by a force of Gallowaymen led by Dungal MacDouall , who was a supporter of the Comyns . Their force was overwhelmed in the ensuing battle and all three leaders were captured, badly wounded. All three were hanged, drawn and beheaded a few days later at Carlisle , Cumberland , England .[ 2]
References
^ Paul, James Balfour (1905). The Scots Peerage (1st ed.). T. and A. Constable. p. 433.
^ Barron, Evan MacLeod (1914). The Scottish War of Independence . Barnes and Noble Books. p. 260.