David II BRUCE, King of Scotland
The Royal House of Scotland
By 1306 the Scottish royal line had died out, leaving the throne empty and claimed by a dozen lords. One of them, Robert Bruce, was chosen to be king and the title stayed with his family. He was succeeded by his son, David II. The next ruler, Robert II, was the child of Bruce's daughter Margery and Walter Fitz Alan, the High Steward (or Stewart) of Scotland. He was the first of the Stewart rulers. Five others followed before James V succeeded. When in 1542 James V said on his deathbed of the crown of Scotland, 'It came with a lass, it will go with a lass', he was thinking of long-ago Margery and of his own week-old daughter Mary, Queen of Scots, who was executed by Elizabeth I in 1567. Mary's son James VI was indeed the last independent King of Scotland.

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David II of Scotland
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David II

Drawing of David II by Sylvester Harding (published in 1797) —[1] There is no evidence that suggests David II actually looked like this.
King of Scots
Reign
7 June 1329 – 22 February 1371
Coronation
24 November 1331
Predecessor
Robert I
Successor
Robert II

Spouse
Joan of England
Margaret Drummond
House
House of Bruce
Father
Robert I of Scotland
Mother
Elizabeth de Burgh
Born
5 March 1324
Dunfermline Palace, Fife
Died
22 February 1371 (aged 46)
Edinburgh Castle
Burial
Holyrood Abbey
David II (Medieval Gaelic: Daibhidh a Briuis, Modern Gaelic: Dàibhidh Bruis; 5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scots from 7 June 1329 until his death.

Early life
David II was the elder and only surviving son of Robert I of Scotland and his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. He was born on 5 March 1324 at Dunfermline Palace, Fife. His mother died in 1327.[2] In accordance with the Treaty of Northampton's terms, David was married on 17 July 1328 to Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France, at Berwick-upon-Tweed. They had no issue.[3]

Reign
David became King of Scots upon the death of his father on 7 June 1329, aged 5 years, 3 months, and 3 days. David and his Queen were crowned at Scone on 24 November 1331.[4]
During David's minority, Sir Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray was appointed Guardian of Scotland by the Act of Settlement of 1318. After Moray's death, on 20 July 1332, he was replaced by Donald, Earl of Mar, elected by an assembly of the magnates of Scotland at Perth, 2 August 1332. Only ten days later Mar fell at the Battle of Dupplin Moor. Sir Andrew Murray of Bothwell, who was married to Christian (or Christina), the sister of King Robert I, was chosen as the new Guardian. He was taken prisoner by the English at Roxburgh in April 1333 and was thence replaced as Guardian by Archibald Douglas (the Tyneman) who fell at Halidon Hill that July.[5]


Joan & David II with Philip VI of France.
Meanwhile, on 24 September 1332, following the Scots' defeat at Dupplin, Edward Balliol a protégé of Edward III of England, was as a pretender to the throne of Scotland by the English and his Scots adherents. By December, however, Balliol was forced to flee to England but returned the following year as part of an invasion force led by the English king.[6]

Exile in France
Following the victory of this force at the Battle of Halidon Hill in July 1333, David and his Queen were sent for safety into France, reaching Boulogne on 14 May 1334,[7] and being received very graciously by King Philip VI of France. Little is known about the life of the Scottish king in France, except that Château Gaillard was given to him for a residence, and that he was present at the bloodless meeting of the English and French armies in October 1339 at Vironfosse, now known as Buironfosse, in the Arrondissement of Vervins.
Meanwhile David's representatives had once again obtained the upper hand in Scotland, and the king was able to return to his kingdom, landing at Inverbervie in Kincardineshire on 2 June 1341, when he took the reins of government into his own hands.

Captivity in England


David II, king of Scotland, acknowledges Edward III, king of England, as his feudal lord.
In 1346 under the terms of the Auld Alliance, he invaded England in the interests of the French, who were at war with the English in Normandy. After initial success at Hexham, David was wounded, and his army soundly defeated at the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346.[8] David was captured and taken prisoner by Sir John Copeland, who after transporting him to Calais, delivered him to King Edward III and imprisoned him in the Tower of London. (which earned Sir Copeland the title of Baron, Warden of Benwick, Sheriff of Northumberland and Keeper of Boxboro Castle.) He was then transferred to Windsor Castle in Berkshire upon Edward III's return from France. Later, he and his household were moved to Odiham Castle in Hampshire. His imprisonment was not reputed a rigorous one, although he remained in England for eleven years.
On 3 October 1357, after several protracted negotiations with the Scots' regency council, a treaty was signed at Berwick-upon-Tweed under which Scotland's nobility agreed to pay 100,000 marks (to be paid at the rate of 10,000 marks per year) as a ransom for their king. This was ratified by the Scottish Parliament at Scone on 6 November 1357.

Return to Scotland
David returned at once to Scotland; but, after a few years, owing to the poverty of the kingdom it was found impossible to raise the ransom instalment of 1363. David then made for London and sought to get rid of the liability by offering to bequeath Scotland to Edward III or one of his sons in return for a cancellation of the ransom. David did this with the full awareness that the Scots would never accept such an arrangement. In 1364 the Scottish parliament indignantly rejected a proposal to make Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the next king; but over the next few years David strung out secret negotiations with Edward III, which apparently appeased the matter.
He remarried about 20 February 1364, Margaret Drummond, widow of Sir John Logie, and daughter of Sir Malcolm Drummond. He divorced her about 20 March 1370. They had no issue.[3][9] Margaret, however, travelled to Avignon and made a successful appeal to the Pope to reverse the sentence of divorce which had been pronounced against her in Scotland. She was still alive in January 1375.[10]
From 1364 David governed with vigour, dealing firmly with recalcitrant nobles and wider baronial revolt, and continued to pursue the goal of final peace with England. By the time of his death, the Scottish Monarchy was stronger, and the kingdom and royal finances more prosperous than might have seemed possible.

Death
David II died unexpectedly and at the height of his power in Edinburgh Castle on 22 February 1371. He was buried in Holyrood Abbey.[3][9] At the time of his death, he was planning to marry his mistress, Agnes Dunbar (niece of Agnes Randolph, also known as "Black Agnes of Dunbar"). He left no children and was succeeded by his nephew, Robert II. He was the last male of the House of Bruce.

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Bruce, David II, of Scotland, King of Scotland

Born: 5 MAR 1323, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland
Acceded: 24 NOV 1331, Scone Abbey, Perthshire
Died: 22 FEB 1370, Edinburgh Castle,Scotland
Interred: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
Notes:
John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray was regent. Edward Baliol disputed the throne.
Burke says he died in 1370
Father: Bruce, Robert I, of Scotland, King of Scotland, b. 11 JUL 1274
Mother: de Burgh, Elizabeth
Married 17 JUL 1328, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland to , Joanna of the Tower

Married 20 FEB 1363 Divorce 1370 to Drummond, Margaret

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