Clan Bruce

Clan Bruce
Clan Bruce
Clann Brùs
	Crest: A lion stantan Azure armed and langued Gules
Motto	Fuimus (We have been)
Profile
Region	Lowlands
District	Fife
Chief
	The Rt Hon. Andrew Douglas Bruce
	The 11th Earl of Elgin
Seat	Broomhall House
Historic seat	Lochmaben Castle; Clackmannan Tower
Septs of Clan Bruce
	Airth, Brews, Brix, Bruwes, Bruss, Bruc, Bruys, Brues, Brice, Bryce, Bruce, Bruice, Bruis, Bruze, Broce, Brois, Broiss, Brose, Broise, Brouss, Brus, Bruse, Brush, Carlyle, Carlysle, Cowden, Crosbie, Crosby, de Bruce, de Brus, de Brix, Leggat, Randolph, Stenhouse
Clan branches
	Bruce of Elgin (chiefs); Bruce of Annandale (historic chiefs); Bruce of Kincardine See also:Bruce baronets; Counts Bruce of the Russian Empire
Allied clans
	Clan Campbell; Clan Carruthers; Clan Mar; Clan Irvine; Clan Kennedy; Clan Erskine; Clan Kirkpatrick
Rival clans
	Clan Comyn; Clan MacDougall; Clan Lamont

Clan Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: Brùs) is a Lowlands Scottish clan.^[3] It was a royal house in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland (Robert the Bruce and David II), and a disputed High King of Ireland, Edward Bruce.

^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
^ Peter, David MacGregor (1856). The Baronage of Angus and Mearns: Comprising the Genealogy of Three Hundred and Sixty Families, Curious Anecdotes, Descriptions of Clan Tartans, Badges, Slogans, Armory, and Seats, Ancient Sculptures, etc. Being a Guide to the Tourist and Heraldic Artist. Edinburgh, Scotland: Oliver & Boyd, Tweedale Court. p. 265 "The family of Cowden is a cadet of that of Bruce of Airth".
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