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Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, -1318

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Personal name headingEdward Bruce, King of Ireland, -1318
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Variant(s)Bruce, Edward, King of Ireland, -1318
Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, d. 1318
Edward the Bruce, King of Ireland, -1318
Death date1318
Found inRobert the Bruce's Irish wars, 2002: pref. (Edward Bruce) p. 13 (King Edward Bruce)
Oxford companion to Irish history, 2002, p. 65 (Bruce, Edward (d. 1318), earl of Carrick, lord of Galloway, and self-styled king of Ireland; brother of Robert I, king of Scots; appointed heir presumptive to the Scottish throne in April 1315; landed at Larne on May 25, 1315 and was proclaimed king of Ireland; defeated and killed at the battle of Faughart in 1318)
Wikipedia, June 11, 2012 (Edward Bruce; Edward the Bruce; b. ca. 1280; d. 14 October 1318, sometimes modernised Edward of Bruce; a younger brother of King Robert I of Scotland, who supported his brother in the struggle for the crown of Scotland, then pursued his own claim in Ireland. He was proclaimed High King of Ireland, but was eventually defeated and killed in battle by Sir John de Bermingham. He also held the Scottish title of Earl of Carrick)