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Isabella Bruce, Queen, consort of Eirik II Magnusson, King of Norway, ...

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Personal name headingIsabella Bruce, Queen, consort of Eirik II Magnusson, King of Norway, approximately 1272-1358
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Variant(s)Isabel Bruce, Queen, consort of Eirik II Magnusson, King of Norway, approximately 1272-1358
Bruce, Isabella, approximately 1272-1358
Biography/History noteIsabella Bruce was the sister of Robert I (Bruce), King of Scotland (1274-1329). She was born in 1272, became Queen consort of Norway when she married King Eirik II in 1293, and died in Norway in 1358.
Birth date1272~
Death date1358
Place of birthCarrick, Scotland
Place of deathBergen, Norway
Found inBiblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Pal. lat. 1963, surrogate: fol. 1r and 258r ("Liber domine Isabelle, dei gratia regine Norwegie")
Christ, K. Die altfranzösischen Handschriften der Palatina, 1916: p. 57-58 (under Pal. lat. 1963: Isabella Bruce; sister of Robert Bruce, later King of Scotland; married to King Erik II Magnusson of Norway who ruled 1280-1299, although she far outlived him and died 1358)
Norsk biografisk leksikon, viewed online March 28, 2013 (Isabella Bruce; daughter of Robert Bruce of Annandale, Earl of Carrick (died 1304) and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick (died 1292); married to King Eirik 2 Magnusson (1268-1299))
Wikipedia, viewed online March 28, 2013: (Isabel Bruce; Queen consort of Norway, married to King Erik II (died 1299); born in about 1272 in Carrick, Scotland and died 1358 in Bergen, Norway; sister of King Robert I of Scotland)
Barrow, G.W.S. Robert Bruce and the community of the realm of Scotland, 1965: p. 92 (Isabel Bruce, member of the most powerful magnatial family in Scotland; in 1293 taken to Norway by her father, Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, to marry King Eric; sister of the future King Robert Bruce, who at the time was 18 years old)