Bruce's lieutenant and friend Sir James Douglas agreed to take the late King's embalmed heart on crusade to the Holy Land, but he only reached Moorish Granada.

Bruce, with a small following of his most faithful men, including Sir James Douglas and Gilbert Hay, Bruce's brothers Thomas, Alexander and Edward, as well as Sir Neil Campbell and the Earl of Lennox fled.

The most irreconcilable of Bruce's Scottish enemies also came: Ingram de Umfraville, a former Guardian of Scotland, and his kinsman the Earl of Angus, as well as others of the MacDougalls, MacCanns and Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, the only son of the Red Comyn, who was born and raised in England and was now returning to Scotland to avenge his father's killing by Bruce at Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries in 1306.

Sir Philip Mowbray, the commander of Stirling Castle, who had observed Bruce's preparations on the road, appeared in Edward's camp early in the morning, and warned of the dangers of approaching the Scots directly through the New Park.

Sir Christopher Seton ( Bruce's brother in law ) had been captured at Loch Doon and was hurried to Dumfries to be tried for treason in general and more specifically for being present at Comyn's killing.

Over the centuries, he finds himself opposing the members of the Wayne family throughout history, starting with medieval knight Sir Joshua of Wainwright, to contemporary Bruce Wayne ( Vandal saved Bruce's parents from the mugging that killed them in ' real ' history, but killed them when Bruce was an adult to ensure they did not stop him from reacquiring the meteor, only for him and Bruce to perish when they fell to Earth after a battle in space ), to futuristic Vice President Brenda Wayne, admiring their spirit and strength of character even as he refuses to allow them to stop his efforts.

Following Bruce's death, Sir James Douglas, now known as either " the Black Douglas " to the English, or " Sir James the Good " to the Scots, took the King's heart on crusade, and died fighting the Moors in Spain.

On Sir Bruce's retirement Allan Beckett became senior partner.

The family firm continues today as marine consulting engineers Beckett Rankine where Sir Bruce's grandson Gordon Rankine and Allan Beckett's son Tim Beckett are directors.

During The Bruce's absence in Ireland the High Steward and Sir James Douglas managed government affairs and spent much time defending the Scottish Borders.

Recent scholarship in postcolonial studies and on colonial Balochistan has disputed this overtly laudatory account of Sandeman's life and career as explicated in books such as Tucker's " Sir Robert G. Sandeman: Peaceful Conqueror of Baluchistan " and Bruce's " The Forward Policy and its Results ".

Sir Kenneth de la More ( Kenneth Moir ) in the spring of 1330 rode out with Sir James Douglas carrying the Bruce's heart encased in a silver casket locket on a chain.

" Alexander Murray, in his preface to the third volume of Bruce's account, further describes it as " on the east it includes Foggora, Dara, and Alata ; on the north-east Gondar, the metropolis, and the rich district beneath it ; on the southwest, the district of Bed ( the plain barren country ) and, on the west, the lands around Waindaga and Dingleber.

Bruce's Cave is named after Robert the Bruce, also known as Robert I of Scotland: it was here that he was said to have seen the famous spider which is described in Cultural depictions of spiders.

The poem opens with a description of the state of Scotland at the death of Alexander III ( 1286 ) and concludes ( more or less ) with the death of Douglas and the burial of the Bruce's heart ( 1332 ).

However, it should be remembered that many of Edward Bruce's opponents in Ireland were in fact Irish themselves and Irish vassals of Anglo Normans were even employed in earlier English attempts to subjugate Scotland, such as at the Battle of Falkirk.

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Bruce's son-in-law was not unsympathetic to the abbey though and transferred to it his entitlements from Maxton church, and its lands and provided of land belonging to himself.

For serving under Robert the Bruce's standard, Donal received a grant of land in Argylleshire, called ' Glen Artney ' ( Grid 56. 22 degrees North 4. 0 degrees West ) from the King of Scotland.

Arbitration by Edward I of England awarded the throne to Balliol, but when Edward subsequently attempted to conquer Scotland, Robert de Brus ' grandson and namesake took the throne as king and maintained Scottish independence ; Bruce's success led to his acceptance as rightful king and Balliol's reign was disregarded as an usurpation ; this established proximity of blood as a valid principle in the Scottish royal succession, although precedent and legislation also had a role.

In early 1307 at the beginning of Robert the Bruce's campaign in the wars of independence he sent two forces to attempt to gain control of south west Scotland.

Most of Bruce's female relatives returned to Scotland when they were exchanged for English nobleman captured after the Battle of Bannockburn, but there is no mention of her in the records, so she had probably died by then.

When he was Leader of the Opposition, Bruce's successor James Scullin ( 1929 – 32 ) had objected to the cost of running The Lodge and, true to his word, he and his wife lived at the Hotel Canberra ( now the Hyatt Hotel ) during his Prime Ministership.

His failure to produce the " poem book " of Bruce entrusted to him, and the fact that no copy of the " Ode to the Cuckoo " in his handwriting was known to exist during Bruce's lifetime, make it difficult to relieve him of the charge of plagiarism.

Maria Stenniken, who married Godfrey Burdett Wilson, used to work at Bruce's house as a servant during the summer.

Eventually Vicki does learn Bruce's secret identity and is present during Batman's final confrontation with the Joker on top of Gotham City Cathedral.

Zoë Ball now appears to be Bruce's regular stand-in, having covered the show during his holiday in April 2009, when Bruce was in Moscow for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and again in August 2009.

Bruce's website describes her as a " gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, Tea Party Independent Conservative " who " worked on a number of Democratic campaigns in 1990s, including the 1992 Boxer and Feinstein senate races and the Clinton for President campaign " and " also has a history of supporting Republicans as well, including President Reagan, both Presidents Bush and, quite reluctantly, John McCain during the 2008 presidential campaign.

The Archbishop abandoned Swords once a new palace was built at Tallaght in 1324-a move no doubt encouraged by damage sustained during Bruce's campaign of 1317.

It is hinted that he commits suicide ; considering the issue consists of Bruce's flashbacks and hallucinations from an experiment he undergoes during his early career, however, it is left ambiguous whether the events of the issue are real.

Bruce reaffirms his partnership with Tim, resolving the tension caused by Bruce's unwillingness to accept help during the Arkham prison break.

Whatever the true motive, the idea of a contract between King and people was advanced to the Pope as an excuse for Bruce's coronation whilst John de Balliol still lived in Papal custody.

As a nephew and supporter of King John, and as someone with a serious claim to the Scottish throne, Comyn was Bruce's enemy.

Comyn, it seems, had broken an agreement between the two, and informed King Edward of Bruce's plans to be king.

After Robert the Bruce's death, King David II was too young to rule, so the guardianship was assumed by Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray.

After Bruce's death in 1329, Edward III of England determined to carry on Edward I's project, and supported the claim of Edward Balliol, son of the former King John Balliol, over that of the young David II, son of the Bruce.

King Edward was furious when David de Moravia, Bishop of Moray, joined Scotland's cause with Bruce, and Edward appealed to the Pope who excommunicated the bishop, thus removing papal protection, causing him to flee to Orkney, then to Norway, only to return after Robert Bruce's victories against the English.

He would subsequently be consecrated in the summer of 1299 as Bishop of Moray by Pope Boniface VIII, and became one of the staunchest supporters of King Robert Bruce's kingship.

The Clan Grant later supported King Robert the Bruce and it was this support that secured their landholdings in Strathspey upon Bruce's ascent to the throne.

Bruce's son, David II, and his grandson Robert II, the first Stewart King, both left the Manor at Cardoss en-route to Scone, where they were crowned King of Scots.

In a manuscript Pious Memorials of Portmoak, drawn up by Bruce's friend, David Pearson, Bruce's authorship of the " Ode to the Cuckoo " is emphatically asserted.

Piosenki at David Bruce's website

In 2009 she premiered David Bruce's song cycle The North Wind was a Woman at the gala opening of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Centre's season.

Highlighted by reminiscences from close friends, the event included musical performances from Jon Anderson and Steve Howe performing the song " Nine Voices " from Yes ' The Ladder sessions, as well as Tom Keenlyside, guitarist, David Sinclair and finally, Taps played on Bruce's trumpet by son Brent.

The following campaign saw Pallister partnered with either Bruce's former understudy David May or with new signing Ronny Johnsen, and ended with United winning their fourth league title in five seasons.

Established in 1979 by David Bruce as Bruce's Brewery, the Firkin Brewery grew as a chain of mostly brewpubs offering cask ale.