Three of Robert's sons, Henri, Robert, and François, became celebrated as printers.

Robert's sons, John, Earl of Carrick, the king's heir, and Robert, Earl of Fife, were made keepers of the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling respectively, while Alexander, Lord of Badenoch and Ross and afterwards Earl of Buchan, became the king's Justiciar and lieutenant in the north of the Kingdom.

This style of kingship was very different from his predecessor's — David tried to dominate his nobles whereas Robert's strategy was to delegate authority to his powerful sons and earls and this generally worked for the first decade of his reign.

In June 1385, a force of 1200 French soldiers joined the Scots in a campaign that involved the Earl of Douglas and two of Robert's sons, John, Earl of Carrick and Robert, Earl of Fife.

Nicholson asserts that the Earl of Douglas was bought off following his armed demonstration just before Robert's coronation and associates this with the doubt surrounding the legitimacy of Robert's sons with Elizabeth Mure.

Whatever the facts, two of Robert's sons became kings of France: Odo and Robert.

Raoul and Etienne Pontellier ( Leonce and Edna's sons ), Alphonse Ratignolle ( Adele's husband ), Janet ( Edna's younger sister ), Margaret ( Edna's older sister ), Mariequita ( Robert's previous lover ), Madame Antoine ( whose house Edna sleeps ), Tonie ( Madame Antonie's son ), the Colonel ( Edna's father ), Mrs. Highcamp, Miss Mayblunt, Mr. Gouvernail ( Miss Mayblunt's companion at Edna's farewell dinner ), Celestine ( Edna's servant ), Farival Twins, Madame Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Dr. Mandelet, the lovers ( at Grand Isle ), and the lady in black ( at Grand Isle ).

Robert's third and fourth sons Philip ( 1893 – 1952 ) and Charles ( 1897 – 1982 ) served as joint chairman after their father's death, and Charles took sole responsibility after Philip died.

Following Robert's retirement in 1769, the business was continued by his two sons, Richard ( 1734 – 1811 ) and Thomas Robert ( his other children were Alice, Edward and John ).

Nonetheless, Robert's primary heir was Elias of Parma ( 1880 – 1959 ), the youngest son of his first marriage and the only one of his sons by that marriage to beget children of his own.

However, four years after Robert's death in 1329, England once more invaded on the pretext of restoring Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, to the Scottish throne, thus starting the Second War of Independence.

Almost immediately his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, resigned his Lordship of Annandale to Robert's father, possibly to avoid having to swear fealty to John as a vassal lord.

Their father John was a Church of England priest, the curate of Freshwater's Church of All Saints, and his two brothers ( Robert's uncles ) were also ministers.

The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th Century in the Early English style, and in the 15th century, the choir section was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, including the fan-vaulting Sherborne is still famous for, the remodelling by William Smyth, under Abbot John Brunyng ( 1415 – 1436 ).

In about 1126 upon the marriage of Robert's daughter Cecily, to Roger St. John the number of monks living at Boxgrove was increased from the original three to six, and by 1187 there were a total of fifteen.

Robert's son, also called Robert de Gernon, of Grimston Hall, Suffolk, married the heiress of John Potton of Cavendish and obtained a landed estate in the lordship and manor of Cavendish.

Robert's third son John Robert Livingston ( 1775 – 1851 ) deeded to his nephew Dr. Edward R. Livingston in 1822 around area then called Purvis, New York.

John Mercer, Robert's brother was also one of the local bar pilots, and was appointed sometime in September 1880.

Robert's peace strategy was a factor in the virtual coup in 1384 when he lost control of the country, first to his eldest son, John, Earl of Carrick, afterwards King Robert III, and then from 1388 to John's younger brother, Robert, Earl of Fife, afterwards the first Duke of Albany.

Importantly, King Robert's sons-in-law were John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, John Dunbar, Earl of Moray and James who would become the 2nd Earl of Douglas.

* ' Gordon Lindsay Maclean ; 1993 ; Robert's Birds of Southern Africa ; Sixth Edition ; John Voelcker Bird Book Fund '

The involvement of John Rennie as a consulting engineer in the project led to some contention for the credit upon the successful completion of the project ; particularly between Alan Stevenson, Robert's son, and Sir John Rennie, son of the consulting engineer

Robert's son, John Acton, was a capable shoemaker, but worked on the Rideau Canal as a stonemason and later built several buildings in the township including the grist mill at Oxford Mills and the stone house at Actons Corners that replaced the family's original log dwelling.

John Debrett, writing in 1805, was in no doubt of Duke Robert's motives and guilt:

< center > Lands held by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan </ center >( based on map in Boardman, Early Stewart Kings, p. 87 & details in Young, Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin, p. 102 Alexander's possession of Badenoch was unaffected by the restoration of the Earldom of Moray to John Dunbar in March 1372, nor were the territories of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, in Lochaber — similarly with the lands of Urquhart ( south of Inverness ) which had been granted to David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn and King Robert's eldest son with his second wife, Euphemia.

King Robert's reputation declined because of his backing Buchan's methods and so in November 1384, John, Earl of Carrick with the backing of the general council, took executive authority from his father with lawlessness in the north being a major issue.

As Robert's fifth son, John was bequeathed forty pounds ( at age 21 ) and an education until the age of 14.

* John Wilkinson, ' The Brain's Tent: Lynette Robert's Collected Poems, ( Boston Review, Sept / Oct 2006 )

Robert Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay, but there are conflicting accounts as to their background and Robert's early life.

Robert's attempts to recover church property that had been appropriated by Earl Godwin contributed to the quarrel between the earl and the king.

Robert's estates were overrun by Balliol, who granted them to David Strathbogie, titular earl of Atholl but Robert evaded capture and gained protection at Dumbarton Castle where King David was also taking refuge.

If true, Robert's refusal to consecrate Spearhafoc would have contributed to the growing rift between the archbishop and the earl.

In 1094 Robert's father, earl Roger, died.

Robert's son William ( 1652 – 1732 ), who married a natural daughter of Charles II, was the second earl, and, like his father, was in high favour with the Stuarts.

Robert's differences with the Carrick affinity regarding the conduct of the war and his continued failure or unwillingness to deal with Buchan in the north led to the political convulsion of November 1384 when the Council removed the king's authority to govern and appointed Carrick as lieutenant of the kingdom — a coup d ’ état had taken place.

( A story was later circulated that, to prevent further escapes, Henry had Robert's eyes burnt out: this is not accepted by Henry's recent biographer, Judith Green.

They included Robert's uncle, Robert the archbishop of Rouen, who had originally opposed the duke, Osbern, a nephew of Gunnor the wife of Duke Richard I, and Count Gilbert of Brionne, a grandson of Richard I.

Earlier dukes had been illegitimate, and William's association with his father on ducal charters appears to indicate that William was considered Robert's most likely heir.

Edith was restored as queen, and Stigand, who had again acted as an intermediary between the two sides in the crisis, was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in Robert's place.

Also, the quick-reaction soldiers reported fighters wearing Robert's gear and finding " a helmet with a bullet hole in it, which it was clear the last person to wear it had been shot in the head.

Robert's followers included the Benedictine monks Alberic, a former hermit from the nearby forest of Colan, and Stephen Harding, a member of an Anglo-Saxon noble family which had been ruined as a result of the Norman conquest of England.

In Robert's absence from Molesme, however, the abbey had gone into decline, and Pope Urban II, a former Cluniac monk, ordered him to return.

It was during this period while at a party that he met the daughter of a Parisian watchmaker, Monsieur Jacques François Houdin, who had also come from Jean Robert's native Blois.

The Byzantine Empire also faced foreign invasion, as the Norman Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia declared war under the pretext of defending the rights of young Constantine Doukas, who had been engaged to Robert's daughter Helena.

However, the father was largely suspected by the Court to be her alleged lover, Sir Thomas Uvedale ( from the alleged prompting of William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Robert's brother-in-law who leased part of Essex House in London, and expected to inherit if Robert had no issue ).

On another visit in May 2011, she was surprised to find the four characters " General Rules of Meetings " ( 會議通則 ), a document that Sun wrote in reference to Robert's Rules of Order had disappeared from a stone carving.

She had established her court in Gloucester, close to Robert's stronghold of Bristol but far enough away for her to remain independent of her half-brother.

Robert's earlier participation in combat at the battles of Halidon and Neville's Cross, according to Donaldson, had made him wary of sanctioning military expeditions against the English and that any such actions by his barons were concealed from him.

He had been betrothed to Eudoxia on a former occasion ; the circumstances surrounding the failed negotiations are unclear, but George Akropolites states that the arrangement was blocked on religious grounds by the Orthodox Patriarch Manuel Sarentos: Robert's sister Marie de Courtenay was married to Emperor Theodore I Laskaris.

These disputes over the estates and revenues of the archbishopric contributed to the friction between Robert and Godwin, which had begun with Robert's election.

Robert's election had disrupted Godwin's patronage powers in Canterbury, and now Robert's efforts to recover lands Godwin had seized from Canterbury challenged the earl's economic rights.

Robert's personal property was divided between Earl Godwin, Harold Godwinson, and the queen, who had returned to court.

Robert's treatment was used by William the Conqueror as one of the justifications for his invasion of England, the other being that Edward had named William his heir.

Much of Robert's success had been due to Roger's support.