Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale IV, Earl of Fife carried out an unsuccessful attempt on 6 August 1332 to repel the landing at Kinghorn in Fife. He then quarrelled with the regent, Donald II, Earl of Mar. He was killed leading a charge at the Battle of Dupplin Moor on 11 August 1332. Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale Sir Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale (died 11 August 1332) was an illegitimate son of King Robert the Bruce and an unknown mother. He was knighted and awarded the royal arms at the Battle of Bannockburn. His father made him Lord of Liddesdale after William II de
Robert Bruce (1668–1720) Robert Bruce (1668–1720) Robert Bruce (, Roman Vilimovich Bruce; 1668–1720) was the first chief commander of Saint Petersburg. Of Scottish descent, he was the brother of Jacob Bruce and father of Alexander Romanovich Bruce. In 1683, Bruce joined the personal armed forces of Peter I, in 1695 receiving the rank of captain in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. He took part in the Azov campaigns of Peter I (1695–6) and probably accompanied Peter on his travels abroad (1697–1698). In 1700, he was appointed colonel of one of the infantry regiments, which participated in the siege of Narva. In 1702, he was at