First, he was not named Robert the Bruce. Robert’s ancestors were Scoto-Norman and he was called Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys in their Norman French. It means “Robert of Bruce” as in, of the house of Bruce. But no one says “Jennifer of Hudson” or “David of Beckham.” However, in old Norman French, they did! It was common to give a first name, then say they were “of” the house or family they came from. (Peasants with no family name would be “of” the village they came from.) When King Robert’s name was brought from French to English, “de” was mistranslated into “the."
10 janeiro 2017
Why was Robert the Bruce named Robert the Bruce?
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