Christian Bruce

CHRISTIAN BRUCE

Christian Bruce is said to have been the daughter of Sir David Bruce of Clackmanan and his wife Mariot Herries. She is also said to have married James Schaw of Sauchie, but it is not yet clear which James Schaw was her husband. The Scots Peerage III: 471 Stirnet: Bruce 03

Christian Bruce

• Father Sir David Bruce
• Mother Marion Herries1

Christian Bruce married Sir James Shaw.1

Family

• Sir James Shaw of Sauchie Children - unconfirmed
• Ellen Shaw+2
• Janet Shaw+2 b. c 1455
• Joan Shaw+3 b. c 1495

References

• https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1567.htm...
• 1. The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. “Bruce, Earls of Elgin and Ailesbury.” Page 471. Archive.Org Christian Bruce married Sir James Shaw of Sauchie.
• 2. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 3. [S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by brentwr.
• “Old Greenock from the Earliest Times to the Early Part of the Nineteenth ...“ By George Williamson. Page 275. GoogleBooks “By Charter dated 4th December, 1506, James IV. grants to Sir James Shaw of Sauchie and Alison Hume, his spouse, the lands of Greenock-Shaw, &c. Sir James seems to have married, second, Christian, daughter of Sir David Bruce of Clackmannan the ancestor of the Earls of Elgin, and descended from an uncle of King Robert the Bruce. Alexander Schaw, designed son and heir of Sir James Schaw of Sauchy .. .... For further information regarding the Schaws of Sauchie and Greenock we refer to “Genealogical notes anent some ancient Scottish Families, with index by David Marshall, F.S.A. Scot., Lochleven Place, Kinross; introduction and annotations by John Brown Brown-Morrison of Finderlie, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot., privately printed at Perth in 1884," a work of deep interest and great research.
• “Genealogical notes anent some ancient Scottish families, with index.” By David Marshall. “Schaw of Sauchie.” Page 106 Archive.Org James Shaw, heir of deceased James Shaw of Sauchy, his grand father (died 1491), probably by John Shaw of Alva, his son. Spouse of Alison Hume in 1506. Alexander Shaw, their son in 1508. ...
• Red Book of Scotland 4. Christina Bruce married Sir James Schaw of Sauchie, and had issue.
• https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/940660/meghan-markle-news-prin.... This article states that the marriage of James Shaw and Christina Bruce was in 1490.
• Stirnet: Shaw 01 Does not list Christian Bruce.