Scottish Monarchy

**nokhor** · 03-27-2005, 17:02

what was the original definition of 'the Bruce?'

**Yorkshireman** · 03-27-2005, 17:29

Bruce was the family name, originally yhe Anglo-Norman "de Brus".

**Duke Malcolm** · 03-29-2005, 17:47

King Malcolm III Canmore (Canmore meaning big head, or great leader) annexed Northumbria, or at least the northern bitty of it, which brought some Anglican influence onto Scotland, and kick-started the Scots language, since those folks spoke old anglo-saxon. He married (Saint) Margaret, an Anglo-Saxon princess, who convinced him to change the language spoken in his court to Saxon, although this shouldn't have been a great cultural change, since the Picts were allegedly very Saxon in their language and culture, like a Saxo-Celtic cross-breed.

King George, who took the throne after Queen Anne in 1714, was the great-grandson of King James VI and I, and the line has been continuous since then, with only a few name-changes for decoration.

**GoreBag** · 03-29-2005, 21:09

Ceanmore is also indirectly responsible for beginning the destruction of the Gaelic language, but directly responsible of replacing the clan system with the English feudal system and also implementing religious change in the form of Roman Catholicism (practised by the Saxons), replacing the Church of Culdee (also Catholic, but not the same).