Christina Bruce

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Christina (or Christian) Bruce (b. c1273 Seton, East Lothian, Scotland – 1356/1357) the the second daughter of Robert de Brus, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick and Marjorie of Carrick, and a older sister of King Robert I of Scotland.

Along with the king's other female relatives, she was captured shortly after his rebellion. However she avoided the fate of Isabella MacDuff (the Countess of Buchan) and Mary Bruce who were imprisoned in cages, but was sent to a convent in Lincolnshire.

She was married three times. Her husbands were Gartnait, Earl of Mar, Christopher Seton (1292 Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire), and Sir Andrew Murray (20 September 1305).

In 1335, during the wars against Edward Balliol, she commanded the garrison of Kildrummy Castle during a siege by pro-Balliol forces led by David of Strathbogie.

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