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Robert Munro, VI of Foulis

Robert Munro, VI of Foulis

Male Abt 1261 - 1323  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name Robert Munro  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Suffix VI of Foulis 
    Born Abt 1261  Foulis Easter, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Died 1323  Foulis Easter, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fortrose, , Ross And Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Robert was buried at the Chanonry of Ross.
    Person ID I9  Munro
    Last Modified 8 May 2014 

    Father George Munro, V of Foulis,   b. 1200, Foulis Easter, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1282, Beallach Na Croig, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Katherine Stewart,   b. 1229, , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Anne,   b. 1254, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Foulis Easter, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. George Munro,   b. Abt 1285, Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1314, Bannockburn, , Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2009 
    Family ID F1341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert succeeded to Foulis while still a minor, and was placed under the guardianship of the Earls of Ross and Sutherland. He attained his majority in 1282.

      During the confusion that reigned after the death of the Maid Of Norway in 1290, Robert joined with the Bruce household in their claim to the throne. Because of his loyalty to Robert the Bruce, Robert Munro suffered much from Bruce's enemies, the Comyns. Munro of Foulis continued steadfast in his support and though advanced in years, in 1314, he raised his clan and accompanied the Earls of Ross and Sutherland to Bannockburn. In that memorable battle, Robert lost his eldest and apparently only son, George, slain along with many of Robert's followers.

      Robert escaped unhurt and returned home in safety, though much bereaved by the loss of his son and other relatives. He lived for another nine years and died in 1323, when he was succeeded by his grandson, George.

      A charter granted by King Robert I (reigned 1306 - 1329) to Robert de Monro, of Counetis in Strathspeya, the lands of Cupermakcultis or Conneis Cuper McCulty. If correct, this would be the earliest surviving record of the name Munro, but the place-names are too uncertain to do more than speculate on its meaning.

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [5, 10, 11]

  • Sources 
    1. [S743] Family of Adam, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome : copyright 2008), accessed 6 May 2010), LQRS-2DL (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S649] Clan Munro files - Brown, Julia A., Julia A. Brown, Membership application for Julia A. Brown - 10 May 2008 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Pedigree of the Munro Family - undated (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S804] Clan Munro e-files - Munro, Don, Don Munro, Clan Munro Australia Newsletter - Vol. 8 #1 - Apr 2011 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S687] Highland Clans of Scotland, The, George Eyre-Todd, (Garnier & Company, Charleston, South Carolina, 1969 (Excerpts can be found in the Clan Munro files - Eyre-Todd, George)), p. 440 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 9 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S686] The Munro Tree (1734), R. W. Munro, (Privately published in Edinburgh, Scotland (1978)), p. 2 (H) (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S660] The Monroe Book, Dr. Joan S. Guilford, (Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, n.d.), 4. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S702] Clan Munro files - Loehr, Reta Malan, Reta Malan Loehr, Genealogy data received from Reta Malan Loehr - Jun 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S686] The Munro Tree (1734), R. W. Munro, (Privately published in Edinburgh, Scotland (1978)), p. 2-3 (H) (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 9-10 (Reliability: 3).