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made it as far as the sanctuary of St. Duthac at Tain in Easter Ross. There, they were captured by a Balliol supporter, Earl William of Ross, who handed them over to Edward I's men. Strathbogie for daring to aid them was executed, his body burned and his head affixed on
291:. Sir Andrew died in 1338. Sir Andrew Murray had 2 sons: Sir John Murray (d.1351), and Sir Thomas Murray (d.1361) and some commentators argue that Christian may have been their step-mother due to her estimated age at their birth. 332: 310:. A marriage to Gartnait would have been in direct conflict with her marriage to Seton, who she is known to have married in 1301 and which ended in 1306, well after the death of Gartnait in 1305. 306:(died 1305). She is never described as a Countess of Mar, however, or even described as "of Mar". Moreover, there is no evidence of any familial relationship with Gartnait's son and successor, 186:
When Kildrummy was besieged, the women were forced to flee. After Kildrummy Castle was betrayed and captured, Neil de Bruce was taken to Berwick to be hanged, drawn, and beheaded.
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Christian spent eight years as an English prisoner, and returned to Scotland in October 1314 as part of the ransom for the
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Fiona Watson, "Bruce, Christian (d. 1356)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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on 19 June 1306, Robert Bruce headed west to the mountains. He sent his second wife,
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Christian's first marriage was prior to her capture, in 1301 she married Sir
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Christian is sometimes reported in error to have also married
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and Bruce's supporter Isabella MacDuff were imprisoned in
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Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
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