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- The Bruces were thought to have descended from Lodver, the Norse Earl
of Orkney in the tenth century. Adam de Brus, whose grandfather had
settled in Normandy, accompanied William the Conquerer to England.
"Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages," states that one Robert de Brus
came to England with William the Conquerer. Burke's does not mention
Robert de Brus' father at all. It is possible that both the father and
son accompanied the Conquerer.
Adam de Brus was given the task of reducing resistance to the Normans
in Yorkshire. As a reward for his services, he was granted numerous
manors in and around that county. His son Robert de Brus inherited the
properties.
(Source: Billy Polk)
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Bef 1066 - Yes, date unknown