Birthbef 1261, Fowlis, Ross, Scotland
Death1323, Fowlis, Ross, Scotland Age: 62
Notes for Robert MUNRO
6TH BARON OF FOWLIS
Misc. Notes
9. ROBERT MUNRO (6TH BARON OF9 FOWLIS) (GEORGE MUNRO (5TH BARON OF8, ROBERT MUNRO (4TH BARON OF7, DONALD MUNRO (3RD BARON OF6, ROBERT MUNRO (2ND BARON OF5, HUGH MUNRO (1ST BARON OF4, GEORGE3 MUNRO, DONALD2, O'CATHAN (PRINCE OF1 FERMANAGH)) was born Bef. 1261 in Fowlis, Ross, Scotland, and died 1323 in Fowlis, Ross, Scotland.
Notes for ROBERT MUNRO (6TH BARON OF FOWLIS):
[Source: "History of the MUNROS of Fowlis...." by Alexander MacKenzie, MJI, 1898] Page 9: Robert Numro, the Sixth Baron, succeeded in minority and was placed under the guardianship of the Earls of Ross and Sutherland. He attained his majority in 1282. After the death of the Maid of Norway in 1290, Robert joined the party of Bruce, when the Lord of Annandale put forward his claim to the Scottish throne; and he is said to have suffered much from the Comyns for doing so. But he continued steadfast in his support throughout all the varying fortunes of that family, and finally, though advanced in years, he raised his clan and accompanied the Earls of Ross and Sutherland to Bannockburn. In that memorable battle, his eldest and apparently only son, George, was slain, along with many more of Robert's followers. He personally escaped unhurt, and returned home in safety, though much bereaved by the loss of his son and other near relatives. There is a charter of the reign of Robert Bruce - after 1309 - which seems to refer to this Baron, preserved in Robertson's "Index of Missing Charters" between the years 1309 and 1413 (No. 55, page 2).
Robert lived for nine years after his return home, and died in 1323. His only son, George, who fell at Bannockburn, has married a year before his death, to a daughter of the Earl of Sutherland, with issue: George, who succeeded his grandfather.
Issue of Robert:
1. George, who died at the Battle of Bannockburn.
2. John, who became guardian to his nephew.
Child of ROBERT MUNRO (6TH BARON OF FOWLIS) is:
10. i. GEORGE10 MUNRO, b. Bef. 1285, Fowlis, Ross, Scotland; d. 1314, Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland.