Robert The Bruce
The king of Scots Robert the Bruce, also known as Robert I, reigned from 1306 to 1329. He waged a guerrilla war against England and successfully secured his country’s independence from the English. In June 1314, the Scottish won the Battle of Bannockburn under the leadership of Robert I, but Edward II refused to give up his overlordship of Scotland. Thus, the Scottish barons, earls, and people wrote Pope John XXII a letter that claimed Robert the Bruce as the rightful monarch.
Robert The Bruce
What Robert The Bruce Really Looked Like
Since there is no contemporary work of art that depicts Robert I, artists in the past simply relied on word of mouth and their imagination to make portraits and statues of the king. However, University of Glasgow researchers used casts from skull which is believed to be his, archaeological evidence, and Face Lab technology to digitally reconstruct an image of his face. In the year 1324, Robert I was recognized as the rightful monarch of independent Scotland by the Pope, though the king died five years later.
What Robert The Bruce Really Looked Like
