Elizabeth de Bourgh

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Young English noblewoman offered to Robert Bruce as a child bride

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Professor Marion TurnerYou're Dead to Me · Geoffrey Chaucer (Radio Edit) · 7:50 · 29 May
…When he's just a teenager, about 14 or 15, he pops up in the accounts of Elizabeth de Boer, Countess of Ulster, who is the daughter-in-law of the king.…
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Dr. Iain MacInnesYou're Dead to Me · Robert Bruce (Radio Edit) · 14:31 · Nov 2024
…Yeah, so Elizabeth de Bourgh is the daughter of the powerful Earl of Ulster, who is also one of Edward I's chief supporters in Ireland. And yes, she's 13 at the time of the marriage, Robert is 28.…
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