June
13
/ 2022
Robert the Bruce is one of the most, if not the most famous Scotsmen to have ever lived. Infamous for the 14th-century reign that saw him taking on England’s much bigger and better-equipped army and beating them! There probably wouldn’t be a Scotland today without him. However, as famous as he is, very few people are familiar with the gruesome fact that he had his heart shipped half away around the world. Or how even stranger still, it was lost for centuries. And the tales of Robert the Bruce’s heart are legend! Robert the Bruce’s heart? But Who Was Robert the Bruce? Robert the Bruce is seen as a national hero and legend within Scotland. He was born in 1274
