Edward Bruce

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Edward Bruce
Grave of King Edward de Bruce, located in Faughart cemetery
High King of Ireland
Reign	1315–1318
Predecessor	Brian Ua Néill
Born	c. 1280 Scotland
Died	14 October 1318 Faughart, County Louth
Issue	Alexander de Brus, Earl of Carrick
Dynasty	Bruce
Father	Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Mother	Marjorie, Countess of Carrick

Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick (Norman French: Edward de Brus; Middle Irish: Edubard a Briuis; Modern Scottish Gaelic: Scottish Gaelic: Eideard or Iomhair Bruis; c. 1280 – 14 October 1318), was a younger brother of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. He supported his brother in the 1306–1314 struggle for the Scottish crown, then pursued his own claims in Ireland. Proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315 and crowned in 1316, he was eventually defeated and killed by Anglo-Irish forces of the Lordship of Ireland at the Battle of Faughart in County Louth in 1318.