Christina Bruce

**Christian ko Christina Bruce** (kimanin 1278 - 1356/1357), wanda aka fi sani da **Christian ko Christina de Brus**, 'yar Marjorie ce, Countess of Carrick, da mijinta, Robert de Brus, *wanda aka fi sani da* Earl of Carrick, da kuma 'yar'uwar Robert the Bruce, Sarkin Scotland . Ana kyautata zaton an haife ta da 'yan uwanta a Turnberry Castle da ke Carrick.

## Rayuwa
Bayan shan kaye a hannun sojojinsa a Yaƙin Methven a ranar 19 ga Yuni 1306, Robert Bruce ya nufi yamma zuwa tsaunuka. Ya aika matarsa ta biyu, Elizabeth, 'yarsa Marjorie, 'yan uwansa mata Christian (wanda aka fi sani da Christina) da Mary Bruce, da kuma Isabella MacDuff, Countess ta Buchan zuwa Kildrummy Castle a arewa, tare da ɗan'uwansa Nigel (wanda aka fi sani da Neil) a ƙoƙarin kare su.  Lokacin da aka kewaye Kildrummy, an tilasta wa matan tserewa. Bayan an ci amanar Kildrummy Castle aka kama shi, an kai Neil de Bruce zuwa Berwick don a rataye shi, a jawo shi, sannan a sare masa kai.

Matan da John na Strathbogie, Earl na Atholl, suka raka sun isa wurin ibada na St. Duthac da ke Tain a Easter Ross. A can, wani mai goyon bayan Balliol, Earl William na Ross, ya kama su, wanda ya miƙa su ga mutanen Edward I.  An kashe Strathbogie saboda ƙarfin halin taimaka musu, an ƙone gawarsa kuma an liƙa kansa a kan gadar London . An tura Christian zuwa gidan yari na kaɗaici a wani gidan yarin Gilbertine da ke Sixhills a Lincolnshire,  yayin da 'yar uwarta Mary da mai goyon bayan Bruce, Isabella MacDuff, aka ɗaure a cikin keji . An tsare surukarta Elizabeth de Burgh a wurare daban-daban, kuma an tsare 'yar uwarta Marjorie, 'yar shekara 10 kacal, a Watton Abbey.   

Christian ta yi shekaru takwas a matsayin fursunan Ingila, kuma ta koma Scotland a watan Oktoba na 1314 a matsayin wani ɓangare na fansar Humphrey de Bohun, Earl na Hereford, wanda aka kama bayan Yaƙin Bannockburn .  A shekara ta 1335, a lokacin Yaƙin 'Yancin Kan Scotland na Biyu, Christina ta jagoranci rundunar sojojin Kildrummy Castle kuma ta yi nasarar kayar da sojojin da ke goyon bayan Balliol ƙarƙashin jagorancin David na Strathbogie,  kafin mijinta, Sir Andrew Murray, ya sha kashi a Yaƙin Cubblean . 

## Aure
Auren Christian na farko ya kasance kafin a kama ta, a shekara ta 1301 ta auri Sir Christopher Seton, wanda aka haifa a shekara ta 1278. Auren ya ƙare a shekara ta 1306 lokacin da aka rataye shi, aka zana shi aka kuma raba shi da 'yan Ingila. A watan Yulin 1326, a Cambuskenneth Abbey, lokacin da aka yi bikin auren Paparoma, an auri Christian a karo na biyu da Sir Andrew Murray, yaron da ya mutu bayan mutuwarsa (wanda aka haifa a shekara ta 1298) na Andrew Moray, shugaban haɗin gwiwa tare da William Wallace na sojojin Scotland da suka yi nasara a Yaƙin Stirling Bridge .  Sir Andrew ya mutu a shekara ta 1338. Sir Andrew Murray yana da 'ya'ya maza 2: Sir John Murray (wanda aka haifa a shekara ta 1351), da Sir Thomas Murray (wanda aka haifa a shekara ta 1361) kuma wasu masu sharhi suna jayayya cewa Christian wataƙila ita ce uwarsu saboda shekarunta da aka kiyasta a lokacin haihuwarsu.

A wasu lokutan ana samun rahotannin Christian a cikin kuskure cewa ta auri Gartnait, ɗan Donald, Earl na Mar (ya mutu a shekara ta 1305). Duk da haka, ba a taɓa kwatanta ta da Countess of Mar ba, ko ma a kwatanta ta da "na Mar". Bugu da ƙari, babu wata shaida ta wata dangantaka ta iyali da ɗan Gartnait kuma magajinsa, Donald II . Aure da Gartnait zai kasance cikin rikici kai tsaye da aurenta da Seton, wanda aka san ta auri a shekara ta 1301 kuma ya ƙare a shekara ta 1306, bayan mutuwar Gartnait a shekara ta 1305. [1]

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