Surviving House of Bruce

What would be the effects on Scotland if the House of Bruce kept power and ruled instead of the House of Stewart? Let's say David II of Scotland has a child with one of his wives, or lives longer? What effects would this have? What if?
 
You could call such a TL... "Bruce Almighty"

Thanks for the name. Do you have any thoughts on the subject? I think the actual PoD will be David II wins at Neville's cross and has more time to have a son with Joan of England. It's also a Scots-wank that way.
 
Would a Bruce King act in any other way from a Stuart King? The Stuarts did share the Bruce ancestry as well.

The Stewarts operated on different conditions than the Bruce would've. No regency by the Duke of Albany, capture of James I, maybe surviving Lords of the Isles. Butterflies people, butterflies....
 
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The Stewarts operated on different conditions than the Bruce would've. No regency by the Duke of Albany, capture of James I, maybe surviving Lords of the Isles. Butterflies people, butterflies....

But there's no reason why a Bruce king is going to be immune to those kind of problems. This gets into individual rulers and not something where "dynasty" tells us much.

Two things that come to mind:

David II's son - call him Robert after his grandfather - is going to be in a very different position than OTL Robert II (no sons to worry about, and much younger) in some ways. He may need a regency depending on when he's born.

The Stewarts are going to be a thing that needs to be dealt with by the Bruces. They are the next closest to the throne.

Note that "dealt with" doesn't mean exterminated - just that they're a factor, and not necessarily a favorable one.
 
If ATL Robert II was the son of David II and Joan of England(perhaps he isn't held prisoner in England) so he wouldn't need a regency.
 
Why would Edward III prefer marrying Joan to the King of Scots as opposed to the King of Castile?

But okay, let's say *Robert II is born in 1349.

Assuming David lives as long as Robert I, that means he dies in 1379 with a thirty-year old son.
 
Ah, my bad.

So that probably makes *Robert closer to forty, assuming the earliest possible birth and the same death date for David.

I'm thinking the actual PoD could be David wins at Neville's Cross and is not taken prisoner. In that time, he has a child with Joan. So ATL Robert II would become King in his mid twenties I think.
 
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