Duncan Carrick, 1st Earl Of Carrick

Bef 1164 - 1252  (> 88 years)

• Name	Duncan Carrick
  Title	1st Earl Of Carrick
  Birth	Bef 1164	Aryshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jun 1252	Fifeshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I7003	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Mac Fergus Galloway,   b. 1126, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. 1 Jan 1185, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Avelina Fitzalan,   b. Abt 1179, Refrewshire, Scotland d. 1202 (Age 23 years)
  Children	+ 1. Niall Carrick, 2nd Earl Of Carrick ,   b. 1202, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1256, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Duncan, a grandson by a junior line of Fergus, the Celtic ruler of Gall o w a y , w as recognised by King William (The Lion) of Scots as overlord of t h e a r e a o f Galloway known as Carrick and made Earl of thereof by 1196. H i s g r a n ddaughter Margaret was Countess of Carrick in her own right but w h e n s h e m arried Robert de Bruce he became Earl of Carrick in right of h i s w i f e . It was his son, another Robert, who was the celebrated Robert " T h e B r u ce" and became King of Scots in 1306. From this moment on the Ea r l d o m o f Carrick became increasingly closely connected with the royal h o u s e . I ndeed in 1469 an Act of the Scottish Parliament ruled that it sh o u l d b e e vermore annexed to the eldest sons of the Kings of Scots, and i t r e m a i ns to this day one of the Scottish titles of the Prince of Wales . ( B u r k e's Peerage)