Marjorie Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
Abt 1252 - 1292 (40 years)-
Name Marjorie Carrick Title Countess Of Carrick Birth Abt 1252 Aryshire, Scotland 
[1] Gender Female FSID G1Q3-Q7Y Death 9 Nov 1292 Aryshire, Scotland [1, 2] Burial 9 Nov 1292 Aryshire, Scotland Person ID I7597 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Niall Carrick, 2nd Earl Of Carrick , b. 1202, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1256, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Stewart, Countess Of Carrick , b. Abt 1206, Aryshire, Scotland d. 12 Mar 1255, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1234 Aryshire, Scotland Family ID F4458 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick , b. Abt Jul 1243, Essex, England d. Bef 4 Apr 1304, England, United Kingdom (Age < 60 years) Marriage 1271 Aryshire, Scotland Children + 1. Margaret De Brus, Lady , b. Abt 1265, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1323, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Christina De Brus, Countess of Mar , b. 1273, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1357, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Robert Bruce, King of Scotland , b. 11 Jul 1274, Aryshire, Scotland d. 7 Jun 1329, Dumbartonshire, Scotland (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Mary Bruce, b. 1275, Argyleshire, Scotland d. Bef 22 Sep 1323, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (Age < 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Edward Bruce, King , b. 1276, Argyleshire, Scotland d. 14 Oct 1318, County Louth, Ireland (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Mary de Bruce, b. 1279, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1323, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Margaret De Bruce, b. 1283, Argyleshire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1323, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 8. Matilda Maud Bruce, b. 1283, Aryshire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1323, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 9. Elizabeth Bruce, Lady , b. Abt 1286, Argyleshire, Scotland d. Scotland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F915 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Marjory (or Margaret), Countess of Carrick, married first to Adam de Ki l c o n c ath (Kilconquhar), 3rd Earl of Carrick, in her right, who died on C r u s a d e at Acre in 1270 without issue. What followed belongs to legend a n d h a s b e en much embroidered by novelists, but the probability appears t o b e t h a t R obert de Brus, the son of Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale a n d o f C l e veland (known to history as "Robert Bruce the Competitor"), ne w l y r e t urned from the Crusade, visited the Countess to bring her the ne w s o f h e r w idowhood. He encountered her while she was hunting, she judg e d h i m a w o rthy trophy, and the consequence was his capture and enforce d s o j o u rn in her castle until he married her a few days later. Cynics a nd h i s t o rians insist that this was a ruse to allow Alexander III to tak e a l e n i e nt view of their having married without his consent, and when h e s e i z e d her castle and lands she regained them with payment of a fine ( p e r h a ps the same fine she would have paid for licence to marry anyway).
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