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Margaret, Countess of Carrick

( - Bef 9 Nov 1292)

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Margaret, Countess of Carrick1
F, #102473, d. before 9 November 1292
Last Edited=11 May 2008
Margaret, Countess of Carrick was the daughter of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Margaret Stewart.1 She married, firstly, Adam de Kilconquhar, Earl of Carrick before 4 October 1266.1 She married, secondly, Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus, son of Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale and Isabella de Clare, in 1271 at Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland, without Royal consent, and so she had to pay a heavy fine.2 She died before 9 November 1292.1
She was also known as Marjorie. She succeeded to the title of 3rd Countess of Carrick [S., c. 1186] in 1256, suo jure.2 From 1271, her married name became le Brus.1
Children of Margaret, Countess of Carrick and Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus

Edward de Bruce, 1st Earl and last of Carrick+ d. 14 Oct 1318
Sir Thomas Bruce d. 9 Feb 1307
Alexander Bruce d. 9 Feb 1307
Neil Bruce d. c Sep 1306
Lady Mary Bruce+3 d. b 22 Sep 1323
Lady Christina Bruce+3 d. 1356/57
Margaret Bruce+3
Matilda Bruce+3 d. bt 1323 - 1329
Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland+ b. 11 Jul 1274, d. 7 Jun 1329
Isabella Bruce+4 b. c 1275, d. 1358

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 55. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 208.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 56.

Events

DeathBef 9 Nov 1292

Families

SpouseRobert de Brus (1243 - 1304)
ChildRobert I Bruce, King of Scotland (1274 - 1329)