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Birth:          ABT 1247 of Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland
Death:          BEF 27 Oct 1292 

Notes
familysearch.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie,_Countess_of_Carrick
Marjorie of Carrick (also Margaret; c. 1253 or 1256 – soon bef. 9 November 1292) was 
Countess of Carrick, Scotland, from 1256 to 1292, and is notable as the mother of 
Robert the Bruce.

Marriages[edit]

She was the daughter and heiress of Niall, Earl of Carrick and Margaret Stewart, and 
Countess of Carrick in her own right. Her first husband was Adam of Kilconquhar, who 
died during the Eighth Crusade in 1271. Then, as the story goes, a handsome young 
man arrived one day to tell her of her husband's death in the Holy Land. He was 
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, and he had been a companion-in-arms of 
Adam of Kilconquhar. Marjorie was so taken with him that she had him held captive 
until he agreed to marry her at Turnberry Castle in 1271. He became Earl of Carrick 
jure uxoris (in right of his wife). Their children were:
1.Christina Bruce
2.Robert the Bruce.
3.Isabel Bruce (1275–1358), married King Eric II of Norway.
4.Niall or Nigel Bruce, executed 1306 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, 
England.
5.Edward Bruce.
6.Sir Thomas Bruce, executed 1307.
7.Alexander Bruce, executed 1307.
8.Mary Bruce, married 1.Sir Niall Campbell
2.Sir Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie.

9.Matilda Bruce, married Aodh, Earl of Ross

Margaret Bruce who married Sir William de Carlyle is thought by Barrow not to be their 
daughter. There is a traditional story that Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray was the 
son of Marjorie's daughter from her first marriage with Adam. However this is probably 
not true; it was probably put forward as an explanation of why Thomas Randolph was 
described as a nephew of Robert the Bruce. Any daughter of Adam of Kilconquhar 
would have inherited the Gaelic title in the same way that Marjorie, eldest of four, or 
perhaps five, daughters did on her father's death. There is evidence that an "eldest 
daughter", unknown to history, married into the family of the earls of Mar, giving rise 
to the now discounted first marriage of Christina to the son of the earl, Gratney.

Marjorie died in before November 1292, at which time her husband transferred Carrick 
to their eldest son, Robert.

Parents
OF CARRICK Niall (ABT 1202 - 1256)
STEWART Margaret (ABT 1210 - )

Siblings
OF CARRICK Margaret (ABT 1247 - BEF 27 Oct 1292)

Marriage To DE BRUCE Robert (Jul 1243 - BEF 4 Mar 1304)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BRUCE Robert "the Competitor" (ABT 1215 - 31 May 1295)
DE CLARE Isabel (8 Nov 1226 - AFT 10 Jul 1264)

Children by DE BRUCE Robert Jul 1243 - BEF 4 Mar 1304
DE BRUCE Christina (or older sister) (ABT 1275 - 1356)
DE BRUCE Mary (ABT 1280 - ABT 1340)
DE BRUCE Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1280 - AFT Sep 1323)

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