Marjorie of Carrick Countess of Carrick [8896] ²⁴

   Another name for Marjorie was Margaret Countess of Carrick.

  General Notes:

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Margaret, Countess of Carrick was the daughter of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Margaret Stewart <p10785.htm>.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
Margaret, Countess of Carrick 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

1. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

2. 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.

3. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 208.

4. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 56.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 1256.

Marjorie married Robert Bruce Earl of Carrick [8895] [MRIN: 3720], son of Sir Robert le Bruce Lord of Annandale [9668] and Isabel de Clare [10480], in 1271 in Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Robert Bruce Earl of Carrick [8895] was born in Jul 1243, died before 4 Apr 1304 and was buried in Abbey of Holm Cultram.)