Alexander , 1St\Last Earl Of Carrick Bruce

Bef 1309 - 1333  (24 years)

• Name	Alexander , 1St\Last Earl Of Carrick Bruce
  Birth	Bef 1309	Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1333	Battle Of Halidon Hill, Berwick-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England (Dspm)   [2]
  Person ID	I70036	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Douglas,   b. Abt 1317, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1380 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1330	1st Husband   [3]
  Family ID	F30417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1309 - Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Bruce, 1st and last Earl of Carrick of the 1330 creation. [Burke's Peerage] nephew of Robert The Bruce. ----------------- Alexander de Bruce, illegitimate son of Edward, Earl of Carrick, by Isabel, sister of David Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, was, about 1330 or soon after, created Earl of Carrick. He submitted to Balliol in 1332, but was slain fighting against the English at Halidon Hill. He m. Eleanor, only sister of William, 1st Earl of Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland, by Beatrice, daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Crawford. He d. as aforesaid, spm., 19 July 1333. His widow m. before 1349, James Sandilands, of Calder, who d. before 1358; 3rdly, before 1364 (and probably before 1361), William Towers, of Dalry; 4thly, before 1368, Sir Duncan Wallace, of Sundrum; and 5thly and lastly (as his 2nd wife, dispensation granted 18 Mar 1376), Sir Patrick Hepburn, of Hales, who was living in 1402, being then above 80 years old. [Complete Peerage III:57] Note: In the article on Edward, CP indicates that Isabel and Edward were said to be married, so why is Alexander illegitimate?

  
  

• Sources

  [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, III:57 (Reliability: 3). [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, 2325 (Reliability: 3). [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, 2831 (Reliability: 3).