Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick1

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    Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick was the son of Gilbert of Galloway.1 He died on 13 June 1250.1

    Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick was created 1st Earl of Carrick [Scotland] circa 1186.1 He fought in the Irish Wars, with King John of England.1

Child of Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick

   * Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick+ b. c 1202, d. 1256

He may have been Donnchadh's son, or else as suggested by one recent genealogical theory, his grandson. It has been argued that Niall's father was Nichol (Cailean or Colin), son of mormaer Donnchadh by the daughter of Niall Ruadh, briefly king of Tír Eóghain.

Citations

  1. 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.

2. * Barrow, G. W. S., Robert Bruce and the community of the realm of Scotland, 3rd ed., (Edinburgh, 2005)

   * MacQueen, Hector L., "Survival and Success: the Kennedys of Dunure," in Steve Boardman & Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland 1200-1500, (Portland, 2003), pp. 67–94

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First Earl of Carrick, so created by King William the Lion of Scotland (1165-1214). -------------------- MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Took part with King John of England in his Irish wars.

TITLES: Created Earl of Carrick [S.] about 1186?

PROPERTY: Obtained from King William "the Lion" the district of Carrick, before 1196. [1]

1 #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 3 p. 55.

Updated 11/13/2012

A very detailed and well-referenced summary in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnchadh,_Earl_of_Carrick

Updated 11/14/2012