DE BRUS, Alexander Earl of Carrick 1
User ID: K71. General Notes: "Alexander de Brus was a son of Edward, Earl of Carrick, by Isabel, sister of David, Earl of Atholl, though he cannot have been legitimate, otherwise he would have succeeded to the earldom on his father's death. He had various charters from Robert I., some of them granted in the first instance to his mother." Alexander married Eleonora DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir Archibald DOUGLAS Regent of Scotland and Beatrice LINDSAY.1 (Eleonora DOUGLAS was born about 1319.) Marriage Notes: "He (Alexander de Brus) married Eleonora, sister of the first Earl of Douglas, and was created Earl of Carrick shortly before his death, which occurred at the battle of Halidon Hill in 1333" |