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Niall, Earl of Carrick

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133:. Niall's grandfather Donnchadh held lands in Ireland, such a marriage of his son would have reinforced Donnchadh's Irish alliances and would account for the use of the name Niall. It would also explain the strong alliance with the Ó Neill held by Niall's grandsons. As the son of Cailean, Niall had one sister, Afraig, who married 144:
and together they had four daughters, the eldest of which was Margaret, better known as Marjorie, or Marsaili. On 12 September 1255 Níall, having no male heirs, granted the chiefship of the clan to his nephew Roland and his heirs, giving them all the powers in respect to the
129:. Cailean, also known as Colin and Nicholaus of Carrick, predeceased his father and therefore upon Donnchadh's death in 1250, the title of Mormaer came to Niall. It has been suggested that Cailean's wife, Niall's mother, was a daughter of Niall Ruadh, briefly king of 125:. Originally he was believed to be the son of Donnchadh, however, it is now believed that he was more likely his grandson, the son of Donnchadh's oldest son and heir 141: 385: 542: 436: 266: 480: 17: 356:
MacQueen, Hector L., "Survival and Success: the Kennedys of Dunure," in Steve Boardman & Alasdair Ross (eds.)
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Did not hold the rank of earl/mormaer, but ruled the province as a petty-king
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Robert Bruce and the community of the realm of Scotland
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Niall died in 1256 and was succeeded by his daughter
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The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland 1200-1500
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Index

Niall of Carrick
Issue
Detail
Mormaer
Earl
Carrick
mormaer
Donnchadh of Carrick
Cailean mac Donnchadh
Tir Eoghain
Gilleasbaig of Menstrie
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Alexander III
Stirling
Marjory
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Donnchad
Mormaer of Carrick
Marjory
https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol2.pdf
Cowan, Edward J.
ISBN
9781399926928
"Margaret, Countess of Carrick"
"The Ancestry of Robert the Bruce"
Barrow, G. W. S.
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