County of Carrick

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historic county medieval Scottish earldom

The County of Carrick was a medieval Scottish earldom in southwestern Scotland, historically significant as the power base of the Bruce family and the birthplace of King Robert the Bruce.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
county of Carrick	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic county ⓘ medieval Scottish earldom ⓘ
associatedDynasty	House of Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bruce family NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Ayrshire coastlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Turnberry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
feudalStatus	mormaerdom ⓘ
governedAs	hereditary earldom ⓘ
governmentType	feudal earldom ⓘ
hasPowerBaseOf	Bruce family NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	birthplace of King Robert the Bruce ⓘ power base of the Bruce family ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto	Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Galloway region NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Scotland ⓘ
nobleTitleRank	earldom ⓘ
notableEvent	rise of the Bruce family to the Scottish throne ⓘ
notablePerson	Marjorie of Carrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Scotland ⓘ
period	Middle Ages ⓘ
regionType	Gaelic-Scots frontier region ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
titleHeldBy	Earls of Carrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie of Carrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adam of Kilconquhar → associatedWith → County of Carrick ⓘ

title of Robert the Bruce before his accession as king → jurisdiction → County of Carrick ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl of Carrick

this entity surface form: county of Carrick