William CUNNINGHAM

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Sir William Cuninghame 1st and Last Earl of Carrick, so created c1362,but seemingly resigned the title to the Crown by 1369; married Margaretand died after Dec 1396 but before July 1399. [Burke's Peerage]---------------Dorothy Cuninghame Ancestry by Suzanne Doig,www.geocities.com----------------- 2. Sir William de Cunynghame ofKilmaurs Earl of Carrick; married (1) Lady Eleanor Bruce (died 22 June1368), daughter of Alexander Earl of Carrick and Margaret Douglas;married (2) before 18 Apr 1369, Margaret. William died between Dec 1396and Jul 1399. William was Hugh's successor and was probably his son. Hewas created Earl of Carrick in 1361 by King David II Bruce, probably byvirtue of marrying Lady Eleanor Bruce, cousin to the King. She ought notto have received the title as it was restricted to the male-line heirs ofEdward Bruce, but exception was made for her. This title reverted to theCrown on the death of Lady Eleanor, in William's own lifetime. Somesources doubt the existence of Eleanor but do not explain how Williamcould otherwise become earl. Burke notes: 'The charter in his favour ison record, and singularly incomplete, as if there had been a doubt as tothe propriety of the grant:- 'David, D.G. Rex Scottorum, sciatus nosdedisse concessisse et hac presenti-carta confirmasse dilictoconsanguineo nostro Willielmo de Cuninghame militi totum comitatum deCarryk.' '. The charter is not dated but was probably written at Aberdeenon 12 September 1361. Children (probably by Eleanor): Robert deCunynghame, died young Sir William de Cunynghame of Kilmaurs (#3) Thomasde Cunynghame => the Cuninghame family of Caprington Alexander deCunynghame John de Cunynghame

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