question: Where was the father of Nigel De Brus born?
context: Title: Nigel de Brus
  Passage: Nigel de Brus (c. 1279 – September 1306) was a younger brother of King Robert I. Born at Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was a son of Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale and Margaret, Countess Of Carrick. He supported his older brother in the struggle for the crown of Scotland and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1306, he was captured by English forces at Kildrummy Castle, where he and his garrison held off Edward's forces who had been seeking Robert the Bruce's wife Elizabeth, daughter Marjorie, sisters Mary and Christina, and Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan. Their actions enabled the women to escape, although the women were soon captured and betrayed to the English by William, 3rd Earl of Ross in the chapel of St Duthac at Tain in Ross. After his capture he was executed for high treason by being hanged, drawn, and quartered in September 1306 at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
  Title: Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
  Passage: Sir Robert VI de Brus (July 1243 – soon before 4 March 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale (dominus vallis Anandie), "jure uxoris" Earl of Carrick (1271–1292), Lord of Hartness, Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak (Wretele et Hatfeud Regis), was a cross-border lord, and participant of the Second Barons' War, Ninth Crusade, Welsh Wars, and First War of Scottish Independence. Of Scoto-Norman heritage, through his father he was a third-great grandson of David I of Scotland. His ancestors included Richard (Strongbow) de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, King of Leinster and Governor of Ireland, and William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, regent of England, and Henry I of England.
answer: Writtle
citations: Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale Nigel de Brus