Earl Donald Of MAR, Sir Knight

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Donald (Sir),6th Earl of Mar; knighted 1270; one of the leading Scottish nobles who recognised Alexander III's daughter Margaret as heir to the throne after her father's death Feb 1283/4; following Margaret's death 1290 supported Robert the Bruce but was one of the seven Earls of Scotland who referred a decision in the matter to Edward I of England, to whom he swore fealty as overlord 13 June 1291; nevertheless was a leading participant in the Scottish Uprising against the English shortly afterwards, being captured by them following the Battle of Dunbar 27 April 1296 and renewing his allegiance to Edward I thereafter. [Burke's Peerage]

Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5]

Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5]

Donald, Earl of Mar, was knighted 1270, living 25 July 1297, d. shortly thereafter. His wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]



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Donald married Helen Verch LLEWELYN about 1269 in 2ND Husband. Helen (daughter of Llewelyn Ap IORWERTH, Prince Of Wales and Mistress Unknown) was born about 1234 in Caernarvonshire, Walesey, Wales; died after Feb 1294-1295 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret (Marjory Or Mary) De MAR was born about 1270 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before 24 Jul 1326 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.
2. Gratney 7Th Earl De MAR, Sir was born about 1272 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before Sep 1305.
3. Isabel (Matilda) De MAR was born on 11 Jul 1277 in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was christened in 1278 in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 12 Dec 1296 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was buried on 12 Dec 1296 in Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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William, 5th Earl of Mar; Chamberlain to Alexander III King of Scots c1252; intermittently member of Council of Regency of Scotland in the 1250's and 1260's; also Chamberlain 1262-64 and Sheriff of Dunbartonshire 1264-66. [Burke's Peerage]

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William married Elizabeth COMYN in 1st Wife. Elizabeth (daughter of William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan and Margaret BUCHAN) was born about 1223 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duncan, 4th Earl of Mar [3rd Earl was elder brother Gilchrist], which dignity he held by 29 Aug 1228, though his right to it was challenged at some point prior to 1231; witness to the Anglo Scottish agreement sealed autumn 1237. [Burke's Peerage]

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• Occupation: Between 1195 and 1211; Sheriff of Forfar

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The Life Summary of William
When William de Comyn II was born in 1163, in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, his father, Richard de Comyn, was 48 and his mother, Hextilda fitz Huchtred of Tynedale, was 41
About William Comyn, Earl of Buchan
William Comyn was one of four sons (and three daughters) of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is buried in Deer Abbey. He was Lord of Badenoch and was earl-consort of Buchan.
William made his fortune in the service of king William I of Scotland fighting the Meic Uilleim in the north. William witnesses no less than 88 charters of the king. William was sheriff of Forfar (1195-1211), Justiciar of Scotia (1205-33) and warden of Moray (1211-2). Between 1199 and 1200, William was sent to England to discuss important matters on King William's behalf with the new king, John.
William was appointed to the prestigious office of Justiciar of Scotia, the most senior royal office in the kingdom, in 1205. Between 1211 and 1212, William, as Warden of Moray (or Guardian of Moray) fought against the insurgency of Gofraid mac Domnaill (of the Meic Uilleim family), who William beheaded in Kincardine in 1213.[1] Upon finally destroying the Meic Uilleim's in 1229, he was given the Lordship of Badenoch and the lands it controlled.
From an unknown date, William held the title Lord of Kilbride.
He helped oversee the construction of St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow and after his death, Marjory continued his work there.
William (is believed to have) had six children through his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh and eight through Marjory, Countess of Buchan. The two branches would be associated with the Lordship of Badenoch through his first wife and the Earldom of Buchan through the second. For the historian Alan Young, William's life, and particularly his marriage to the Countess of Buchan, marks the beginning of the "Comyn century".
NB. Children are ranked according to either accounts showing a specific rank in the order of Williams children's birth or according to the earliest available date the child was thought to have been born.
* father Richard Comyn (b.c.1115-1123 d.c.1179); mother Hextilda of Tynedale (aka. Hextilda FitzUchtred or Hextilda FitzWaldeve) (b.1112-1122 d.c. 1149-1189). Hextilda's first husband was Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl, making their son Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl, William Comyn's half-brother.
o first wife married 1193: Sarah Fitzhugh (aka. Sarah filia Roberti) (b.1155-1160 d.c.1204)
+ 1. Richard (b.c.1190-1194 d.c.1244-1249); married to unknown wife; father of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (b.c.1220 d.c.1277)
+ 2. Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy (b. during or before 1190)
+ 3. Walter, Lord of Badenoch (b.1190 d.c.1258) married Isabella, Countess of Menteith
+ 4. Johanna (aka. Jean) (b.c.1198 d.c.1274); married c.1220: Uilleam I, Earl of Ross (aka. William de Ross) (b.c.1194-1214 d.1274)
+ 5. John Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Angus (d.1242); married (c.1242); Matilda, Countess of Angus (aka. Maud) (b.c.1222, d.1261)
+ 6. David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride (d.1247); married Isabel de Valoigne (d.1253)
o second wife married c.1209-1212: Marjory (aka. Margaret), Countess of Buchan (aka. Margaret Colhan of Buchan) (b.c.1184 d.c.1243-1244)
+ 1. Idonea (aka. Idoine) (b.c.1215-1221); married 1237: Gilbert de Haya of Erroll (aka. Gilbert de la Hay) (d.1262)
+ 2. Alexander, Earl of Buchan (b.c.1217 d.c.1289-1290); married: Elizabetha de Quincy (aka. Isabel) (b.1220 d.1282)
+ 3. William (b.c.1217)
+ 4. Margaret (b.c. 1218-1230); married Sir John de Keith, Marischal of Scotland (b.1212 d.1270)
+ 5. Fergus (b.c.1219-1228 d.); married 1249: unknown wife; father of Margaret Comyn (b.c.1270)
+ 6. Elizabeth (b.c. 1223 d.1267); married: Uilleam, Earl of Mar (d.1281)
+ 7. Agnes (b.c.1225); married 1262: Sir Philip de Meldrum, Justiciar of Scotia (aka. Philip de Fedarg or Philip de Melgarum)
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1. ^ "Scotland". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
References
* Young, Alan, Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1213-1314, (East Linton, 1
( ttp://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p390.htm#i7749 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
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William Comyn was one of four sons (and three daughters) of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is buried in Deer Abbey. He was Lord of Badenoch and was earl-consort of Buchan.
William made his fortune in the service of king William I of Scotland fighting the Meic Uilleim in the north. William witnesses no less than 88 charters of the king. William was sheriff of Forfar (1195-1211), Justiciar of Scotia (1205-33) and warden of Moray (1211-2). Between 1199 and 1200, William was sent to England to discuss important matters on King William's behalf with the new king, John.
William was appointed to the prestigious office of Justiciar of Scotia, the most senior royal office in the kingdom, in 1205. Between 1211 and 1212, William, as Warden of Moray (or Guardian of Moray) fought against the insurgency of Gofraid mac Domnaill (of the Meic Uilleim family), who William beheaded in Kincardine in 1213.[1] Upon finally destroying the Meic Uilleim's in 1229, he was given the Lordship of Badenoch and the lands it controlled.
From an unknown date, William held the title Lord of Kilbride.
He helped oversee the construction of St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow and after his death, Marjory continued his work there.
Earl of Buchan
During his period as Warden of Moray, Comyn was so successful, it may have been the reason he received the hand of Marjory (aka. Margaret), Countess of Buchan, sometime between 1209-1212. Her father Fergus, Earl of Buchan, had no male heirs and so in marrying his daughter to William he ensured a suitable line for his titles before his death. Dying sometime around 1214 (perhaps earlier) William took over the management of the mormaerdom (earldom) of Bucham, by right of his wife.
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William (is believed to have) had six children through his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh and eight through Marjory, Countess of Buchan. The two branches would be associated with the Lordship of Badenoch through his first wife and the Earldom of Buchan through the second. For the historian Alan Young, William's life, and particularly his marriage to the Countess of Buchan, marks the beginning of the "Comyn century".
NB. Children are ranked according to either accounts showing a specific rank in the order of Williams children's birth or according to the earliest available date the child was thought to have been born.

father Richard Comyn (b.c.1115-1123 d.c.1179); mother Hextilda of Tynedale (aka. Hextilda FitzUchtred or Hextilda FitzWaldeve) (b.1112-1122 d.c. 1149-1189). Hextilda's first husband was Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl, making their son Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl, William Comyn's half-brother.
first wife married 1193: Sarah Fitzhugh (aka. Sarah filia Roberti) (b.1155-1160 d.c.1204)
1. Richard (b.c.1190-1194 d.c.1244-1249); married to unknown wife; father of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (b.c.1220 d.c.1277)
2. Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy (b. during or before 1190)
3. Walter, Lord of Badenoch (b.1190 d.c.1258) married Isabella, Countess of Menteith
4. Johanna (aka. Jean) (b.c.1198 d.c.1274); married c.1220: Uilleam I, Earl of Ross (aka. William de Ross) (b.c.1194-1214 d.1274)
5. John Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Angus (d.1242); married (c.1242); Matilda, Countess of Angus (aka. Maud) (b.c.1222, d.1261)
6. David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride (d.1247); married Isabel de Valoigne (d.1253)

second wife married c.1209-1212: Marjory (aka. Margaret), Countess of Buchan (aka. Margaret Colhan of Buchan) (b.c.1184 d.c.1243-1244)
1. Idonea (aka. Idoine) (b.c.1215-1221); married 1237: Gilbert de Haya of Erroll (aka. Gilbert de la Hay) (d.1262)
2. Alexander, Earl of Buchan (b.c.1217 d.c.1289-1290); married: Elizabetha de Quincy (aka. Isabel) (b.1220 d.1282)
3. William (b.c.1217)
4. Margaret (b.c. 1218-1230); married Sir John de Keith, Marischal of Scotland (b.1212 d.1270)
5. Fergus (b.c.1219-1228 d.); married 1249: unknown wife; father of Margaret Comyn (b.c.1270)
6. Elizabeth (b.c. 1223 d.1267); married: Uilleam, Earl of Mar (d.1281)
7. Agnes (b.c.1225); married 1262: Sir Philip de Meldrum, Justiciar of Scotia (aka. Philip de Fedarg or Philip de Melgarum)
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^ "Scotland". Retrieved 2007-06-13.
[edit]References
Young, Alan, Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1213-1314, (East Linton, 1997)

1st Earl of Buchan, Justiciar of Scotland (d 1233, 2nd son)
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Lord William Comyn of Tynedal aka of Badenoch
Born 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, , Scotlandmap Son of Richard Comyn and Hextilda F. (Tynedale) Comyn Brother of Unknown (Atholl) Lundin, Henry (Atholl) of Atholl and Margaret (Comyn) Atholl Husband of Margaret Countess of Buchan (Buchan) Comyn Countess o ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Husband of Sarah (Fitzhugh) Comyn ? married [date unknown] [location unknown] Father of Richard Comyn, Walter Comyn Lord of Ba, Johanna (Comyn) Ross, Alexander Comyn II Earl of, Margaret (Comyn) Keith and Elizabeth Comyn Died 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, , Scotlandmap Profile managers: Jacques Charles Pictet private message [send private message], Katherine Patterson private message [send private message], Ted Williams private message [send private message], David Robinson private message [send private message], Sharon Meeds private message [send private message], and Allan Stuart private message [send private message] Last profile change on 10 January 2014 13:07: Eugene Quigley edited the Biography for Willi

William married Margaret BUCHAN in 1215 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Fergus 4Th Earl Of BUCHAN) was born in 1184 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before 1244; was buried in 1244 in Old Deer Abbey, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Death: 8 Apr 1244, Buchan Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Morg(r)und Mac Gylocher, 2nd Earl of Mar; witness by 1152 to a charter of David I and his son Henry to Dunfermline, also a confirmatory charter to the same foundation by David's successor Malcolm IV in the mid 1150's; married Agnes and died by 30 March 1183, leaving possibly five or six sons (Malcolm; James; Duncan; David/Donald (possibly the same person); John); one of his sons may have been the man who was his undoubted successor as Earl. [Burke's Peerage]

Morgund married Agnes. Agnes was born about 1120 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Between 1144 and 1152, Richard Cumin was granted by King David and his son, Earl Henry, the important lands of Walwick, Thornton, Staincroft and Henshaw in Tynedale on marriage to Hextilda, daughter of Uhtred, Waltheof's son.

Richard married Hextilda Of TYNEDALE about 1145 in 1st Husband. Hextilda (daughter of Uchtred Of TYNEDALE and Bethoc Princess Of SCOTLAND) was born about 1122 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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