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Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan

Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan

Male Abt 1217 - Bef 1290  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Alexander COMYN  [1, 2
    Suffix Earl Of Buchan 
    Born Abt 1217  Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    0ccupation   [3
    Constable of Scotland 
    FamilySearch ID LC36-KRK 
    TitleOfNobility   [3
    Earl of Buchan "Constable of Scotland" 
    TitleOfNobility 1244  [3
    Earl of Buchan 
    Occupation   [3
    Constable and Justiciar of Scotland 
    Occupation 1258  [3
    Justiciar of Scotia 
    _UID E9F14050C7624161BF4C6D9028E2D49FBAB3 
    Died Bef 6 Apr 1290  Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I11750  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2023 

    Father William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan,   b. Abt 1170, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1233, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Margaret BUCHAN,   b. 1184, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1244  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 1215  Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Countess Elizabeth DE QUINCY, of Buchan,   b. 1220, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1282, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1242  Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Annora COMYN,   b. 1242, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1295, Liddesdale, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     2. Egidia Agnes COMYN,   b. 1244, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1320, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Elena COMYN,   b. Abt 1245, Galloway, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1302, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
     4. Isabella ORKNEY,   b. Abt 1247,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth COMYN, Countess of Angus,   b. 1248, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1328, Prudhoe, Castle, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     6. Alexander COMYN, Earl of Buchan,   b. 1253, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1305, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     7. Emma COMYN,   b. 1255, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1310, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     8. Marjorie COMYN,   b. 1256, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1296, Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     9. Roger COMYN,   b. Abt 1261, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jul 1282  (Age ~ 21 years)
     10. William COMYN,   b. 1263, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1306  (Age 43 years)
     11. Marjorie COMYN, -Countess Of Dunbar,   b. 1265, Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1308, Dunbar, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F536729274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan (died 1289) was a Scoto-Norman magnate who was one of the most important figures in the 13th century Kingdom of Scotland. He was the son of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, and Marjory, Countess of Buchan, the heiress of the last native Scottish Mormaer of Buchan, Fergus. During his long career, Alexander was Justiciar of Scotia (1258? 89), Constable of Scotland (1275? 89),[1] Sheriff of Wigtown (1263? 66), Sheriff of Dingwall (1264? 66), Ballie of Inverie (in Knoydart) and finally, Guardian of Scotland (1286? 89) during the first interregnum following the death of King Alexander III. In 1284 he joined with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heiress to King Alexander.[2] He died sometime after 10 July 1289.
      Alexander had at least nine children with his wife, Elisabeth, daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester.



  • Sources 
    1. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 114a-27 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 108-3 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Jan 2023), entry for Alexander COMYN, person ID LC36-KRK. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 121a-26 (Reliability: 3).