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 Abt 1170 - 1233 (~ 63 years)
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| Name |
William COMYN [1, 2, 3] |
| Suffix |
Earl Of Buchan |
| Born |
Abt 1170 |
Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Fact |
[4] |
| William was the first Norman Earl of Buchan and more interestingly, the first Norman Earl in Scotland. |
| FamilySearch ID |
L17J-SKN |
| Occupation |
[4] |
| Great Chancellor of Scotland |
| Occupation |
Between 1195 and 1211 [4] |
| Sheriff of Forfar |
| _UID |
D1B042D148F9441A817852A6C92E91C87450 |
| Died |
1233 |
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] |
| Person ID |
I11766 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Richard COMYN, Justiciar Of Scotland, b. Abt 1120, Northallerton & Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland , d. Abt 1179 (Age ~ 59 years) |
| Mother |
Hextilda Of TYNEDALE, b. Abt 1122, Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Abt 1145 |
1st Husband [5] |
| Family ID |
F5961 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Sarah FITZHUGH, b. Abt 1174, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland , d. Aft 1204 (Age ~ 31 years) |
| Married |
1190 |
Badenoch, Highland, Scotland [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Walter COMYN, Sir, b. Abt 1190, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. David COMYN, Lord of Kilbride, d. 1247, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| | 3. John COMYN, Earl of Angus, b. Abt 1195, Whitewich Castle, Leicestershire, England , d. Abt 1242, Douglas and Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age ~ 47 years) |
| | 4. Richard COMYN, Lord Of Badenoch, b. Abt 1194, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland , d. Jul 1249, Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland (Age ~ 55 years) |
| | 5. Jean COMYN, b. Bef 1214, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland , d. 1274 (Age ~ 60 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Family ID |
F5962 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Margaret BUCHAN, b. 1184, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1244 (Age 59 years) |
| Married |
1215 |
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Idoine COMYN, b. Abt 1215, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. John COMYN, b. Abt 1216, Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 1242, France (Dsp) (Age ~ 26 years) |
| | 3. Alexander COMYN, Earl Of Buchan, b. Abt 1217, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Bef 6 Apr 1290, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 73 years) |
| | 4. Margaret COMYN, b. Abt 1218, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Elizabeth COMYN, b. Abt 1223, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 1267, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 44 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F5951 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 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)
[edit] Notes
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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
[edit]Family tree
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)
[edit]Notes
^ "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)
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Comyn-4
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
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- [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 114a-26 (Reliability: 3).
- [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 108-3 (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, XI:143 (Reliability: 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 William COMYN, person ID L17J-SKN. (Reliability: 3).
- [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 121a-25 (Reliability: 3).
- [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 121a-26 (Reliability: 3).
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