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| Name |
John Comyn |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1308 |
| Person ID |
I72208 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Sir Alexander Comyn, b. Abt 1217, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  d. Bef 6 Apr 1290, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth De Quincy, b. 1214, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 12 Apr 1282, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
1240 |
Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F23841 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Notes for John Comyn:
Earl of Buchan
" ... was Chief Constable of the kingdom. When the War of Independence broke out, the Earl of Buchan joined the English party. He seems to have cherished an intense hatred of Robert Bruce, on personal as well as family grounds, and received from King Edward a grant of Bruce's lordship of Annandale. In 1308 he collected a large army for the purpose of resisting Bruce's invasion of Buchan, where the Comyns ruled with almost regal authority; but he was defeated with great slaughter at Old Meldrum, and his estates were laid waste with fire and sword. The power of the great house of Comyn was completely broken down by this overthrow, and the 'harrying' of Buchan which followed: their estates were confiscated, and their very name almost disappeared from the roll of the Scottish nobility. The wife of Earl John, a daughter of the Earl of Fife, was the high-spirited lady who placed the crown on the head of Robert Bruce, in virtue of a privilege which, since the time of Malcolm Canmore, had belonged to her family."
The Great Historical Families of Scotland, James Taylor
3rd. Earl of Bucham. Constable of Scotland.
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