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Generation: 1

Lord of Badenoch, Sir John Comyn, I was born in 1190 (son of Lord of Badenoch Richard Comyn); died in 1250.

Other Events and Attributes:

Also Known As : Red Comyn
To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
Occupation: 1258; Justiciar of Galloway

Notes:

Started castle construction at Blair Castle.
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes (1265), with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder, and was captured.
Given license to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale

Family/Spouse: Alice De Lindsay, of Lamberton. Alice was born in 1223; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Lord of Badenoch John Comyn, II was born in 1242 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in 1303.
Comyn was born about 1232 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom; and died.

Generation: 2

Lord of Badenoch Richard Comyn was born in 1170 (son of Lord of Buchan William Comyn and Sarah Fitzhugh); and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Children:

1. Lord of Badenoch, Sir John Comyn, I was born in 1190; died in 1250.

Generation: 3

Lord of Buchan William Comyn was born in 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (son of Lord Of Tynedale Richard Comyn and Hextilda Fitzhuchtred Tynedale); died in 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Lord of Buchan
To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

William married Sarah Fitzhugh. Sarah was born in 1150; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Fitzhugh was born in 1150; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

Also Known As : Sarah Fitzhugh, Wife of Comyn
To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Children:

2. Lord of Badenoch Richard Comyn was born in 1170; and died.

Generation: 4

Lord Of Tynedale Richard Comyn was born in 1115 in Altyre, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom (son of William Comyn and Maude Basset); died in 1179.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Lord of Tynedale
To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Notes:

(Research):Richard married Hexstilda of Tynedale, grand-daughter of King Donald Ban. Their son William became Earl of Buchan through marriage, and his son from a previous marriage became Earl of Menteith and Lord of Badenoch.

When King David I's line ended in 1286, the Comyns were the most powerful family in Scotland, and had claim to the empty throne on two counts. However the crown went to King John in 1292. He was the son of Devorguilla, David's great-grand-daughter, and John Balliol, founder of Balliol College in Oxford and another of Scotland's most powerful men.

When King John was deposed the Balliols left Scotland and again the most powerful man in the country was a Comyn. Devorguilla's grandson was known as 'The Red Comyn' and ruled with complete self-interest, sometimes fighting for Scotland and at other times for England.

Richard married Hextilda Fitzhuchtred Tynedale in 1145 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Hextilda (daughter of Huctred Hadria Tynedale and Bethoc Canmore) was born in 1122 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hextilda Fitzhuchtred Tynedale was born in 1122 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (daughter of Huctred Hadria Tynedale and Bethoc Canmore); and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Children:

4. Lord of Buchan William Comyn was born in 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.