John III "The Red" Comyn , Lord of Badenoch 
John III "The Red" was born about 1269 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland. John III "The Red"'s father was John II "The Black" Comyn , Lord of Badenoch and his mother was Eleanor (Alianora) de Baliol. His paternal grandparents were John I "The Red" Comyn , Lord of Badenoch and Amabilia; his maternal grandparents were John I de Baliol , Regent of Scotland and Devorgilla of Galloway. He had two sisters named Miss and Dornagilda. He was the oldest of the three children. He died in Murdered in church by Robert the Bruce (King Robert I). He was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Dumfries, Scotland.General Notes
Notes from Sally Walmsley [Geniedash@@bigpond.com]:
In 1306, the titular King of Scotland was John Baliol, a 'lamb among wolves' who had achieved the throne through the backing of Edward of England and John Comyn of Badenoch, head of the most powerful family in Scotland at that time. Baliol had fled to France with no intention of returning, leaving Scotland virtually kingless. Robert the Bruce had seemingly started planning his rising in 1304, but everything hinged upon the support of John Comyn, a difficult person: the Red comyn must either support Bruce or be dead. The climax came in 1306, when Bruce met the Comyn in Greyfriars church in Dumfries. As they stood before the alter and argued, knives were drawn, and John Comyn fell wounded. According to legend, Bruce ran out of the church crying 'I doubt I have slain the Red Comyn'. Kilpatrick answered his "Do you so doubt? Then I'll mak siccar', and rushed into the church followed by Sir Robert Boyd and finished the job. Legendary as this may be, the fact is that both John Comyn of Badenoch and Sir Robert Comyn were both killed.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1120 in Northallerton & Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.~ 1179
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1233 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1194 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.Jul 1249 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.1142 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1201
- b.~ 1167 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1204
- b.~ 1211 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.> 1273 in France
- b.~ 1242 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.1303 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland
- b.1215 in Scotland d.> 1280
- b.~ 1269 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland d.10 FEB 1305/06 in Murdered in church by Robert the Bruce (King Robert I)
- b.~ 1135 in Bywell, Hexham, Northumberland, England d.1188
- b.~ 1155 in Bywell, Northumberland, England d.1200
- b.~ 1138 in Durham, England
- b.~ 1177 in Bywell, Northumberland, England d.1228 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d.>08 May 1198 in Pleshey, Essex, England
- b.~ 1158 in Shere Farmbridge, Essex, England
- b.1138 in Costow, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1212 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England d.12 Oct 1269 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1120 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.~ 1164 in Fontaines, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1157 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. in Fontaines, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1179 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1117 in Horton, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1190 in Beckley, Headington, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1146 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1120 in England d.~ 1151
- b.1246 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
- b.< 1121 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Sep 1174 in Loch Fergus, Scotland
- b.1164 in Galloway, Perthshire Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northamptonshire, England
- b.1126 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1186 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234 in Abbey of Dundren, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
- b.~ 1142 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England d.1189
- b.~ 1170 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217 in Abbey of Dundren, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
- b.~ 1154 in Kendal, Westmorland, England d.1 JAN 1190/91
- b.~ 1220 in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland d.28 JAN 1289/90 in Kemston, Bedfordshire, England
- b.1114 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1144 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.17 Jun 1219
- b.~ 1122 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1195 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.1228
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.1171 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.6 JAN 1232/33
- b.1155 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1227 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France
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John III "The Red" and Joan de were married in a religious ceremony before 1291 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland. They had a son and two daughters, named John IV, Joan and Elizabeth.
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Children
Joan Comyn
Joan was born about 1291 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, England. She died before July 24th, 1326.
John IV Comyn , of Badenock, Sir
John IV was born about 1295 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland. He died on June 24th, 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland (dsp).
Elizabeth Comyn
Elizabeth was born on November 1st, 1299 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland. She died at the age of 73 on November 20th, 1372 in Wyke, Cornwall, England.
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