John Comyn 
John was born in 1242 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland. John's father was John Comyn and his mother is Marion De Galloway. His paternal grandparents were William Comyn and Margaret Colhan; his maternal grandparents were Alan MacDonal De Galloway and Margaret of Huntingdon. He had a brother and two sisters, named Robert, ? and ?. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 61 in 1303 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> The Black /Comyn/
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Alias:<ALIA> The Black /Comyn/
REFN: P2804
Comyn, John (Black Comyn), d. c.13 00, Scottish nobleman
d. c.1300, Scottish nobleman, known as the Black Comyn. In 1286 he
became one of the six regents for Margaret Maid of Norway and, as such,
agreed to the treaty of 1290, by which Margaret was to marry the eldest
son of Edward I of England. After her death, he was at first a claimant
fo r the vacant throne but then supported the claim of his brother-in-law,
John De Baliol, who was awarded the crown by Edward I of England in 1292.
Comyn jo ined Baliol in his revolt against Edward but submitted to the
English king in 1296. The name also appears as Cumming.
COMYN, JOHN (d. C. 1300), Scottish ba ron, was a son of John Comyn (d.
1274), justiciar of Galloway, who was a neph ew of the constable of
Scotland, Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d. 1289), a nd of the powerful
and wealthy Walter Comyn, earl of Mentieth (d. 1258). With his uncle the
earl of Buchan, the elder Comyn took a prominent part in the a ffairs of
Scotland during the latter part of the 13th century, and he had int erests
and estates in England as well as in his native land. He fought for He nry
III. at Northampton and at Lewes, and was afterwards imprisoned for a
s hort time in London. The younger Comyn, who had inherited the lordship
of Bad enoch from his great-uncle the earl of Mentieth, was appointed one
of the gua rdians of Scotland in 1286, and shared in. the negotiations
between Edward I. and the Scots in 1289 and 1290. When Margaret, the Maid
of Norway, died in 1 290, Comyn was one of the claimants for the Scottish
throne, but he did not p ress his candidature, and like the other Comyns
urged the claim of John De Ba liol. After supporting Baliol in his rising
against Edward I., Comyn submitte d to the English king in 1296; he was
sent to reside in England, but returned to Scotland shortly before his
death.
John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (d. 1302) or John "the Black", also kno
wn as Black Comyn, a Scottish nobleman, was a Guardian of Scotland, and o
ne of the six Regents for Margaret, Maid of Norway.
As a descendant of King Donald III, Comyn was one of the thirteen Competit
ors for the Crown of Scotland but did not aggressively push his claim f
or fear of jeopardising that of his brother-in-law John Balliol. Com
yn - as head of the most powerful noble family in Scotland - was a committ
ed ally of Balliol and assisted him in his struggle against Edward. It h
as even been suggested that the Comyn family were the driving force behi
nd both the Balliol kingship and the revolt against Edward's demands. Howe
ver, Comyn submitted to the English king in 1296.
He was the father of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and father-in-l
aw of Alexander of Argyll.
He died at Lochindorb Castle in 1302.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1053 in Normandy, France d.~ 1100
- b.1085 in Northumberland, England d. in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1050 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1085 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1115 in Northalteron, Morayshire, Scotland d.1176 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1050 in Thurliegh, Ouilly-Basset, Normandy, France d.1086 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1084 in Basset, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1045
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1046 in Northumbria d.31 May 1076 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1074 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.~ 1155 in Sancto Johnstone, Scotland
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1189
- b.~ 1033 in Scotland d.1099
- b.~ 1100 in Tynedale, Scotland d.~ 1160
- b.~ 1215 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.1274
- b.~ 1090 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1120 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.> 1179
- b.1100 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1199 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1125 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1172 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.~ 1243
- b.~ 1150 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1242 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.1303 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1077 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.1127 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Sep 1174
- b.~ 1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1138
- b.1130 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1100 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1162 in Kirksowald, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1143 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1196
- b.~ 1135 in Bedfordshire, England d. in England
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1109 in Workington, Coupland, England d.1170 in Kendal, Westmorland, England
- b.~ 1148 in Cumberland, England d.01 Jan 1191
- b.~ 1117 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.> 1166 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1216 in Galloway, Scotland
- b.1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1115 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.1072 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.~ 1144 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1065 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1114 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.1085 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.13 Feb 1131 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1190 in Huntingdon, England d.1228
- b.1099 in Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in St Werberg, Chester, England
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1112 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Jul 1189 in Chester, England
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
- b.~ 1117 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, France d.13 Mar 1181 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Montfort-Sur-Risle-Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreaux, Eure, France
- b.~ 1126 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.1168 in England
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Children
John Comyn
John was born about 1269 in Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He died on February 10th, 1306 in Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, Scotland.
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