Earl William Comyn of Buchan 
William was born about 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. William's father is Lord Richard Comyn of Tynedale and his mother is Heiress Hextilda FitzHuchtred of Tynedale. His paternal grandparents are William Comyn and Maude Banaster; his maternal grandparents are Huctred de Tynedale and Bethoe Dane de Scotland. He was an only child. He died in 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland.General Notes
b? 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
Great Chancellor of Scotland
1st Earl of Buchan
Balvenie Castle
Home of the Black Comyn
Balvenie Castle lies a mile north of Dufftown, and is strategically located in Glenfiddich in the Grampian Region of Scotland. The castle's beginnings date to the 13th Century when Marjory, daughter of Fergus, the last Celtic Earl of Buchan, married William Comyn, one of the new breed of Scottish noblemen. He became the new earl, as well as Lord of Balvenie. It was either William or their son, Alexander, who built this castle.
21st great grandfather, generation 23
Chamberlain to Alexander III, King of Scotland
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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.~ 0991 in Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1022 in Morayshire, Scotland d.28 Jan 1069
- b.~ 1053 in Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1084 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1031 in Fonthill, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1057 in Fonthill, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1115 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1030 in Normandy, France d.1128
- b.1057 in Basset, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1088 in Basset, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1021 in Denmark d.1045/1049
- b.~ 0995 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1046 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in St. Giles Hill, Winchester, England
- b.~ 0994 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England d.~ 1039 in Spm
- b.~ 1031 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.1096 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1004 in Boulogne, Vendee, France d.1049
- b.~ 0972 in Lens, Normandy, France d.1054 in Lille, Phalampin, France
- b.ABT 0984/1005 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
- b.1054/1055 in Lens, Artois, France
- b.1003/1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 1027 in Normandy, France d.< 1090
- b.ABT 1003/1012 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.ABT 1001/1013 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.15 Aug 1040 in pitgaveny
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1033 in Atholl, Pertshire, Scotland d.1099 in Rescobie, Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1100 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland
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William and Marjorie were married in a religious ceremony about 1193 in Altyre, Moray, Scotland. They had a son named Richard.
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Children
Lord Richard Comyn of Badenoch
Richard was born about 1194 in Altyre, Moray, Scotland. He died in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland.
William and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 1214 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland. They had a son and two daughters, named Alexander, Jean and Elizabeth.
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Children
Earl Alexander Comyn of Buchan
Alexander was born about 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died before April 12th, 1290 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland .
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Children
Earl Walter Comyn of Menteith
Walter was born about 1190 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died in November 1258.
Lord Richard Comyn of Badenoch
Richard was born about 1194 in Altyre, Moray, Scotland. He died in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland.
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