Walter Comyn 
Walter was born about 1188 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Walter's father was William Comyn and his mother was Margaret Colhan. His paternal grandparents were Richard Comyn and Hextilda of Tynedale; his maternal grandfather was Fergus Colhan and his maternal grandmother is UNKNOWN ?. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Richard, John, Alexander, Fergus, Jean, Margaret, Euphemia, Ideona and Elizabeth. He was the oldest of the ten children. He died in 1258.General Notes
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Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith (d. 1258) w
as the son of William Comyn, Justiciar of Scotia and Mormaer or Earl of Bu
chan by right of his second wife.
Walter makes his first appearance in royal charters as early as 1211–121
4. In 1220, he accompanied King Alexander II of Scotland during the latter
's visit to York. He appears as "Lord of Badenoch" as early as 1229, aft
er the defeat of the Meic Uilleim by his father. Like his father, Walter w
as given the hand of an heiress, Isabella, Countess of Menteith. By 123
4, Isabella had inherited the Mormaerdom of Menteith, and so Walter beca
me Mormaer or Earl of Menteith by right of his wife (jure uxoris). Walt
er appears to have had at least one child, a man called Henry who witness
ed a charter, dated to 1250, of Maol Domhnaich, Mormaer of Lennox.
Walter was one of the leading political figures in the Kingdom of Scotlan
d, especially during the minority of King Alexander III, when, along wi
th Alan Durward, he essentially ran the country. He died suddenly in eith
er the October or November of 1258. By this time, his son Henry must ha
ve been dead. Isabella remained countess until 1260–1261, when Walter Stew
art, wife of Isabella's sister Mary, seized the province. As Walter h
ad no surviving male children, the Lordship of Badenoch passed to Walter
's nephew John. John was unable to inherit Menteith.
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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.~ 1022 in Normandy, France d.28 Jan 1068 in Durham, England
- b.~ 1053 in Normandy, France d.~ 1100
- b.1085 in Northumberland, England d. in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1020 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.~ 1096 in France
- b.~ 1050 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1085 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1025 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1115 in Northalteron, Morayshire, Scotland d.1176 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1005 in Normandy, France
- 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.~ 1000 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1046 in Northumbria d.31 May 1076 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1020 in Bernicia, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1074 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.~ 1155 in Sancto Johnstone, Scotland
- b.< 1034 in Boulogne, Flanders d.1054 in Bataille De Lille, Flanders
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 1027 in Normandy, France d.< 1090
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1189
- b.~ 1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Bothganowan, Elgin, Scotland
- b.~ 1033 in Scotland d.1099
- b.1016 in Northumbria d.1040
- b.~ 1100 in Tynedale, Scotland d.~ 1160
- b.~ 1188 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1258
- b.~ 1090 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1120 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.> 1179
- b.~ 1060 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.> 1132
- b.1100 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1062 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1134
- 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
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They had a daughter named Isobel.
Family Notes
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