Lord of Badenoch John (The Red) Comyn III

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Sir John (The Black) Comyn Lord of Badenoch

Alianore (Mary) de Baliol

Sir John (The First Red) Comyn

Amabilia

Regent of Scotland John de Baliol

Devorguilla MacDonald

Death Notes

D: 10 Feb 1305/6

General Notes

John Comyn, nicknamed "Red" Comyn, (died 10 February 1306) was a Scottish nobleman and royal Competitor. His father, another John Comyn, was known as the "Black" Comyn.

After the deaths of King Alexander III of Scotland in 1286 and his granddaughter and last undoubted heir Margaret, the Maid of Norway in 1290, twelve to fourteen powerful noble houses with tenuous royal claims competed for the throne. Foremost among these were the Balliol, the Comyn, and the Bruce. John Balliol had the support of the Comyns, and "Red" Comyn married Balliol's sister, to cement an alliance. However, Balliol was set up only to be knocked down by King Edward I of England.

In 1306, John Comyn, Earl of Mentieth, was summoned to a secret parley with his chief rival, Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick. As a "guarantee" of nonviolence, the negotiation was to be held in Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. Comyn did not survive this meeting, as Bruce stabbed him. Tradition has it that the wounded Comyn was then "finished off" by a companion of Bruce, Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick, with the words "I mak sikkar" (I make sure). This has remained the Kirkpatrick family motto to this day, with its crest being a bloodied hand holding a dagger.

The action resulted in Pope Clement V excommunicating the Bruce, temporarily damaging his chances of the throne. He was crowned king the following year.

The Scottish clan descended from the Comyns is now known as Cumming.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Lord Tyndale, Justicular of Scots Richard Comyn ^*
  - b.~  1115 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland d.~  1179
  
  Earl of Buchan, Great Chancellor William Comyn
  - b.~  1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1233
  
  Hextilda Fitzuchtred ^*
  - b.~  1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.>  1182
  
  Lord of Badenoch Richard Comyn
  - b.1170 d.Jul 1249
  
  William FitzHugh
  - b.~  1130 in Scotland
  
  Sarah Fitzhugh
  - b.~  1165 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
  
  - b.~  1130 in Scotland
  
  Sir John (The First Red) Comyn
  - b.<  1242 d.>  1273
  
  Sir John (The Black) Comyn Lord of Badenoch
  - b.<  1281 d.~  1303
  
  Amabilia
  - d.>  1280
  
  Lord of Badenoch John (The Red) Comyn III
  - b.~  1269 d.10 Feb 1305
  
  Eustace de Baliol
  - b.~  1155 in Bywell, Northumberland, England d.1200
  
  Baron Gainford Hugh de Baliol
  - b.~  1175 in Bywell, Northumberland, England d.~  1228
  
  Piers de Lutegareshale
  - b.~  1134 in Cherhill, England
  
  Petronell FitzPiers
  - b.~  1158 in Shere Farmbridge, Essex, England
  
  Maud de Mandeville
  - b.1138 in Costow, Wiltshire, England d.<  1232
  
  Regent of Scotland John de Baliol
  - b.1216 d.27 Aug 1268
  
  Cecily de Fontaines
  - b.~  1180
  
  Alianore (Mary) de Baliol
  - b.~  1246
  
  Echtred of Galloway ^*
  - b.1100 d.22 Sep 1174
  
  Roland of Galloway
  - b.~  1135 d.Dec 1200
  
  Gunnild of Dunbar ^*
  - b.1134
  
  Lord Alan MacDonald of Galloway
  - b.~  1170 d.1234
  
  Constable of Scotland Richard de Morville ^*
  - b.1143 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1189
  
  Elena de Morville
  - b.~  1153 d.11 Jun 1217
  
  Avice de Lancaster ^*
  - b.1145 in Cumberland, England
  
  Devorguilla MacDonald
  
  Prince, Earl of Huntington Henry Caenmore of Scotland ^*
  - b.1114 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland
  
  Earl of Huntingdon David de Huntingdon
  - b.1144 in Huntington, Huntingtonshire, Scotland d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedelay, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  
  Ada De Warenne ^*
  - b.~  1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
  
  Margaret de Huntingdon
  - b.~  1195 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.1228
  
  3rd Earl of Chester Hugh Le Meschines ^*
  - b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouth, England d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Stafford, England
  
  Maud Chester
  - b.1171 d.06 Jan 1232
  
  Bertrade D'evreux De Montfort ^*
  - b.1155 in Chester, England d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreux, Eure, France
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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