John Comyn I of Badenoch
John Comyn I of Badenoch | |
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| Died | c. 1275 |
| Noble family | Comyn family |
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| Father | Richard Comyn |
John Comyn (Cumyn) (c. 1215 – c. 1275) was Lord of Badenoch in Scotland. He was Justiciar of Galloway in 1258.[1][2] He held lands in Nithsdale[3] (Dalswinton, a Comyn stronghold,[4][5] and Duncow[6]) and Tynedale.[3]
Life
The Comyn family were in effective power in Scotland from 1249 to 1255, when Alexander III of Scotland was a minor; John was one of those with court influence.[3] The Comyns were ousted by Alan Durward, but returned to power in 1257-8, before provoking a strong English reaction.[3][7]
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes (1265), with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder,[8] and was captured.[9] In 1267 he was given licence to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by Walter Comyn.[10]
He started the construction of Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269.[11] The place was soon taken back by David, Earl of Atholl.[12]
John was the son of a Richard Comyn and was the grandson (through Richard) of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan.[citation needed]
In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish expedition that crushed a Manx revolt against the Scottish Crown.[citation needed]
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica he died in 1274, and was nephew of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, and of Walter Comyn, Earl of Mentieth.[13] His date of death is also given as 1277.[citation needed]
He succeeded his uncle Walter, in 1258, as Lord of Badenoch, and was succeeded by his son John II, the "Black Comyn". John I was known as the "Red Comyn", the nickname more commonly applied to his grandson.[14]
Family
His first wife was called Eva, and appears to have been the mother of at least his oldest children.[15]
His second wife was named Alice and referred to in one document after his death as Lady Alice de Roos (Ros).[16][a] Alice was the daughter of William de Roos of Helmsley and Lucy FitzPiers.
He is known to have had the following issue:
- John of Badenoch (died 1303), succeeded his father, married Eleanor de Balliol, daughter of John de Balliol and Dervorguilla of Galloway; had issue.
- William of Kirkintilloch (died 1291), married Isabella Russell, daughter of John Russell and Isabella, Countess of Menteith; without issue.
- Alexander Comyn of Dunphail (died 1330), married Eva, widow of Alexander Murray, had issue.
- Robert Comyn (died 1306), married Margaret Comyn, daughter of William Comyn of Lochaber; had issue.
- John Comyn of Ulceby; had issue.
- a daughter who married Alexander of Argyll; had issue.[citation needed]
- a daughter who married Sir William Galbraith, 4th of that Ilk; had issue.[18]
- a daughter who married firstly Richard Siward and secondly Geoffrey de Mowbray; had issue.[19]
- a daughter who married Sir Andrew Moray; had issue.[20]
Notes
Citations
- ^ G. W. S. Barrow, The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century (2003), p. 86.
- ^ Michael Brown, The Wars of Scotland (2004), p. 53.
- ^ a b c d Tout 1887.
- ^ Overview of Dalswinton
- ^ http://lmid1.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=65896[permanent dead link]
- ^ Historical perspective for Nithsdale
- ^ Michael Prestwich, Plantagenet England 1225-1360 (2005), p. 230.
- ^ "Battle of Lewes, May 14, 1264". Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ Battlefield Report (PDF), p. 5.
- ^ Tarset Castle Archived 2007-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Blair Castle". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland.
- ^ "A Guide To Blair Castle, Perth and Kinross, From TourUK". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 822.
- ^ "Clan Comyn". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013) Vol.II p.207.
- ^ Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2005), p. 210; gives his death as in 1273-8. Also see newer work Royal Ancestry (2013) Vol.II p.207.
- ^ Scots Peerage p.5
- ^ Clan Galbraith Association Galbraiths of the Lennox
- ^ Medieval English genealogy: Which John de Mowbray was the Brother of Christiana de Plumpton? Part 2
- ^ Balfour Paul J., Scots Peerage voll i, p. 506
References
Tout, Thomas Frederick (1887). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 458–459.