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    John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan (circa 1260 – 1308) was a chief opponent of Robert the Bruce in the civil war that paralleled the War of Scottish Independence...
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    Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan (died 1289) was a Scoto-Norman magnate who was one of the most important figures in the 13th century Kingdom of Scotland...
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    mormaerdom to pass into the hands of a foreign family, the Comyns, though only through marriage. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan inherited and continued his...
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    cousin, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, crossed the border and attacked Carlisle, defended for King Edward by Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, the father of the...
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    Comyn, Countess of Buchan (died 3 July 1349), the niece and heir of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, he was recognised as earl in right of his wife. Henry de...
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  • Bruces. She was the niece of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, to whom she was also heiress, and after his death the Earldom of Buchan was successfully claimed...
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    Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – July 1394), was a Scottish royal prince, the third son of King Robert II of Scotland by...
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  • Battle of Barra. After his defeat at the Battle of Barra in May 1308, King Robert the Bruce's men chased the forces of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan as far...
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    William Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale...
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    Clan Cumming (redirect from House of Comyn)
    first John Comyn. This John was the first to be known as "the Red" Comyn. He was a descendant of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, by the earl's first wife...
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  • Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan and Alice Comyn. Isabel was born in about 1320. She had nine older siblings, including John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont...
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  • Bruce John Comyn IV of Badenoch (c. 1294–1314), son of John III John Comyn, Earl of Buchan (died 1308), cousin of John III John Comyn of Ulceby (died...
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  • Robert Bruce over his chief domestic enemy, John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan. Though part of the wider Wars of Scottish Independence, it is more properly...
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  • surrendered. Some important prisoners were taken: John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and the earls of Atholl, Ross and Menteith, together with 130 knights and...
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  • the style implies he was head of Clann mac Duib. He also had a daughter, Isabella, who married John Comyn, Earl of Buchan. The Mormaer's last historical...
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  • son of a Richard Comyn and was the grandson (through Richard) of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan. In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish...
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    from Scotland, while the Comyns seized their estates in Annandale and Carrick, granting them to John Comyn, Earl of Buchan. Edward I thereupon provided...
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  • Countess of Buchan, also known as Margaret de Buchan, was a Scottish noblewoman. She inherited the earldom from her father, Fergus, Earl of Buchan, who died...
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    and the Earls of Buchan. Alexander Comyn (disambiguation) Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan (died 1289) Alexander Comyn (died 1308), Sheriff of Aberdeen...
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    Alexander III 1275–1289, Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. 1289-?, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan 1311, David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, forfeited. 1309-1333...
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    Clare, daughter of The 6th Earl of Hertford. She was married to John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan, and thus was the Countess of Buchan. After Robert the...
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    which Robert Bruce defeated John Comyn, Earl of Buchan. A castle on this site was, from the mid-13th century, the seat of the King family. An earlier...
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    1346) who married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Comyn, a potent man". Under Malcolm IV, the title Marischal of Scotland had been bestowed on Keith's ancestors...
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    John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, defeated John Comyn, Earl of Buchan in the Battle of Dunbar. King John Balliol surrendered to King Edward I of England...
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  • Alexander Grant & Keith J. Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community Essays Presented to G.W.S Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993) Earl of Buchan...
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    of Barra in May 1308, King Robert's men chased the forces of rival John Comyn, Earl of Buchan as far as Fyvie Castle. As this was a strong fortress, the...
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    heir to the throne of Scotland was John Comyn, Earl of Buchan. Strachan of that Ilk, as mentioned, was likely blood-kin of John Comyn. Bruce forces likely...
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    was upgraded by William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan before being destroyed in the 1308 Harrying of Buchan. After Comyn's timber castle was burned...
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  • between English forces and Scottish forces led by John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Ingram de Umfraville, was a victory for the...
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    Clan Buchan is a Scottish clan of the Lowlands. The clan are sometimes considered a branch of the Clan Comyn. The Buchan are of no relation to the Clan...
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