Individual Details
Sir William "1st Earl of Buchan" Comyn
(Abt 1163 - 1233)
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[[Category: Buchan, Aberdeenshire]]
==Biography==He extended the family's landed acquisitions northwards through the lordships of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch (c.1200), the earldom of Buchan (c.1212), and the lordship of Badenoch (c.1229) for his son Walter (the future earl of Menteith).
== Children ==By his 1st marriage, he had four sons: Richard, the eldest (d. 1244×9); Walter (second son); David (married Isabel de Valognes, lady of East Kilbride); and William; and one daughter, Jean (married William of Ross, second earl of Ross.
By his 2nd marriage, he had three sons: Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d. 1289), who married Elizabeth de Quincy; William; and Fergus; and three daughters: Idonea (married Gilbert de la Hay), Agnes (married Philip Meldrum), and Elizabeth (married William, earl of Mar).
==Notes==
William Comyn, Earl of Buchan was the son of Richard Comyn, Lord of Tynedale and Hextilda (?).
He married, firstly, unknown wife (?).
He founded the Abbey of Deer in Buchan. He held the office of Justiciar [Scotland]. He gained the title of Earl of Buchan, in right of his wife.
He married, secondly, Margaret, Countess of Buchan, daughter of Fergus, 4th Earl of Buchan, before 1210.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 374.
He died in 1233.
'''Family 1'''
* unknown
'''Children'''
* Richard Comyn
* Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith
* Sir John Comyn of Badenoch
* Lady Idoine Comyn
'''Family 2'''
* Margaret, Countess of Buchan
'''Children'''
* Elizabeth Comyn d. 1267
* Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan d. b 6 Apr 1290
== Sources ==
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p460.htm#i4596
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I41794
* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
*[http://www.altyre-estate.co.uk/our-past-historic.aspx Altyre Estate]
[[Category: Buchan, Aberdeenshire]]
==Biography==He extended the family's landed acquisitions northwards through the lordships of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch (c.1200), the earldom of Buchan (c.1212), and the lordship of Badenoch (c.1229) for his son Walter (the future earl of Menteith).
== Children ==By his 1st marriage, he had four sons: Richard, the eldest (d. 1244×9); Walter (second son); David (married Isabel de Valognes, lady of East Kilbride); and William; and one daughter, Jean (married William of Ross, second earl of Ross.
By his 2nd marriage, he had three sons: Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d. 1289), who married Elizabeth de Quincy; William; and Fergus; and three daughters: Idonea (married Gilbert de la Hay), Agnes (married Philip Meldrum), and Elizabeth (married William, earl of Mar).
==Notes==
William Comyn, Earl of Buchan was the son of Richard Comyn, Lord of Tynedale and Hextilda (?).
He married, firstly, unknown wife (?).
He founded the Abbey of Deer in Buchan. He held the office of Justiciar [Scotland]. He gained the title of Earl of Buchan, in right of his wife.
He married, secondly, Margaret, Countess of Buchan, daughter of Fergus, 4th Earl of Buchan, before 1210.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 374.
He died in 1233.
'''Family 1'''
* unknown
'''Children'''
* Richard Comyn
* Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith
* Sir John Comyn of Badenoch
* Lady Idoine Comyn
'''Family 2'''
* Margaret, Countess of Buchan
'''Children'''
* Elizabeth Comyn d. 1267
* Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan d. b 6 Apr 1290
== Sources ==
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p460.htm#i4596
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I41794
* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
*[http://www.altyre-estate.co.uk/our-past-historic.aspx Altyre Estate]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1163 | Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1187 | Sarah FitzHugh | |||
| Marriage | 1210 | Margaret Buchan | |||
| Death | 1233 | Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 293943 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah FitzHugh (1167 - 1204) |
| Child | Johanna "Jean" Comyn (1198 - 1274) |
| Child | Walter "Lord of Badenoch" Comyn (1190 - 1258) |
| Child | Richard Comyn (1190 - 1244) |
| Child | Sir John Comyn (1210 - 1291) |
| Child | Idoine Comyn (1233 - 1250) |
| Spouse | Margaret Buchan (1185 - 1244) |
| Child | Sir Alexander "6th Earl of Buchan, Constable and Justiciar of Scotland" Comyn Knt (1217 - 1290) |
| Child | Margaret Comyn (1218 - 1274) |
| Child | Elizabeth Comyn (1223 - 1266) |
| Father | Richard Comyn (1115 - 1177) |
| Mother | Hextilda "Countess of Atholl" Tynedale (1122 - 1182) |
| Sibling | Margaret Comyn (1166 - 1232) |