Individual Details
Sir Alexander "6th Earl of Buchan, Constable and Justiciar of Scotland" Comyn Knt
(1217 - Bef 6 Apr 1290)
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==Biography==*Alexander Comyn's control over the earldom of Buchan was exercised through key castles at Kingedward, Dundarg (Aberdour), Cairnbulg (Philorth), Rattray, Slains, and Ellon. Ellon was the legal centre of the earldom; Deer Abbey (founded by his father c.1219) the religious centre; Kelly, with its enclosed park for hunting, the domestic centre; and Newburgh the main burgh. He also had considerable landed power outside Buchan, including a manor house on the banks of the River Tay, near Scone, lands in Fife, and Mortlach, which with its important castle of Balvenie, Banffshire, formed an important link with the lands of the Badenoch branch of the family. In addition, his marriage to Elizabeth, one of three daughters and coheirs of the great Anglo-Scottish magnate Roger de Quincy (d. 1264), brought him estates in Fife, Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and Lothian, as well as much land in England, especially in the midlands. Having bought the office of constable in 1274 or 1275, Earl Alexander also added the constable lands in Perth, Clackmannan, Inverness, and Cowie, near Stonehaven, to his landholding. He was thus one of the great Anglo-Scottish barons.
== Children ==*He had a large family, four sons—John Comyn (d. 1308), his successor, who married Isabel, daughter of Colban, earl of Fife; Roger:Alexander, who married Joan Latimer; and Master William, provost of St Mary's, St Andrews—and five daughters: Marjory (or Marjorie), who was married to Patrick Dunbar, seventh earl of Dunbar [see under [:ITAL]Dunbar, Patrick, eighth earl of Dunbar or of March (1285-1369)]; Emma, who was married to Malise Strathearn, earl of Strathearn; Elizabeth, who married Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus; Elena, who was married to William Brechin; and another, married to Nicholas de Soulis.
== Sources ==
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 150-153
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5225
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Note==
This individual is the subject of an article or stub at Wikipedia.
==Biography==*Alexander Comyn's control over the earldom of Buchan was exercised through key castles at Kingedward, Dundarg (Aberdour), Cairnbulg (Philorth), Rattray, Slains, and Ellon. Ellon was the legal centre of the earldom; Deer Abbey (founded by his father c.1219) the religious centre; Kelly, with its enclosed park for hunting, the domestic centre; and Newburgh the main burgh. He also had considerable landed power outside Buchan, including a manor house on the banks of the River Tay, near Scone, lands in Fife, and Mortlach, which with its important castle of Balvenie, Banffshire, formed an important link with the lands of the Badenoch branch of the family. In addition, his marriage to Elizabeth, one of three daughters and coheirs of the great Anglo-Scottish magnate Roger de Quincy (d. 1264), brought him estates in Fife, Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and Lothian, as well as much land in England, especially in the midlands. Having bought the office of constable in 1274 or 1275, Earl Alexander also added the constable lands in Perth, Clackmannan, Inverness, and Cowie, near Stonehaven, to his landholding. He was thus one of the great Anglo-Scottish barons.
== Children ==*He had a large family, four sons—John Comyn (d. 1308), his successor, who married Isabel, daughter of Colban, earl of Fife; Roger:Alexander, who married Joan Latimer; and Master William, provost of St Mary's, St Andrews—and five daughters: Marjory (or Marjorie), who was married to Patrick Dunbar, seventh earl of Dunbar [see under [:ITAL]Dunbar, Patrick, eighth earl of Dunbar or of March (1285-1369)]; Emma, who was married to Malise Strathearn, earl of Strathearn; Elizabeth, who married Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus; Elena, who was married to William Brechin; and another, married to Nicholas de Soulis.
== Sources ==
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 150-153
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5225
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
== Note==
This individual is the subject of an article or stub at Wikipedia.
Events
| Birth | 1217 | Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1260 | Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Elizabeth "Isabel, Countess of Buchan" Quincy | |||
| Death | Bef 6 Apr 1290 | Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 283773 | ||||
| Reference No | 299361 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Isabel, Countess of Buchan" Quincy (1223 - 1303) |
| Child | Egidia Agnes Comyn (1244 - 1320) |
| Child | Sir Alexander "Sheriff of Wigtownshire & Aberdeenshire, 1304-5" Comyn Knt ( - 1308) |
| Child | Elizabeth Comyn (1248 - 1329) |
| Child | Elena Comyn (1254 - ) |
| Child | Bridget Comyn (1257 - ) |
| Child | John "Earl of Buchan" Comyn (1260 - 1308) |
| Child | Roger Comyn (1261 - ) |
| Child | William Comyn (1263 - 1306) |
| Child | Marjorie Comyn (1265 - 1308) |
| Child | Catherine Comyn (1267 - ) |
| Father | Sir William "1st Earl of Buchan" Comyn (1163 - 1233) |
| Mother | Margaret Buchan (1185 - 1244) |
| Sibling | Margaret Comyn (1218 - 1274) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Comyn (1223 - 1266) |