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Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan 1217–1290 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1217

Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: Apr 1290

Death Location: Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: William Comyn

Mother: Margaret Buchan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Quincy

Children(s): Egidia Comyn, Marjorie Comyn, John Buchan, Roger Comyn, William Andrews, Marjorie Dunbar, Margaret Comyn, Elena Comyn, Alexander Comyn

Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan was born in 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of William De Comyn And Margaret Colhan Countess Of Buchan. Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan married Elizabeth De Quincy, and had children including Alexander De Comyn, Egidia Agnes De Comyn, Elena De Comyn, John De Comyn Earl Of Buchan, Margaret De Comyn, Marjorie De Comyn, Marjorie De Comyn Countess Of Dunbar, Roger De Comyn, William De Comyn Provost Of Church Of St Andrews. Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan passed away in 1290 in Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan was born in 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of William De Comyn And Margaret Colhan Countess Of Buchan.
  • Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan married Elizabeth De Quincy, and had children including Alexander De Comyn, Egidia Agnes De Comyn, Elena De Comyn, John De Comyn Earl Of Buchan, Margaret De Comyn, Marjorie De Comyn, Marjorie De Comyn Countess Of Dunbar, Roger De Comyn, William De Comyn Provost Of Church Of St Andrews.
  • Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan passed away in 1290 in Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Comyn
1163–1233
Birth Location: Altyre House, Elginshire, Scotland
WC
Margaret Buchan
1181–1244
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Quincy
1220–1282
Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
EQ

Children(s)

Egidia Comyn
1244–1308
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EC
Marjorie Comyn
1256–1296
Birth Location: Scotland
MC
John Buchan
1260–1308
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JB
Roger Comyn
1261–1282
Birth Location: Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
RC
William Andrews
1263–1311
Birth Location: Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
WA
Marjorie Dunbar
1240–1308
Birth Location: Whitewitch Castle, Leicestershire, England
MD
Margaret Comyn
1240–1296
Birth Location: Elginshire, Scotland
MC
Elena Comyn
1247–1302
Birth Location: Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland
EC
Alexander Comyn
1252–1308
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AC

Alexander Buchan's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Buchan
1217–1290
Birth Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
William de Comyn
1163–1233
Altyre House, Elginshire, Scotland
Margaret (Colhan Countess of) Buchan
1181–1244
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Richard (de Comyn Lord of) Tynedale
1122–1177
Altyre House, Elginshire, Scotland
Hextilda FitzUchtred
1122–1182
Tindale, Northumberland, England
Fergus (de Buchan Earl of) Buchan
1145–1199
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marjorie Colhan
1169–1244
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Scotland
1086–1160
Maude Bassett
1088–1162
Uchtred Tyndale
1076–1152
Bethóc Donald
1080–1160
Roger Buchan
1140–1179
Countess Buchan
–1180
Gartnach Colhan
1140–
Ete Braenain
1150–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Comyn
1052–1135
Sybyl DeGiffard
1057–1098
Thurston Basset
1060–1079
Ædgitha Adlfflædasdatter
1061–1108
Waltheof Tynedale
1049–1076
Donald III
1033–1099
Hextilda FitzAndlaw
1029–1100
Colban Buchan
1105–1180
Eva Aberdeenshire
1114–1167
Cináed Braenain
1035–1068
Uchdelb O'Gairbita
1050–1090

Alexander Buchan's Descendants

1.
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Alexander (de Comyn Earl Of) Buchan (1217–Apr 1290) m. Elizabeth (de) Quincy (1220–12 Apr 1282)
  1. 1. Egidia (Agnes de) Comyn 1244–1308 m. Malise (III Strathearn Earl of) Strathearn 1257–1313
    1. 1. Malise (IV Strathearn 7th Earl of) Strathearn 1278–1346 m. Joanna (de) Menteith 1322–1367 m. Marjory (Mathilda de) Ross 1290–1350 m. Elizabeth (de) Comyn 1248–1329 m. Agnes (of) Caithness 1276–1312
      1. 1. Joanna Strathearn 1340–1409 m. Archibald (Douglas 3rd Earl of) Douglas 1328–1400 m. Thomas (De Moray Of) Bothwell 1331–1361
        1. 1. Archibald (Douglas 4th Earl of) Douglas 1370–1424 m. Margaret Stewart 1370–1456
        2. 2. Eleanor Douglas 1362–1425 m. John (de) Dundas 1358–1430
        3. 3. Margery Douglas 1377–1421 m. David (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1378–1402 m. Walter (Haliburton 1st Lord Haliburton of) Dirleton 1360–1449
        4. 4. James (Douglas VII Earl of) Douglas 1370–1443 m. Beatrice Stewart 1362–1424 m. Beatrice Sinclair 1396–1462
        5. 5. Jean Douglas 1354–1400 m. Richard (Rutherford of that) ilk, 1351–1425 m. Richard (De) Ruthirfurde 1368–1455
        6. 6. James (Douglas I Lord of) Dalkeith 1356–1440 m. Elizabeth (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Baroness) Dalkeith 1372–1411 m. Egidia (Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1358–1388 m. Janet (de) Borthwick 1388–1464
        7. 7. Mary Douglas 1359–1421 m. Walter (Lord Dirleton) Halyburton 1355–
        8. 8. Helen Douglas 1367–1422 m. George (Lauder of Haltoun or Hatton, Lord Provost of) Edinburgh 1373–1430
        9. 9. Catherine Douglas 1372–1430 m. John (de) Vaux 1356–1384
      2. 2. Maurice Strathearn 1334–
      3. 3. William Strathearn 1342–1346
    2. 2. Isobelle Strathearn 1290–1340 m. William (St.) Clair 1283–1331
      1. 1. Margaret Sinclair 1330–1361 m. Thomas (Stewart 2nd Earl of) Angus 1331–1361 m. John (St Clair of) Herdmanston 1323–1377 m. Thomas Stewart 1308–1361
        1. 1. Margaret (Stewart Countess of) Angus 1355–1417 m. William (Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Warden of the) Marches 1323–1384 m. Thomas (de Mar 9th Earl of) Mar 1330–1374
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Stewart of) Angus 1356– m. Alexander Hamilton 1345–1375
        3. 3. Thomas (Stewart - 3rd Earl Of) Angus 1355–1377
        4. 4. Lady (Margaret Carlyle) Stewart 1361–1482 m. William (Douglas 3rd Baron of) Drumlanrig 1415–1476
      2. 2. William (St. Clair Of) Rosslyn 1328–1358 m. Isabella Strathearn 1324–1391
    3. 3. Matilda Strathearn 1283–1313 m. Robert (de) Tosny 1276–1309
    4. 4. Gilbert Strathearn 1279–1300
    5. 5. Robert Strathearn 1280–
    6. 6. Helen Strathearn 1285– m. Reginald (of Inverugie) Cheyne 1283–1345
  2. 2. Marjorie (de) Comyn 1256–1296 m. Patrick (IV 8th Earl of) Dunbar 1242–1308
    1. 1. Patrick (de) Dunbar 1285–1368 m. Ermengarde (de) Soulis 1270–1320
      1. 1. Patrick (de) Dunbar 1310–1356 m. Agnes Randolph 1313–1361 m. Isabel Randolph 1300–1369
        1. 1. George (Dunbar 9th Earl of) Dunbar 1336–1423 m. Christina Seton 1340–1402 m. Vivanne (Elisbeth) Cliffe 1380–1421
        2. 2. Agnes (de) Dunbar 1344–1378 m. John (of Thirlestane and Levington) MAITLAND 1340–1395 m. Patrick Hepburn 1322–1402 m. James Douglas –1388
        3. 3. Elizabeth Dunbar 1342–1402 m. John (Maitland of Thirlestane and) Lethington 1335–
        4. 4. David (Dunbar of) Comnock 1344–1421
        5. 5. David (Dunbar of) cumnock 1351–1424
        6. 6. George (De Dunbar 11th Earl of Dunbar 3rd Earl of) March 1347–
      2. 2. Agnes Dunbar 1305–
      3. 3. John Dunbar 1300– m. Geiles "Isabella" 1305– m. Isabel (Countess of) Fife 1320–
    2. 2. Margaret Dunbar 1280– m. William (Douglas Earl of) Douglas 1289–
    3. 3. Margaret Dunbar 1280– m. Henry (Le) Scot 1275–
    4. 4. Aleonore Dunbar 1261– m. Hugo (de Kelso Fourth Lord of) Kelsoland 1283–1298
    5. 5. Cecilia Dunbar 1288– m. john mcghie 1285–
    6. 6. George (Dunbar of) Mochrum 1290–1351
    7. 7. Alexander Dunbar –1331
    8. 8. Margaret Dunbar 1287– m. Richard (De) Lundy 1265–1297
    9. 9. John Dunbar 1280–1356
  3. 3. John (de Comyn Earl of) Buchan 1260–1308 m. Isabella (MacDuff Countess of) Buchan –1313
  4. 4. Roger (de) Comyn 1261–1282
  5. 5. William (de Comyn Provost of Church of St) Andrews 1263–1311
  6. 6. Marjorie (de Comyn Countess of) Dunbar 1240–1308 m. Laurence (Grant 2nd of) Stratherrick 1230–1275
  7. 7. Margaret (de) Comyn 1240–1296 m. John (De) Keith 1260– m. Nicolas (II De Soules Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of) Scotland 1240–1296
  8. 8. Elena (de) Comyn 1247–1302 m. William Brechin 1237–1292 m. William (de) Brechin 1215–
  9. 9. Alexander (de) Comyn 1252–1308 m. Joan Latimer 1260–1320 m. Isabel (de) Quincy 1265–

Alexander Buchan's Timeline

3 Records

1217
1217
Birth of Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1290
6 Apr 1290
Age 73
Death of Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1290
Apr 1290
Age 73
Burial of Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan in Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1217
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1290
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Apr 1290
    Event Place: Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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