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Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan 1217–1290 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1217

Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 6 April 1290

Death Location: Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: William Badenoch

Mother: Marjory Buchan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Quincy

Children(s): Marjory Comyn, Lord Comyn, Agnes Comyn

Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan was born in 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of William Of Buchan Comyn Lord Of Badenoch And Marjory Of Buchan. Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan married Elizabeth De Quincy, and had children including Agnes Comyn, Lord Alexander Comyn, Marjory Comyn. Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan passed away in 1290 in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan was born in 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of William Of Buchan Comyn Lord Of Badenoch And Marjory Of Buchan.
  • Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan married Elizabeth De Quincy, and had children including Agnes Comyn, Lord Alexander Comyn, Marjory Comyn.
  • Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan passed away in 1290 in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Alexander Buchan's Ancestors

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Alexander Buchan
1217–1290
Birth Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
William of Buchan Comyn Lord of Badenoch
1165–1233
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Marjory (of) Buchan
1184–1244
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Richard Comyn
1115–1177
Scotland
Hextilda Tynedale
1122–1149
Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
Fergus (Buchan 4th Earl of) Buchan
1170–1244
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
William Comyn
1084–1114
Maude Basset
1088–
Uctred Tyndale
1096–1152
Bethoc
1090–
Roger Buchan
1140–1179
Roger Buchan
1140–1179
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lord
1053–
Sybyl Gifford
1057–
Thurston Basset
1050–1086
Waltheof Northumbria
1050–1076
Judith
1054–1086
Donald Dunkheld
1033–1099
Colban Buchan
1100–1166
Eva Nicgartnach
1125–1126
Colban Buchan
1100–
Eva Mormaer
1120–

Alexander Buchan's Descendants

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Alexander (Comyn 2nd Earl of) Buchan (1 January 1217–6 April 1290) m. Elizabeth (de) Quincy (1220–6 April 1282)
  1. 1. Marjory Comyn 1245– m. Patrick (Dunbar 8th Earl of Dunbar 1st Earl of) March 1242–1308
    1. 1. Patrick Dunbar 1310–1351 m. Isabel Randolph 1310–1361
  2. 2. Lord (Alexander) Comyn 1280–1305 m. Joan (de) Latimer 1256–1340
    1. 1. Alice Coymn 1289–1349 m. Henry (Beaumont 1st Baron) Beaumont 1285–1340
      1. 1. John (de Beaumont 2nd Baron) Beaumont 1310–1342 m. Eleonore (of Lancaster) Plantagenet 1315–1372
        1. 1. Henry (de Beaumont 3rd Baron) Beaumont 1340–1369 m. Margaret (de) Vere 1344–1398
      2. 2. Isabel (of) Beaumont 1320–1361 m. Henry (of Grosmont 1st Duke of Lancaster 4th Earl of Leicester and) Lancaster 1310–1361
        1. 1. Maud (of) Lancaster 1339–1362
        2. 2. Blanche (of) Lancaster 1345–1368 m. John (of Gaunt Plantagenet 1st Duke of) Lancaster 1340–1399
      3. 3. Joan Beaumont 1321–1349 m. Fulk (Fitzwarine 3rd Lord of) Whittington 1314–1349
        1. 1. Fulk (Fitzwarine 4th Lord of) Whittington 1340–1373 m. Margaret Audley 1342–1373
  3. 3. Agnes Comyn 1245– m. Malise (IV of Strathearn 7th Earl of) Strathearn 1235–1310
    1. 1. Mary (of) Strathearn 1292–1319 m. John (de) Moravia 1280–1322
      1. 1. Maurice (de Moravia Earl of) Strathearn 1276–1346 m. Joan Mentheith 1310–1367
        1. 1. Joanna Moray 1339–1409 m. Archibald (The Grim Douglas 3rd Eal of) Douglas 1325–1400

Alexander Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1217
1 January 1217
Birth of Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1290
6 April 1290
Age 73
Death of Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1217
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 April 1290
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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