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Elena de Comyn 1247–1302 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1247

Birth Location: Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1302

Death Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Father: Alexander Buchan

Mother: Elizabeth Quincy

Spouse(s): William Brechin

Children(s): David Brechin

Elena de Comyn was born in 1247 in Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander De Comyn Earl Of Buchan And Elizabeth De Quincy. Elena de Comyn married William Brechin, and had children including David De Brechin. Elena de Comyn passed away in 1302 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elena de Comyn was born in 1247 in Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander De Comyn Earl Of Buchan And Elizabeth De Quincy.
  • Elena de Comyn married William Brechin, and had children including David De Brechin.
  • Elena de Comyn passed away in 1302 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Buchan
1217–1290
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Quincy
1220–1282
Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
EQ

Spouses(s)

William Brechin
1237–1292
Birth Location: Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

David Brechin
1271–1320
Birth Location: Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland
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Elena Comyn's Ancestors

Self
Elena Comyn
1247–1302
Birth Place: Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander de Comyn Earl Of Buchan
1217–1290
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (de) Quincy
1220–1282
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Grandparents
William (Comyn Earl of Buchan, Lord of) Badenoch
1163–1233
Altyre, Moray, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Colhan Countess of) Buchan
1181–1244
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Helen (de) Galloway
1206–1245
Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Richard Comyn
1115–1177
Hextilda Tynedale
1122–1182
Fergus Buchan
1145–1199
Marjorie Buchan
1169–1208
Alan Galloway
1186–1234
Unknown Lacy
1190–1209
2nd-Great-Grandparents
de Cumin
–1160
de Comyn
1086–
Uchtred Tynedale
1074–
Bethóc MacDonald
1080–1160
Roger Buchan
1140–1179
Rodger Buchan
1140–
Gartnach Colhan
1140–
Ete Braenain
1150–
Roland Galloway
1152–1200
Elena Morville
1160–1217
Roger Lacy
1170–1212
Matilda Clare
1175–1213

Elena Comyn's Descendants

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Elena (de) Comyn (ABT 1247–1302) m. William Brechin (1237–10 DEC 1292)
  1. 1. David (De) Brechin 1271–1320 m. Margaret (de) Bonkyl 1249–1304
    1. 1. Margaret Brechin 1299–1351 m. David Barclay 1294–1350
      1. 1. Jean (Barclay of) Brechin 1329–1399 m. David Fleming 1343–1406
        1. 1. Janet (Fleming Baroness of) Seton 1350–1430 m. William (Seton 1st Lord) Seton 1347–1393
      2. 2. David (Barclay of) Brechin 1332–1368 m. Janet Keith 1342–1413
        1. 1. Hugh (Barclay Laird of) Kilbirnie 1365–1430 m. Ellen Boyd 1375–
      3. 3. Christian (de) Barclay 1340–1365 m. Robert (de) Innes 1325–1381
        1. 1. Alexander (de) Innes 1360–1412 m. Janet (de) Aberchirder 1365–1448

Elena Comyn's Timeline

2 Records

1247
ABT 1247
Birth of Elena de Comyn in Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland
Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland
1302
1302
Age 55
Death of Elena de Comyn in Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1247
    Event Place: Altyre House, Morayshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1302
    Event Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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