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William COMYN, Earl of Buchan 1163–1233 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1163

Birth Location: Moray, Scotland

Death Date: 1233

Death Location: Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Richard Tyndale

Mother: Hextilda Tynedale

Spouse(s): Margaret Buchan, Sarah FitzHugh

Children(s): Elizabeth Angus), Alexander Buchan, Jean COMYN, Walter Badenoch, Margaret COMYN, Richard Buchan

William COMYN, Earl of Buchan was born in 1163 in Moray, Scotland, the child of Richard De Comyn Justiciar Of Lothian Lord Of Tyndale And Hextilda Of Tynedale. William COMYN, Earl of Buchan married Margaret Marjory Of Buchan Heiress Of Buchan, Sarah Fitzhugh, and had children including Alexander Comyn Earl Of Buchan, Elizabeth Comyn Not The Countess Of Angus, Jean Comyn, Margaret Comyn, Richard Comyn Lord Of Buchan, Walter De Valloniis Comyn Lord Of Badenoch. William COMYN, Earl of Buchan passed away in 1233 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William COMYN, Earl of Buchan was born in 1163 in Moray, Scotland, the child of Richard De Comyn Justiciar Of Lothian Lord Of Tyndale And Hextilda Of Tynedale.
  • William COMYN, Earl of Buchan married Margaret Marjory Of Buchan Heiress Of Buchan, Sarah Fitzhugh, and had children including Alexander Comyn Earl Of Buchan, Elizabeth Comyn Not The Countess Of Angus, Jean Comyn, Margaret Comyn, Richard Comyn Lord Of Buchan, Walter De Valloniis Comyn Lord Of Badenoch.
  • William COMYN, Earl of Buchan passed away in 1233 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Tyndale
–1179
Birth Location: –
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Hextilda Tynedale
1122–1182
Birth Location: Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
HT

Spouses(s)

Margaret Buchan
1184–1242
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Sarah FitzHugh
1160–1210
Birth Location: Altyre, Moray, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Angus)
1223–1267
Birth Location: Morayshire, Scotland
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Alexander Buchan
1217–1290
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Jean COMYN
1198–1274
Birth Location: Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
JC
Walter Badenoch
1190–1258
Birth Location: Rowallan, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret COMYN
1215–1274
Birth Location: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Richard Buchan
1194–1249
Birth Location: Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
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William Buchan's Ancestors

Self
William Buchan
1163–1233
Birth Place: Moray, Scotland
Parents
Richard de COMYN Justiciar of Lothian, Lord of Tyndale
–1179
Hextilda (of) Tynedale
1122–1182
Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
William (de COMYN Constable of) Scotland
1084–1160
Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
Maude BASSET
1088–1180
Basset, Leicestershire, England
UCHTRED (FitzWaldeve Waltheof of) Tynedale
1074–1152
East Lothian, Scotland
Bethoc (of) Scotland
–1160
Great-Grandparents
John Scotland
1043–1100
Sybil Gifford
1057–1084
Thurston Staffordshire
1050–1128
Donald Scotland
1032–1099
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Duncan Alba
1001–1040
Suthen Northumbria
1009–1070

William Buchan's Descendants

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William (COMYN, Earl of) Buchan (1163–1233) m. Margaret (Marjory of Buchan Heiress of) Buchan (Abt. 1184–8 April 1242) m. Sarah FitzHugh (1160–Abt. 1210)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (COMYN (NOT the Countess of) Angus) 1223–1267 m. William (\ Uilleam 5th Earl de Mar \ mac) Dhonnchaidh 1222–1281
    1. 1. Donald (Domhnall 6th Earl of) Mar 1250–1297 m. Elen (Helen Elena verch Llywelyn aka Elena Helen of) Wales 1230–1295 m. N.N. (verch Gruffydd ap) Llewelyn 1243–1297
      1. 1. Isabella (of) Mar 1277–1297 m. Robert (the Bruce) STEWART 1274–1329
        1. 1. Marjorie (STEWART (de BRUS) Bruce) 1297–1316 m. Walter STEWART 1292–1326
      2. 2. Gartnait (MacDomhnaill, 7th Earl of) Mar 1268–1305
        1. 1. Elyne (de Mar of Rusky &) Knapdale 1298–1342 m. John (MENTEITH of Ruskie and Knapdale (betrayer of William) Wallace) 1275–1323
        2. 2. Domhnall (II Earl of) Mar 1302–1332 m. Isabella (STEWART of) Bonkill 1308–1347
      3. 3. Mary (de) Mar 1280–1326
      4. 4. Margaret (of Mar, Lady) Lennox 1285– m. John (MENTEITH, Earl of Lennox 2nd Mac Cailein) Mór 1268–
        1. 1. Helena (MENTEITH of Lennox) (Campbell) 1285–1356 m. Colin (Og CAMPBELL of) Lochlawe 1280–1342
  2. 2. Alexander (COMYN Earl of) Buchan 1217–1290 m. Elizabeth (de) QUINCY 1221–1282
    1. 1. Alexander (COMYN 4th Earl of) Buchan 1252–1308 m. Joan (le) Latimer 1269–1320
      1. 1. Alice (COMYN Countess of) Buchan 1281–1349 m. Henri (Henry de BEAUMONT 4th Earl of Buchan, 1st Baron) Beaumont 1288–1340
        1. 1. John (de BEAUMONT 2nd Baron) Beaumont –1342 m. Eleanor (FitzAlan of) Arundel 1315–1372
        2. 2. Margaret (\ Joan de) BEAUMONT 1321–1349 m. Fulk (FITZWARIN 3rd Baron) FitzWarin 1315–1349
        3. 3. Isabel (de) Beaumont –1361 m. Henry (of) Lancaster 1310–1361
        4. 4. Thomas (de) BEAUMONT 1315–1347
      2. 2. Agnes COMYN 1283–1308 m. MALISE (7th Earl of) Strathearn 1275–1329
        1. 1. Mary (of) Strathearn 1292–1319 m. John (de MORAVIA \ Moray of) Drumsargard 1280–1322
        2. 2. Malise (of Stratearn, Earl of Orkney, Strathearn, and) Caithness 1295–1346 m. Marjory (de) ROSS 1293–1350
    2. 2. Elizabeth (COMYN Countess of) Angus 1248–1328 m. Malise (6th Earl of) Strathearn 1257–1313
      1. 1. MALISE (7th Earl of) Strathearn 1275–1329 m. Joan MENTEITH 1314–1367 m. Agnes COMYN 1283–1308
        1. 1. Helen (of) Strathearn 1325–1361
    3. 3. Marjorie (COMYN) (Dunbar) 1265–1308 m. Patrick (IV Dunbar Earl of) March 1242–1308
      1. 1. Patrick (V de DUNBAR 9th Earl of March & 8th Earl of) Dunbar 1285–1368 m. "Black (Agnes" RANDOLPH Countess of Dunbar and) March 1310–1361
        1. 1. George (de DUNBAR 9th Earl of Dunbar, 3rd Earl of) March 1336–1420 m. Beatrice (HAY de) Wyntoun 1370–1421 m. Christian (de WYNTOUN of Seton Countess of Dunbar &) March 1340–1402
      2. 2. Alexander (DUNBAR of) Cockburn 1285–1331
        1. 1. Patrick (DUNBAR of Cockburn and Stranith (NOT Patrick) V) 1310–1357 m. Isabel (Randolph of Moray) (Dunbar) 1310–1361
  3. 3. Jean COMYN 1198–1274 m. William (I de ROSS 2nd Earl of) Ross 1220–1274
    1. 1. William (II de ROSS 3rd Earl of) Ross 1249–1323 m. Euphemia (de Berkeley (de) Barclay) 1249–1296
      1. 1. Hugh (de ROSS 4th Earl of) Ross 1272–1333 m. Matilda (Maud BRUCE) Brus 1282–1332 m. Margaret GRAHAM 1305–1341
        1. 1. Mathilde (de) ROSS 1313–1350 m. Malise (de) Strathearn 1290–1344
        2. 2. William (de) ROSS 1323–1372
        3. 3. Euphémie (de) Ross 1330–1386 m. Robert (ll STEWART King of) Scotland 1316–1390 m. John (RANDOLPH 3rd Earl of) Moray 1306–1346
  4. 4. Walter (de Valloniis COMYN, Lord of) Badenoch 1190–1258 m. Isabella (of Menteith Countess of) Menteith 1220–1272
    1. 1. Isabel (COMYN, Lady of) Mure 1234–1305 m. Gilchrist (MURE of) Rowallan 1200–1280
      1. 1. Ronald (MURE of) Polkelly 1238–
        1. 1. Gilchrist (Muir of Rowallan &) Polkellie 1269–
      2. 2. Archibald MURE 1240– m. Margaret MONTGOMERY 1235–
        1. 1. William (MURE of) Rowallan 1265–1348 m. Margaret (LINDSAY) (Mure) 1261–
  5. 5. Margaret COMYN 1215–1274 m. John (KEITH, Marischal of) Scotland 1212–1270
  6. 6. Richard (COMYN, Lord of) Buchan 1194–1249
    1. 1. John (the Red COMYN, Earl of Buchan Justiciar of) Galloway 1223–1278 m. Alicia (Alice de) LINDSAY 1256–1279
      1. 1. John (the Black COMYN, Lord of) Buchan 1242–1303 m. Alianora (de) Baliol 1246–1302
      2. 2. Robert COMYN 1261–1306
      3. 3. William (COMYN of) Kirkintilloch 1263–1291 m. Isabelle (Russell of) Menteith 1267–1305

William Buchan's Timeline

4 Records

1163
1163
Birth of William COMYN, Earl of Buchan in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
1163
1163
Birth of William COMYN, Earl of Buchan in Moray, Scotland
Moray, Scotland
1233
Abt. 1233
Age 70
Death of William COMYN, Earl of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1233
1233
Age 70
Death of William COMYN, Earl of Buchan in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1163
    Event Place: Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1163
    Event Place: Moray, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1233
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1233
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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