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William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn 1163–1233 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1163

Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1233

Death Location: Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Richard Comyn

Mother: Hextilda Tynedale

Spouse(s): Margaret Buchan

Children(s): Alexander Comyn

William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn was born in 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Richard Comyn And Hextilda Tynedale. William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn married Margaret Countess Of Buchan, and had children including Alexander Earl Of Buchan Constable Of Scotland Comyn. William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn passed away in 1233 in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn was born in 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Richard Comyn And Hextilda Tynedale.
  • William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn married Margaret Countess Of Buchan, and had children including Alexander Earl Of Buchan Constable Of Scotland Comyn.
  • William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn passed away in 1233 in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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William Comyn's Ancestors

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William Comyn
1163–1233
Birth Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Richard Comyn
1115–1177
Altyre, Scotland
Hextilda Tynedale
1122–1182
Tynedale, Scotland
Grandparents
William Comyn
1084–1114
Altyre, , , Scotland
Maude Banaster
1088–1180
Basset, Leicestershire, , England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Comyn's Descendants

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William ("Earl of Buchan") Comyn (1163–1233) m. Margaret (Countess of) Buchan (1185–1244)
  1. 1. Alexander (Earl of Buchan Constable of Scotland) Comyn 1217–1290 m. Elizabeth (de) Quincy 1220–1282
    1. 1. Elena Comyn 1255–1302 m. William (Regent Scots) Brechin 1237–1292
      1. 1. Lord (David) Brechin 1268–1320 m. Margaret Bonkyl 1283–1304
        1. 1. Margaret DeBrechin 1300–1351 m. David Barclay 1298–1350
    2. 2. Alexander Comyn 1270–1305 m. Joan LeLatimer 1256–1320
      1. 1. Alice Comyn 1291–1349 m. Sir (Henry Buchan de) Beaumont 1288–1339
        1. 1. Sir (John Buchan de) Beaumont 1318–1342 m. Lady (Eleanor de Lancaster) Plantagenet 1311–1372

William Comyn's Timeline

2 Records

1163
1163
Birth of William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1233
1233
Age 70
Death of William "Earl of Buchan" Comyn in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1163
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1233
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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