William Comyn, Earl of Buchan

William Comyn , iure uxoris Earl of Buchan (* around 1150 ; † 1233 ), was a Scottish nobleman .

origin

William Comyn came from the Anglo-Norman family Comyn, who had possessions in Scotland since the first half of the 12th century. He was a son of Richard Comyn and his wife Hextilda . After his father's death before 1180, he inherited his possessions, including lands in Tynedale in Northumberland in northern England and at West Linton in Peeblesshire in Scotland.

Service as judge, envoy and military

Comyn served as royal judge in Scotland from the 1190s. He was later referred to as the Justiciar of Scotia , with which he was probably chief judge for the region north of the Forth . In addition, he was one of the magnates who frequently attested to documents from King Wilhelm I. Around 1200 he was sent on a friendly mission by King Wilhelm to England to congratulate King John on his coronation. When there was a serious political crisis between Wilhelm and Johann Ohneland in 1209, Comyn was a member of the Scottish legation that was sent to the King of England after a council meeting in Stirling . According to the late medieval chronicler Walter Bower , Comyn was one of the few Scottish magnates who swore to the Treaty of Norham in early August . With this treaty the crisis was resolved, whereby the Scottish king had to make substantial concessions. As Justiciar of Scotia, he put down a Macwilliams rebellion in northern Scotland in 1211. In 1228 King Alexander II provided him with a strong troop of foot soldiers with whom Comyn was able to put down the revolt of the nobleman Cillescop in Moray . Wilhelm I rewarded him for his services with a fiefdom at Lenzie on the border with Lennox . After the revolt of 1228 was put down, Comyn's younger son Walter received the rule of Badenoch .

Marriages and offspring

Comyn was married twice. His first marriage was about 1202, his wife's name is given as Sarah FitzHugh. There is evidence that he had three children with her:

• Richard Comyn ;
• Walter Comyn ⚭ Isabella, Countess of Menteith ;
• Jean Comyn ⚭ Uilleam, 2nd Earl of Ross .

Around 1212 he was second married to Marjory, 5th Countess of Buchan . She was the daughter and heiress of Fergus, 4th Earl of Buchan , the last Gaelic Earl of Buchan . Through this marriage Comyn iure uxoris led the title Earl of Buchan . He had several children with his second wife, including:

• Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan ;
• William Comyn;
• Fergus Comyn;
• Idonea Comyn;
• Elisabeth Comyn ⚭ Uilleam, 5th Earl of Mar ;
• Agnes Comyn.

Comyn probably intended that his eldest son should inherit the property in England from his first marriage. This son is rarely mentioned in Scotland. Comyn's second son from his first marriage was to become a Scottish baron, which is why he was awarded Badenoch directly. Comyn's eldest son from his second marriage inherited Buchan and the earl title. Comyn donated the proceeds of the church in Oldmeldrum to Arbroath Abbey between 1211 and 1214 . In 1219 he and his wife founded the Cistercian Abbey in Deer , "dedicated to the Holy Virgin on a nearby old abbey ruin from the time of Columban ". He was buried in Deer when it was founded.

literature

• John Milne: Comyn, Earl of Buchan . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 2 : Banff-Cranstoun . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1905, p. 252–254 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Scotland Untitled Nobility. fmg.ac, accessed September 14, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 542.
2. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 203.
3. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 212.
4. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 242.
5. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 248.
6. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 529.
7. ↑ William Comyn (-1,233). fmg.ac, accessed on January 14, 2019 . 
8. ^ Archibald AM Duncan: Scotland. The Making of the Kingdom (The Edinburgh History of Scotland; Vol. I ). Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1975. ISBN 0-05-00203-7-4 , p. 188.

predecessor	Office	successor
Fergus	Earl of Buchan (de iure uxoris) 1214-1233	Alexander Comyn