Alexander Comyn 6th Earl of Buchan Constable and Justiciar of Scotland

• Preferred Name: Alexander Comyn 6th Earl of Buchan Constable and Justiciar of Scotland^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: APR 1290 in Deer Abbey, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.1508 LONG: E2.0948
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: M1WX-GQS NFS
  
• LifeSketch: with note: Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Comyn,_Earl_of_Buchan
  
• LdsBaptism: 5 JUN 1936 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Life+Sketch: with note: Description: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Comyn-2
  
• Death: BEF 6 APR 1290 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.537 LONG: E1.9959
  
• Occupation: Constable and Justiciar of Scotland
  
• Occupation: Justiciar of Scotia1258 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Comyn,_Earl_of_Buchan
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 22 JAN 1993 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• 0ccupation: with note: Description: Constable of Scotland
  
• FSID: LC36-KRK
  
• LdsEndowment: 14 NOV 1939 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Life Sketch Continued: with note: Description: Her husband and her Comyn kinsfolk were strong supporters of the Balliol camp and stood against the Bruce claimants. In January 1306/07, Agnes and her son, Malise petitioned King Edward to release her husband, who had been mistakenly imprisoned. [1] On 6 Nov 1307 King Edward at Westminster commanded the constable of Rochester castle to see that Malise earl of Strathearn was safely carried to York, not in irons but at his own expense, and delivered to the constable there. He was escorted there by Aymar de Valence earl of Pembroke, The constable of York was commanded on 10th Nov. to allow the Earl Malise two vallets and two servants, and the Countess his consort two damsels ; besides a chaplain, who was to be an Englishman,[2] From Nov 1310 to April 1311, Sir Malise earl of Strathearn was stationed at Berwick, accompanied by Lady Agness. He was granted expenses including a cask of wine by the English Lady Agnes countess of Strathearn , per Patrick of Combri her clerk, for her support at Berwick was given 24s.[3] Agnes Comyn, Countess of Strathearn was a ringleader in the plot by her sister's son Sir William Soulis Butler to the King. Shortly after the signing of the Letter of Arbroath in 1320, she was found guilty at the "Black Parliament" in August 1320 and was imprisoned for life, [4]Sir William her nephew escaped to England. A kinsman of her sister Elizabeth, Ingram de Umfraville also fled to England. Her nephew, David de Brechin was was found not guilty of supporting the plot but for failing to inform the king he was executed for treason. John Logie a tenant of Strathearn was also one of the conspirators who was executed. Sources ↑ Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London Vol.ii 1883 see [1] ↑ Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Vol.iii 22 see [2] ↑ Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Vol.iii 208 see [3] ↑ Fordun Chronica gentis Scotorum CXXXV see [4]
  
• Birth: 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.537 LONG: E1.9959
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Family
  Alexander was the oldest son of William Comyn, earl of Buchan, and his second wife Margaret Buchan, countess of Buchan. His date of birth has been estimated as occurring circa 1214, based upon his parents' marriage "in or before" this same year. Alexander had two younger brothers: William and Fergus; and three sisters: Idonea Comyn, who married Gilbert de la Hay; Agnes Comyn, who married Philip Meldrum; and Elizabeth Comyn, who married William, earl of Mar. He also had a number of half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Richard Comyn; Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, who married Isabella, countess of Menteith; David Comyn, lord of East Kilbride, who married Isabel de Valognes; William Comyn (a clerk); and Jean Comyn, who married William, 2nd earl of Ross.
  
  Political Alliances
  Alexander succeeded his mother, becoming earl of Buchan, sometime between 1242 (when he was styled "heir of Buchan") and 1244 (when he was listed in August of that year as "Earl of Buchan," one of the conservators of a truce with England). Along with his half-brother Walter, earl of Menteith, he quickly became a dominant force in Scottish politics. He became Justiciar of Scotland north of the Forth in 1252, was removed from that position in 1255 when the Comyn family fell from power, but was reinstated as Justiciar again in 1258 and held the office without interruption until his death in 1289.
  
  By 1264, he was also the sheriff of Wigtownshire and Dingwall. He held castles at Kingedward, Dundarg, Cairnbulg, Rattray, Slains, and Ellon as well as lands near Scone, and in Fife and Mortlach. With his marriage to one of the three co-heiresses of Roger de Quincy, he gained further lands in Fife, Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and Lothian, and extensive properties in England. In 1270 his wife's eldest sister Margaret, countess of Darby, resigned the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland (which had passed to her on her father's death) to Comyn.
  
  When his brother Walter died in 1258, Alexander Comyn became the de facto leader of the Comyn family and the head of its political party. He was named as a recurring witness on Alexander III's charters, and he had a military role in suppressing the threat to northern Scotland posed by Norway. Like his father he contributed financially to a number of religious institutions, thereby garnering political support from influential clergymen. He was a benefactor to Deer Abbey, Arbroath, Lindores, Inchholm, Scone, and St Andrews. And like his elder brother, the earl of Menteith, he consolidated his position even further by marrying all of his daughters to major Scottish barons: Patrick, earl of Dunbar; Malise, earl of Strathearn; Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus; William Brechin; and Nichols de Soules. At the time of his death in 1289, he was the most senior of the Six Guardians who had been elected to govern the country on behalf of the absent Maid of Norway.
  
  Marriage and Children
  Alexander Comyn married Elizabeth (or Isabella) de Quincy, the daughter of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester and hereditary Constable of Scotland, and Ellen of Galloway, daughter and co-heiress of Alan, lord of Galloway. There were at least nine children from this marriage:
  
  Children:
  1.) John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan, b. c1259 and bef 3 Dec 1308. Married Isabella MacDuff. Alexander's successor as Earl of Buchan.
  
  2.) Roger
  
  3.) Lord Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeen, married Joan, sister of William le Latimer, and had issue. He d. bef 3 Dec 1308. Henry de Beaumont would claim the Earldom of Buchan through marriage to their daughter, Alice.
  
  4.) Lord William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church, St. Andrews
  
  5.) Lady Marjorie Comyn, m. Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
  
  6.) Lady Agnes Egidia Comyn, m. Maol Íosa III, Earl of Strathearn, aka Malise, 6th earl of Strathearn; d. aft. Aug 1320 (when she was sentenced to life in prison during the Black Parliament)
  
  7.) Lady Elisabetha Comyn, m. Gilbert de Umfraville, 1st Earl of Angus, she d. bef. 17 Feb 1328/9.
  
  8.) Lady Elena Comyn, m. Sir William de Brechin
  
  9.) Lady Annora Comyn, m. Nicholas de Soules
  
  Death
  Alexander Comyn died shortly before 6 April 1289. At the time of his death, he was one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Scotland.
  
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  BIO
  BIO: acted a conspicuous part in the busy reigns of Kings Alexander II and III. He was one of the guarantees of pece with England in 1244; was appointed justiciary of Scotland, 1251; constable of Sc
  
  Functies
  Second Earl of Buchan,
  Guardian and Constable of Scotland, Justiciar of Scotia
  
  === m. Elizabeth (Isabel) De Quincy, dau. of ===
  m. Elizabeth (Isabel) De Quincy, dau. of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and his (first) wife Helen of Galloway. p. 222, Vol. II - PSECD - Langston & Buck, 1988.
  
  === Sources: Norr; Ancestral Roots; Duran. R ===
  Sources: Norr; Ancestral Roots; Duran. Roots: Earl of Buchan.
  
  === Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral ===
  Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 114A-27. Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, Justicar.
  
  === !Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 129 ===
  !Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 1290, bef. Apr. 6; m. Elizabeth (or Isabel), 2nd dau. and coh. Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, by 1st wife Helen of Galloway, eldest dau. and coh. Alan of Galloway, living 1282. Ref: (CP II 374-375).
  
  === ". . . Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scot ===
  ". . . Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, Justiciar in Scotland, d. 1290; son and heir of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, Justiciar, by Margaret, Countess of Buchan." p. 33, op. cit. (See Rn-2894)
  
  === Memorials of Old Leicester - Dayden p. 1 ===
  Memorials of Old Leicester - Dayden p. 175, Leics 10; Your Family Tree - Jordan p. 200; Magna Charta - Wurtz p. 63, 113, 374; Ref 44 H Peerage of Eng - Nicholas p. 24, 123, Ref 47. Archive Record - SLC, UT
  
  === Info from "Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  Info from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists," by Frederick L. Weis (1992, Baltimore), GPC, p. 105.
  
  === AFN: Information received from the book ===
  AFN: Information received from the book "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns 1212-1314".
  
  === !Brown book #5, chart 191. Chart 162: Sh ===
  !Brown book #5, chart 191. Chart 162: Sheriff of Aberdeen. 190: One of 6 Regents in Scotland in 1288. Earl of Buchan & Constable of Scotland. !Cokeyne's Peerage V2 p59-60-61. (note 6) V7 p386(Artois) V1 p244 (Chaworth) Ancestral Roots: Weiss. Desc of King Henry III. Redlich 211/12.
  
  === Weis AR: Earl of Buchan, Constable of Sc ===
  Weis AR: Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland and Justiciar Burke EP: dau Agnes wife of Gilbert Umfraville
  
  === He succeeded his father in 1233 and in 1 ===
  He succeeded his father in 1233 and in 1244 was in the royal council and was one of the guarantors of the peace with England. In 1281 took part in negotiating marriage of Margaret, dau of King Alexander, with Eric of Norway. Supported successionof the Maid of Norway and on Alexander's death in Mar 1286 became one of the six regents during the absence and minority of the infant Queen.
  
  === He was grandson of Richard Baron Comyn, ===
  He was grandson of Richard Baron Comyn, Justiciary of Scotland, whose wife, Lady Hexhilda, was granddaughter of Donald Bane, King of Scots..
  
  === b. Alexander Comyn was Earl of Buchan, C ===
  b. Alexander Comyn was Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, and Justiciar. r. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 1290, bef. Apr. 6: m. Elizabeth (or Isabel) (124-29), 2nd dau. and coh. Roger de Quincy (53-28), Earl of Winchester, by 1st wife Helen of Galloway (28-27), eldest dau. and coh. Alan of Galloway, living 1282. ["60 Colonists" line 114A-27.]
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 22 ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 22
  
  === Alexander Comyn, second Earl of Buchan ( ===
  Alexander Comyn, second Earl of Buchan (d 1289), constable of Scotland, was the son of William Comyn, earl of Buchan, the founder of Deer Abbey, and of Marjory, his second wife, who brought the title into the Comyn family. His father's death in 1233, was soon succeeded by that of his mother, which put him into complete possession of the earldom. One of his earliest acts probably was the confirmation of some grants of his parents to the canons of St Andrews, to whom they had on several occasions been benefactors. He also confirmed grants of theirs to Arbroath. In 1244 he was in the royal council, and in the same year was one guarantors of the peace with England.
  He rose into power with the rise of his brother, the Earl of Menteith, during the minority of Alexander III. He became, like his father, justiciary of Scotland, and though removed from court with the rest of his family in 1255, regained power in 1257 as the result of the capture of the young king at Kinross. He signed the convention with the Welsh. In 1258 Menteith's death made him the practical chief of the great Comyn family. In 1260 he appears among the parties to the agreement under which the Queen of Scots visited her father's court for her confinement. In 1264 he was sent with Durward and Mar, after the battle of Largs, to reduce the wester islands that had taken sides with Haco, the Norse king. There they 'slew the Norwegian traitors and got great plunder.'
  In 1264 the death of his father-in-law, the Earl of Winchester, gave him great additional possessions, both in England and Scotland. Earlier than 1266 he became sheriff of Wigton, so that with the Quincy estates in Galloway he must have been very powerful in southwest Scotland. He was also bailiff of Dingwall and Inverary. In 1270 the renunciation of the claims of his elder sister-in-law, Margaret, countess of Derby, made him Winchester's undisputed successor in the office of constable of Scotland. In 1281 he took part in negotiating the marriage of Margaret, daughter of King Alexander, with Eric of Norway. In 1282 he was sent on an important mission to the northern islands, 'propter guædam ardua negotia nos et regnum nostrum tangentia.' On this account he requested to be excused from personal service with King Edward in Wales, and sent his son Roger instead with his contingent. King Alexander supported his request which was doubtless granted. In 1283 he was the first mentioned of the grandees who at the parliament of Scone bound themselves to maintain the succession of the Maid of Norway, and on Alexander's death, in March 1286, he became one of the six regents during the absence and minority of the infant queen. He was one of the three appointed for the government of the north. He and his colleagues are described as 'custodes regni Scotiæ de communi consilio constituti,' and as 'per communitatem regni electi.'
  He died in the summer of 1289, just before the critical times began. His last official signature as regent is on 10 July at Linlithgow; the next document of 5 Aug, only contains the names of the other regents. He had married Elizabeth, sometimes called Isabella, the second of three daughters and coheiresses of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester, by the sister of Devorguilla and coheiress of Alan of Galloway. He had a large family, including four sons, namely John and Alexander, who successively succeeded him to the title, William and Roger, who fought against Llewelyn in 1282. His five daughters were all married to men of position. Wyntoun, however, makes the five ladies, and also John and Alexander, children of William and grandchildren of Alexander. Documentary evidence, however, proves John to have been the son of Alexander. [Dictionary of National Biography IV:911]
  
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  Alexander (Comyn), Earl of Buchan, s and h by 2nd husband, one of the most powerful nobles of the time. Justiciar, 1251-55, and 1257-89. He inherited large estates in Galloway, Fife, and the Lothians, and the office of Constable in right of his wife. Was one of the nobles who, 4 Feb 1283/4, engaged to maintain the succession to the Crown of Margaret of Scotland, and was one of the six Guardians on the death of Alexander III in 1285. He m Elizabeth, 2nd da and coh of Roger (de Quincy), Earl of Winchester, by his 1st wife Henlen, 1st da and coh of Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland. She was living Apr 1282. He was living 1289/90, but d in 1290, before 6 Apr, date of wirt of Inq pm. [Complete Peerage II:374-375]
  
  === Alexander was one of the six Guardians o ===
  Alexander was one of the six Guardians of the Realm during the minorityof Queen Margaret. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: King Alexander III died in 1286. His infant granddaughter became hissuccessor as Queen Margaret. Six Guardians of the Realm were appointed torule in her stead including Alexander Comyn and John "The Black" Comyn.When she died in 1290, the succession was thrown into turmoil withthirteen claimants for the throne including Robert The Bruce, JohnBaliol, and John "The Black Comyn." King Edward I of England agreed toadjudicate and named Baliol as king with the intention of manipulatinghim. But Baliol refused to be a puppet, was deposed and the fight forScottish independence began in earnest with the rise of William Wallace. During the 13th century, the Comyns became the most powerful noble familyin the country. They held 13 Earldoms with 32 knights.
  
  === Earl of Buchan. Additional information ===
  Earl of Buchan. Additional information p. 147. REF: Browning, Americans of Royal Descent. 401.
  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Family
  Alexander was the oldest son of William Comyn, earl of Buchan, and his second wife Margaret Buchan, countess of Buchan. His date of birth has been estimated as occurring circa 1214, based upon his parents' marriage "in or before" this same year. Alexander had two younger brothers: William and Fergus; and three sisters: Idonea Comyn, who married Gilbert de la Hay; Agnes Comyn, who married Philip Meldrum; and Elizabeth Comyn, who married William, earl of Mar. He also had a number of half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Richard Comyn; Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, who married Isabella, countess of Menteith; David Comyn, lord of East Kilbride, who married Isabel de Valognes; William Comyn (a clerk); and Jean Comyn, who married William, 2nd earl of Ross.
  
  Political Alliances
  Alexander succeeded his mother, becoming earl of Buchan, sometime between 1242 (when he was styled "heir of Buchan") and 1244 (when he was listed in August of that year as "Earl of Buchan," one of the conservators of a truce with England). Along with his half-brother Walter, earl of Menteith, he quickly became a dominant force in Scottish politics. He became Justiciar of Scotland north of the Forth in 1252, was removed from that position in 1255 when the Comyn family fell from power, but was reinstated as Justiciar again in 1258 and held the office without interruption until his death in 1289.
  
  By 1264, he was also the sheriff of Wigtownshire and Dingwall. He held castles at Kingedward, Dundarg, Cairnbulg, Rattray, Slains, and Ellon as well as lands near Scone, and in Fife and Mortlach. With his marriage to one of the three co-heiresses of Roger de Quincy, he gained further lands in Fife, Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and Lothian, and extensive properties in England. In 1270 his wife's eldest sister Margaret, countess of Darby, resigned the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland (which had passed to her on her father's death) to Comyn.
  
  When his brother Walter died in 1258, Alexander Comyn became the de facto leader of the Comyn family and the head of its political party. He was named as a recurring witness on Alexander III's charters, and he had a military role in suppressing the threat to northern Scotland posed by Norway. Like his father he contributed financially to a number of religious institutions, thereby garnering political support from influential clergymen. He was a benefactor to Deer Abbey, Arbroath, Lindores, Inchholm, Scone, and St Andrews. And like his elder brother, the earl of Menteith, he consolidated his position even further by marrying all of his daughters to major Scottish barons: Patrick, earl of Dunbar; Malise, earl of Strathearn; Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus; William Brechin; and Nichols de Soules. At the time of his death in 1289, he was the most senior of the Six Guardians who had been elected to govern the country on behalf of the absent Maid of Norway.
  
  Marriage and Children
  Alexander Comyn married Elizabeth (or Isabella) de Quincy, the daughter of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester and hereditary Constable of Scotland, and Ellen of Galloway, daughter and co-heiress of Alan, lord of Galloway. There were at least nine children from this marriage:
  
  Children:
  1.) John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan, b. c1259 and bef 3 Dec 1308. Married Isabella MacDuff. Alexander's successor as Earl of Buchan.
  
  2.) Roger
  
  3.) Lord Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeen, married Joan, sister of William le Latimer, and had issue. He d. bef 3 Dec 1308. Henry de Beaumont would claim the Earldom of Buchan through marriage to their daughter, Alice.
  
  4.) Lord William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church, St. Andrews
  
  5.) Lady Marjorie Comyn, m. Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
  
  6.) Lady Agnes Egidia Comyn, m. Maol Íosa III, Earl of Strathearn, aka Malise, 6th earl of Strathearn; d. aft. Aug 1320 (when she was sentenced to life in prison during the Black Parliament)
  
  7.) Lady Elisabetha Comyn, m. Gilbert de Umfraville, 1st Earl of Angus, she d. bef. 17 Feb 1328/9.
  
  8.) Lady Elena Comyn, m. Sir William de Brechin
  
  9.) Lady Annora Comyn, m. Nicholas de Soules
  
  Death
  Alexander Comyn died shortly before 6 April 1289. At the time of his death, he was one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Scotland.
  
  The Lighter Side of Life for Bob and Sherman Kirkham by Bob Kirkham
  THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
  For
  Bob and Sherman Kirkham
  
  VERY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN 1960'S
  
  In the late 1960's, my brother Sherman was operating a café in downtown Shelley. He and I (Sherman’s brother B
  
  BIO
  BIO: acted a conspicuous part in the busy reigns of Kings Alexander II and III. He was one of the guarantees of pece with England in 1244; was appointed justiciary of Scotland, 1251; constable of Sc
  
  Functies
  Second Earl of Buchan,
  Guardian and Constable of Scotland, Justiciar of Scotia
  
  === Alexander Comyn, second Earl of Buchan ( ===
  Alexander Comyn, second Earl of Buchan (d 1289), constable of Scotland, was the son of William Comyn, earl of Buchan, the founder of Deer Abbey, and of Marjory, his second wife, who brought the title into the Comyn family. His father's death in 1233, was soon succeeded by that of his mother, which put him into complete possession of the earldom. One of his earliest acts probably was the confirmation of some grants of his parents to the canons of St Andrews, to whom they had on several occasions been benefactors. He also confirmed grants of theirs to Arbroath. In 1244 he was in the royal council, and in the same year was one guarantors of the peace with England.
  He rose into power with the rise of his brother, the Earl of Menteith, during the minority of Alexander III. He became, like his father, justiciary of Scotland, and though removed from court with the rest of his family in 1255, regained power in 1257 as the result of the capture of the young king at Kinross. He signed the convention with the Welsh. In 1258 Menteith's death made him the practical chief of the great Comyn family. In 1260 he appears among the parties to the agreement under which the Queen of Scots visited her father's court for her confinement. In 1264 he was sent with Durward and Mar, after the battle of Largs, to reduce the wester islands that had taken sides with Haco, the Norse king. There they 'slew the Norwegian traitors and got great plunder.'
  In 1264 the death of his father-in-law, the Earl of Winchester, gave him great additional possessions, both in England and Scotland. Earlier than 1266 he became sheriff of Wigton, so that with the Quincy estates in Galloway he must have been very powerful in southwest Scotland. He was also bailiff of Dingwall and Inverary. In 1270 the renunciation of the claims of his elder sister-in-law, Margaret, countess of Derby, made him Winchester's undisputed successor in the office of constable of Scotland. In 1281 he took part in negotiating the marriage of Margaret, daughter of King Alexander, with Eric of Norway. In 1282 he was sent on an important mission to the northern islands, 'propter guædam ardua negotia nos et regnum nostrum tangentia.' On this account he requested to be excused from personal service with King Edward in Wales, and sent his son Roger instead with his contingent. King Alexander supported his request which was doubtless granted. In 1283 he was the first mentioned of the grandees who at the parliament of Scone bound themselves to maintain the succession of the Maid of Norway, and on Alexander's death, in March 1286, he became one of the six regents during the absence and minority of the infant queen. He was one of the three appointed for the government of the north. He and his colleagues are described as 'custodes regni Scotiæ de communi consilio constituti,' and as 'per communitatem regni electi.'
  He died in the summer of 1289, just before the critical times began. His last official signature as regent is on 10 July at Linlithgow; the next document of 5 Aug, only contains the names of the other regents. He had married Elizabeth, sometimes called Isabella, the second of three daughters and coheiresses of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester, by the sister of Devorguilla and coheiress of Alan of Galloway. He had a large family, including four sons, namely John and Alexander, who successively succeeded him to the title, William and Roger, who fought against Llewelyn in 1282. His five daughters were all married to men of position. Wyntoun, however, makes the five ladies, and also John and Alexander, children of William and grandchildren of Alexander. Documentary evidence, however, proves John to have been the son of Alexander. [Dictionary of National Biography IV:911]
  
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  Alexander (Comyn), Earl of Buchan, s and h by 2nd husband, one of the most powerful nobles of the time. Justiciar, 1251-55, and 1257-89. He inherited large estates in Galloway, Fife, and the Lothians, and the office of Constable in right of his wife. Was one of the nobles who, 4 Feb 1283/4, engaged to maintain the succession to the Crown of Margaret of Scotland, and was one of the six Guardians on the death of Alexander III in 1285. He m Elizabeth, 2nd da and coh of Roger (de Quincy), Earl of Winchester, by his 1st wife Henlen, 1st da and coh of Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland. She was living Apr 1282. He was living 1289/90, but d in 1290, before 6 Apr, date of wirt of Inq pm. [Complete Peerage II:374-375]
  
  === Sources: Norr; Ancestral Roots; Duran. R ===
  Sources: Norr; Ancestral Roots; Duran. Roots: Earl of Buchan.
  
  === Info from "Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  Info from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists," by Frederick L. Weis (1992, Baltimore), GPC, p. 105.
  
  === !Brown book #5, chart 191. Chart 162: Sh ===
  !Brown book #5, chart 191. Chart 162: Sheriff of Aberdeen. 190: One of 6 Regents in Scotland in 1288. Earl of Buchan & Constable of Scotland. !Cokeyne's Peerage V2 p59-60-61. (note 6) V7 p386(Artois) V1 p244 (Chaworth) Ancestral Roots: Weiss. Desc of King Henry III. Redlich 211/12.
  
  === Memorials of Old Leicester - Dayden p. 1 ===
  Memorials of Old Leicester - Dayden p. 175, Leics 10; Your Family Tree - Jordan p. 200; Magna Charta - Wurtz p. 63, 113, 374; Ref 44 H Peerage of Eng - Nicholas p. 24, 123, Ref 47. Archive Record - SLC, UT
  
  === He succeeded his father in 1233 and in 1 ===
  He succeeded his father in 1233 and in 1244 was in the royal council and was one of the guarantors of the peace with England. In 1281 took part in negotiating marriage of Margaret, dau of King Alexander, with Eric of Norway. Supported successionof the Maid of Norway and on Alexander's death in Mar 1286 became one of the six regents during the absence and minority of the infant Queen.
  
  === m. Elizabeth (Isabel) De Quincy, dau. of ===
  m. Elizabeth (Isabel) De Quincy, dau. of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and his (first) wife Helen of Galloway. p. 222, Vol. II - PSECD - Langston & Buck, 1988.
  
  === AFN: Information received from the book ===
  AFN: Information received from the book "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns 1212-1314".
  
  === Weis AR: Earl of Buchan, Constable of Sc ===
  Weis AR: Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland and Justiciar Burke EP: dau Agnes wife of Gilbert Umfraville
  
  === Alexander was one of the six Guardians o ===
  Alexander was one of the six Guardians of the Realm during the minorityof Queen Margaret. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: King Alexander III died in 1286. His infant granddaughter became hissuccessor as Queen Margaret. Six Guardians of the Realm were appointed torule in her stead including Alexander Comyn and John "The Black" Comyn.When she died in 1290, the succession was thrown into turmoil withthirteen claimants for the throne including Robert The Bruce, JohnBaliol, and John "The Black Comyn." King Edward I of England agreed toadjudicate and named Baliol as king with the intention of manipulatinghim. But Baliol refused to be a puppet, was deposed and the fight forScottish independence began in earnest with the rise of William Wallace. During the 13th century, the Comyns became the most powerful noble familyin the country. They held 13 Earldoms with 32 knights.
  
  === ". . . Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scot ===
  ". . . Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, Justiciar in Scotland, d. 1290; son and heir of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, Justiciar, by Margaret, Countess of Buchan." p. 33, op. cit. (See Rn-2894)
  
  === Alexander Comyn and Elizabeth de Quincy ===
  Here is the information from Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, Volume 1, by Douglas Richardson about the children born to Alexander Comyn and Elizabeth de Quincy.
  "Elizabeth married (2nd) Alexander Comyn, Knt., 6th Earl of Buchan, Justiciar of Scotland, 1251-5, 1557-9.... They had four sons, John [7th Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland,] Alexander, Knt., William [Provost of St Mary's Church in St Andrews], and Roger, Knt., and five daughters, Marjory [married Patrick of Dunbar], Agnes (wife of Malise, Earl of Strathearn), Elizabeth [married Gilbert de Umfreville], Ellen (wife of William de Brechin, Knt.), and Margaret (wife of Nicholas de Soulis, Knt.)."
  
  They are children in this family group who are not mentioned in the above well-researched and well-documented source.
  
  === Earl of Buchan. Additional information ===
  Earl of Buchan. Additional information p. 147. REF: Browning, Americans of Royal Descent. 401.
  
  === !Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 129 ===
  !Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 1290, bef. Apr. 6; m. Elizabeth (or Isabel), 2nd dau. and coh. Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, by 1st wife Helen of Galloway, eldest dau. and coh. Alan of Galloway, living 1282. Ref: (CP II 374-375).
  
  === Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral ===
  Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 114A-27. Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, Justicar.
  
  === b. Alexander Comyn was Earl of Buchan, C ===
  b. Alexander Comyn was Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland, and Justiciar. r. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, d. 1290, bef. Apr. 6: m. Elizabeth (or Isabel) (124-29), 2nd dau. and coh. Roger de Quincy (53-28), Earl of Winchester, by 1st wife Helen of Galloway (28-27), eldest dau. and coh. Alan of Galloway, living 1282. ["60 Colonists" line 114A-27.]
  
  === He was grandson of Richard Baron Comyn, ===
  He was grandson of Richard Baron Comyn, Justiciary of Scotland, whose wife, Lady Hexhilda, was granddaughter of Donald Bane, King of Scots..
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 22 ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 22

• m. AFT 1256
• m. 1242 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

1. Elena Comyn, b. AFT 1242 in Scotland     d. in Scotland
2. Marjorie Comyn - Countess of Dunbar, b. 1256 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 29 APR 1296 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
3. Elizabeth Comyn Countess of Angus, b. 1248 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland     d. 17 FEB 1328 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
4. Alexander Comyn, b. ABT 1262 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland     d. BEF 3 DEC 1308 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

1. Title: Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. Wikipedia
   Author: Wikipedia.org
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Comyn%2C_Earl_of_Buchan;
   Note: Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan (died 1289) was the son of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, and Marjory, Countess of Buchan. During his long career, Alexander Comyn was Justiciar of Scotia (1258–89), Constable of Scotland (1275–89),[1] Sheriff of Wigtown (1263–66), Sheriff of Dingwall (1264–66), Ballie of Inverie (in Knoydart) and finally, Guardian of Scotland (1286–89) during the first interregnum following the death of Alexander III. Alexander had at least nine children with his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester. He died sometime after 10 July 1289.
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander Comyn , 6th Earl Of Buchan - death: 5 August 1289; Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: IV:911
   Note: death: 5 August 1289; Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Book Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742373
   
3. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Author: Book Title: Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U S N , and Dewey family history, illustrated : being an authen
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/511441;
   
4. Title: Alexander Comyn (1217-1290), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGN1 : 14 June 2022), Alexander Comyn, ; Burial, Old Deer, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Deer Abbey; citing record ID 87161063, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGN1;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87161063/alexander-comyn Alexander Comyn BIRTH 1217 Aberdeenshire, Scotland DEATH 6 Apr 1290 (aged 72–73) Scotland BURIAL Deer Abbey Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland MEMORIAL ID 87161063 Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan was the son of William Comyn Parents: William Comyn 1163–1233 Margaret Buchan Comyn 1184–1244 Spouse : Elizabeth de Quincy 1221–1282
   
5. Title: ALEXANDER Comyn in The Medieval Lands Project
   Author: fmg.ac
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#AlexanderComynBuchandied1290B;
   Note: ALEXANDER Comyn, son of WILLIAM Comyn Earl of Buchan & his second wife Margaret Ctss of Buchan (-[1 Jan/5 Apr] 1290). Andrew Wyntoun’s Cronykil names "Alysawndyr that Erle wes off Buchane" as "the thryd brothyr" of "Rychard and Waltyre", sons of "Willame Cwmyn"[1083]. He succeeded his mother in [1244] as Earl of Buchan. "Alex Cumyn comes de Buchan" confirmed the donation of property in "Inuerinhe" made by "bone memorie Willi patris nostri et Margarie matris nostre" to St Andrew’s priory, by undated charter witnessed by "…Jacobo de Lascelles…"[1084]. He was appointed Justiciar of Scotland 1251-1255 and 1257-1289. He succeeded to the office of Constable of Scotland in 1270, de iure uxoris, on the resignation of Margaret Ctss of Derby his wife's sister. He was one of the six Guardians on the death of Alexander III King of Scotland[1085]. m ELIZABETH de Quincy, daughter of ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & his first wife Helen of Galloway (-after Apr 1282). The Annales Londonienses name "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as the three daughters of "Eleyn countesse de Wynton"[1086]. A charter dated 3 Dec 1274 records the partition of the lands "lately held in dower by Alianora de Vaux late countess of Wynton widow of the said Roger" agreed by "Alexander Comyn earl of Buchan and Elizabeth his wife the third daughter of Roger [de Quency earl of Wynton]" for her part of the lands[1087]. Earl Alexander & his wife had nine children: (John, Roger. Alexander, William, Marjory, Agnes, Elizabeth, Helen and Margaret).
   
6. Title: Alexander Comyn, The Peerage
   Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5225 7 Citations: 1. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 46. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 374. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
   Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p523.htm#i5225;
   Note: Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan was the son of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Margaret, Countess of Buchan.2 He married Elizabeth de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quency, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen de Galloway.3 He died before 6 April 1290. He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Buchan [S., c. 1115] between 1242 and 1244.2 He held the office of Justiciar [Scotland] between 1251 and 1255.2 He held the office of Justiciar [Scotland] between 1257 and 1289.2 He inherited large estates in Galloway, Fife, and the Lothians.2 He held the office of Constable of Scotland in 1270.2 On 4 February 1283/84 he was one of the nobles who engaged to maintain the succession to the Crown of Margaret of Sctoland.3 In 1285 he was one of the six Guardians on the death of King Alexander III.3 Children of Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quincy Sir Alexander Comyn+1 d. c 1305 Elizabeth Comyn+4 d. b 17 Feb 1328/29 Lady Marjory Comyn+5 William Comyn3 d. a 1312 Agnes Comyn+6 d. a Nov 1310 Lady Elena Comyn+7 John Comyn, 7th Earl of Buchan3 b. b 1260, d. bt 11 Aug 1308 - 3 Dec 1308
   
7. Title: Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan in the Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Chamber - Craigie (Vol 04) page 911
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/16080;
   Note: Name Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan Death Date 1289 Father: William Comyn [died 1233] Mother: Marjory
   
8. Title: Alexander Comyn, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGN1 : 14 June 2022), Alexander Comyn, ; Burial, Old Deer, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Deer Abbey; citing record ID 87161063, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGN1;
   Note: Alexander Comyn BIRTH 1217 Aberdeenshire, Scotland DEATH 6 Apr 1290 (aged 72–73) Scotland BURIAL Deer Abbey Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Show Map MEMORIAL ID 87161063 Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan was the son of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, and Marjory, Countess of Buchan. Alexander had at least nine children with his wife, Elisabeth de Quincy, the daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen of Galloway.
   
9. Title: Alexander Comyn & Quincy in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QB-8Q1F?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-J99%3A352085901%2C353330301
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QB-8Q1F?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-J99%3A352085901%2C353330301 : 20 May 2014), C > Comstock, Joseph (1827) - Conant, Charles Bean (1839) > image 1092 of 1192; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QB-8Q1F;
   Note: Alexander Comyn (1220-1290) married Elizabeth Quincy and had children according to research before 1959
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources