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John Comyn -IV Lord of Badenoch
- Preferred Name: John Comyn -IV Lord of Badenoch[1] [2]
- Gender: M
- Death: 24 JUN 1314 in Bannockburn, St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.0833 LONG: E3.8833
- FSID: LH68-R17
- Birth: 1294 in Inverlochy Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland at LATI: N6.8333 LONG: E5.05
- Occupation: Lord of Badenoch
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
John Comyn IV, Lord of Badenoch (c.1294 – 24 June 1314) was the son of John III "The Red" Comyn, former leader of Scottish rebels against the English, who was killed by Robert the Bruce in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries on 10 February 1306. He was sent to England after his father's death by his mother Jeanne de Valence.
John married Margaret Wake, daughter of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell and Joan de Fiennes, and had one child, Aymer Comyn, who died in infancy in 1316.
John Comyn died fighting on the English side during the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314. He was killed in a cavalry charge against Scottish spearmen on the second and main day of battle.
Presumably he inherited the title of Lord of Badenoch when his father was killed, but it was forfeited at some point, possibly at Bruce's first Parliament in St Andrews in 1309.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Comyn_IV_of_Badenoch
=== Sir John became chief of the clan after ===
Sir John became chief of the clan after his father's murder. He and hiskinsmen fought for the English at Bannockburn against Robert the Bruce.Young John died on the battlefield. The lands of the Comyns of Badenoch were forfeited after Bannockburn anddistributed to allies of Bruce, the Hays, Keiths and Douglasses.
Family 1: Margaret Wake, b. 1299 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England d. 29 SEP 1349 in Longtown, Cumberland, England
Sources:
- Title: Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Comyn_IV_of_Badenoch;
- Title: John IV of Badenoch Comyn, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68JM-5S46 : 10 September 2022), John IV of Badenoch Comyn, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 228133287, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68JM-5S46;
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