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Margaret Buchan Countess of Buchan



Preferred Parents:
Father: Fergus Earl of Buchan, b. 1165 in Stirlingshire, Scotland   d. 1214 in Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother: Marjorie Colhan - Countess of Buchan, b. 1169 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   d. 1208 in Buchan Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Family 1: William Comyn Lord of Badenoch,    b. 1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland    d. 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  1. Elizabeth Comyn, b. ABT 1223 in Altyre, Moray, Scotland     d. 1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  2. Alexander Comyn 6th Earl of Buchan Constable and Justiciar of Scotland, b. 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland     d. BEF 6 APR 1290 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  3. Margaret Comyn, b. ABT 1218 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland     d. 1274 in Humbie, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia: Uilleam, Earl of Mar
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleam,_Earl_of_Mar;
  2. Title: Earls of England
    Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Projects, Lancaster
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc64702013;
    Note: About Gilbert and Helewise
    Page: British Isles - Scotland, Untitled Nobility, p. 37: WILLIAM Comyn (-1233[251]). The proofs relating to the claim to the Scottish throne in 1291 made by "dñi Johannis Comyn" name "Hextilde" as daughter and heiress of "Gothrik", son of "Dovenald filius Duncani filii Erici", and "Willelmo" as her son and heir[252]. He expanded the family's landed interests with acquisitions around Glasgow. The 1167/68 Pipe Roll records "Williuam Cumin" in “Hemelhampsteda [under Berchamsteda]”[253]. "…Willelmo Cumyn…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" founded Lindores Abbey[254]. "…Willelmo Cuming…" subscribed the charter dated 1 Jul (no year) under which William King of Scotland donated "totam terram de Strathylaf" to Kinloss[255]. "…Com. Patricio, Will Cumin, Waltero de Lindes, Rog fil Henr……" witnessed the undated charter under which "David marescall dñi regis Scott" donated "piscarias meas de Thveda" to Melrose abbey[256]. The names of the witnesses suggest that the document should be dated to the late 12th century. He was appointed Sheriff of Forfar and in [1205] Justiciar of Scotia[257]. "Umfridus de Berkel" donated "terram de Balfeth" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter witnessed by "…Will Cumyn…Ric fil Will Cumyn…"[258]. He succeeded as Earl of Buchan, de iure uxoris. "Willelmus Cumin comes de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory, with the consent of "Margerie uxoris nostre", by undated charter[259]. "Wills Cumyn comes et Margar sponsa sua comitissa de Buchan" donated "ecclesiam de Buthelny" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter[260]. "…Willelmo Cumyn comite de Buchan justiciar Scotie…Waltero Cumin…" subscribed the charter dated 12 Feb 1236 under which Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed donations to Kinloss[261]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in 1233 of "Willelmus Cumyn comes de Buchane" who founded "ecclesiam de Deer"[262]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Hextild, Willelmus, Odenellus, Simon, Ricardus Cumin…"[263]. m firstly (1200 or after) SARAH, daughter and co-heiress of ROBERT FitzHugh [Giffard] & his wife ---. "Willelmus Cumin" paid a fine for the marriage of "juniore filia Rob fil Hug" and part of her inheritance in Northamptonshire, dated 1200[264]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. m secondly (1210 or before) [as her second husband,] MARGARET Ctss of Buchan, daughter of FERGUS Earl of Buchan & his wife --- (-[8 Apr 1242/1244]). "Margareta comitissa de Buchan…in…viduitatis mee" donated property to Aberbrothoc, as "comes Fergus pater meus" had done, by undated charter[265]. The Complete Peerage dates this charter to "before 1199" and uses this as the basis for her supposed first marriage[266]. "Wills Cumyn comes et Margar sponsa sua comitissa de Buchan" donated "ecclesiam de Buthelny" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter[267]. "Willelmus Cumin comes de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory, with the consent of "Margerie uxoris nostre", by undated charter[268]. "Margeria comitissa de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter, presumably dated to after her husband’s death as he is not named in the document, witnessed by "…Roberto Cumyn…"[269].
  3. Title: Margaret Buchan Comyn (1184-1244), "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGJ9 : 9 September 2022), Margaret Buchan Comyn, ; Burial, Old Deer, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Deer Abbey; citing record ID 87123991, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SGJ9;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87123991/margaret-comyn Margaret Buchan Comyn BIRTH 1184 Aberdeenshire, Scotland DEATH 1244 (aged 59–60) Aberdeenshire, Scotland BURIAL Deer Abbey Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland MEMORIAL ID 87123991 Margaret was the only child of Fergus of Buchan. She married William Comyn,
  4. Title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch;
    Note: Young, Alan, Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1213-1314, (East Linton, 1997)
  5. Title: William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (1163-1233), Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch;
    Note: William Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born in Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is buried in Deer Abbey. William was sheriff of Forfar (1195–1211), Justiciar of Scotia (1205–1233) and warden of Moray (1211–12). William (is believed to have) had six children through his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh and eight through Marjory, Countess of Buchan. Lord of Badenoch (1229–1233)
  6. Title: Marjory de Buchan, Wife of William Comyn, Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory,_Countess_of_Buchan;
  7. Title: Marjory de Buchan, Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory,_Countess_of_Buchan;
    Note: Marjory, Countess of Buchan, also known as Margaret de Buchan, was a Scottish noblewoman. She inherited the earldom from her father, Fergus, Earl of Buchan, who died without male issue. Marjory was married to William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, the son of Richard Comyn and his wife Hextilda of Tynedale. The marriage was William's second marriage, with William becoming jure uxoris Earl of Buchan. William died in 1233, Marjory being Countess in her own right until she was succeeded by her son Alexander, at her death.
  8. Title: Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland
    Author: Mackintosh, John, 1833-1907. (W. Jolly, Aberdeen. 1898). CHAPTER I. Earldom and Earls of Mar: Page 19
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/historicearlsear00mack/page/19/mode/1up?view=theater;
    Note: Available at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan02douguoft
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Countess of Buchan Marjory -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Bzmisc02,Comyn01
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
  10. Title: Wikipedia: Morggán, Earl of Mar
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgg%C3%A1n,_Earl_of_Mar;
  11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Buchan -
    Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 108-3
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741136
  12. Title: SULPICE . The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence
    Page: British Isles - Scotland, Untitled Nobility, p. 37: WILLIAM Comyn (-1233[251]). The proofs relating to the claim to the Scottish throne in 1291 made by "dñi Johannis Comyn" name "Hextilde" as daughter and heiress of "Gothrik", son of "Dovenald filius Duncani filii Erici", and "Willelmo" as her son and heir[252]. He expanded the family's landed interests with acquisitions around Glasgow. The 1167/68 Pipe Roll records "Williuam Cumin" in “Hemelhampsteda [under Berchamsteda]”[253]. "…Willelmo Cumyn…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" founded Lindores Abbey[254]. "…Willelmo Cuming…" subscribed the charter dated 1 Jul (no year) under which William King of Scotland donated "totam terram de Strathylaf" to Kinloss[255]. "…Com. Patricio, Will Cumin, Waltero de Lindes, Rog fil Henr……" witnessed the undated charter under which "David marescall dñi regis Scott" donated "piscarias meas de Thveda" to Melrose abbey[256]. The names of the witnesses suggest that the document should be dated to the late 12th century. He was appointed Sheriff of Forfar and in [1205] Justiciar of Scotia[257]. "Umfridus de Berkel" donated "terram de Balfeth" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter witnessed by "…Will Cumyn…Ric fil Will Cumyn…"[258]. He succeeded as Earl of Buchan, de iure uxoris. "Willelmus Cumin comes de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory, with the consent of "Margerie uxoris nostre", by undated charter[259]. "Wills Cumyn comes et Margar sponsa sua comitissa de Buchan" donated "ecclesiam de Buthelny" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter[260]. "…Willelmo Cumyn comite de Buchan justiciar Scotie…Waltero Cumin…" subscribed the charter dated 12 Feb 1236 under which Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed donations to Kinloss[261]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in 1233 of "Willelmus Cumyn comes de Buchane" who founded "ecclesiam de Deer"[262]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Hextild, Willelmus, Odenellus, Simon, Ricardus Cumin…"[263]. m firstly (1200 or after) SARAH, daughter and co-heiress of ROBERT FitzHugh [Giffard] & his wife ---. "Willelmus Cumin" paid a fine for the marriage of "juniore filia Rob fil Hug" and part of her inheritance in Northamptonshire, dated 1200[264]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. m secondly (1210 or before) [as her second husband,] MARGARET Ctss of Buchan, daughter of FERGUS Earl of Buchan & his wife --- (-[8 Apr 1242/1244]). "Margareta comitissa de Buchan…in…viduitatis mee" donated property to Aberbrothoc, as "comes Fergus pater meus" had done, by undated charter[265]. The Complete Peerage dates this charter to "before 1199" and uses this as the basis for her supposed first marriage[266]. "Wills Cumyn comes et Margar sponsa sua comitissa de Buchan" donated "ecclesiam de Buthelny" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter[267]. "Willelmus Cumin comes de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory, with the consent of "Margerie uxoris nostre", by undated charter[268]. "Margeria comitissa de Buchan" donated revenue from property in "Inuermer" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter, presumably dated to after her husband’s death as he is not named in the document, witnessed by "…Roberto Cumyn…"[269].
  13. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Buchan -
    Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: I:505, II:252-253
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135

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