Everything about John I Comyn Lord Of Badenoch totally explained
John Comyn (Cumyn) (born c. 1215, died c. 1275) was
Lord of Badenoch in
Scotland. He was justiciar of
Galloway in 1258. He held lands in
Nithsdale (
Dalswinton, a Comyn stronghold, and
Duncow) and
Tynedale.
He fought for
Henry III of England at the
Battle of Lewes (1265), with
John Baliol the elder and
Robert Bruce the elder; he was captured. In 1267 he was given license to crenellate
Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near
Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by Walter Comyn.
He started castle construction at
Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269; the place was soon taken back by
David, Earl of Atholl.
Family
John was the son of a Richard Comyn and was the grandson (through Richard) of
William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan.
According to the 1911
Encyclopedia Britannica he died in 1274, and was nephew of
Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan,
Constable of Scotland), and of
Walter Comyn, Earl of Mentieth . His date of death is also given as 1277.
He succeeded his uncle Walter, in 1258, as Lord of Badenoch, and was succeeded by his son
John II, the "Black Comyn". John I was known as the "Red Comyn", the nickname more commonly applied to his grandson .
His second wife is given as Alice de Roos (Ros), or Alice de Lindsay of Lamberton
a daughter who married Galfrid de MowbrayFurther Information
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