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1st Earl of Buchan William Comyn

Male 1163 - 1233  (70 years)

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  • Name William Comyn  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Title 1st Earl of Buchan 
    Birth 1163  Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    • Buchan
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Chancellor of Scotland 
    Occupation 1205 
    Justiciar of Scotland 
    Reference Number 26-02081-01 
    Reference Number 28-33128361-01 
    Title Lord of Badenoch 
    Death 1233  Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    • Buchan
    Burial Banff, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    • Deer Abbey
    Person ID I8861  Presidents and Royalty
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

    Father Richard Comyn,   b. 1115, Forres, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1177, Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hextilda Fitzuchtred Tynedale,   b. 1122, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1182, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1145  Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tynedale
    Family ID F5676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sara Fitzhugh,   b. 1160, Forres, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1204, Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 1193  Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Countess of Buchan Margaret Colhan,   b. 1185, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1244, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1212  Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buchan
    Children 
    >1. Margaret Comyn,   b. 1217, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1274, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. 2nd Earl of Buchan Alexander Comyn,   b. 1 Jan 1217, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1290, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Idonea Comyn,   b. 1221, Forres, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1301 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Elizabeth Comyn,   b. 1223, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1267 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S888] Vans, Jaime, Vans Family Archive, (Location: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vfarch/genealogy-data/;), http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vfarch/genealogy-data/.

    2. [S918] SkaggsFiles, http://familytrees.genopro.com/Azrael/Skaggs/default.htm?page=toc_places.htm.

    3. [S660] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).

    4. [S666] Ancestry.com, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    5. [S668] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=DictNatBiogV1&h=16080&indiv=try

    6. [S664] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Alexander Comyn
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUK&h=759502&indiv=try

    7. [S682] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Alexander Earl of Buchan Constbl of Scot Comyn
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebASM-9289&h=23595527&indiv=try



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