John Comyn, Earl of Comyn , III

Abt 1275 - 1306  (31 years)

• Name	John Comyn
  Title	Earl of Comyn
  Suffix	III
  Christening	1260	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Birth	Abt 1275	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GK5F-FKR
  Death	10 Feb 1306	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Burial	11 Feb 1306	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Person ID	I1325	footsteps | Ancestors, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Comyn,   b. Abt 1250, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 1303, Scotland (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Balliol,   b. Abt 1253, Durham, England d. 1302, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1274
  Family ID	F1383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Valence,   b. 1273, Rhône-Alpes, France d. Jul 1326, Yorkshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1296
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Comyn,   b. 1 Nov 1299, Cornwall, England d. 5 Oct 1356, Cornwall, England (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 1260 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Birth - Abt 1275 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 10 Feb 1306 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland Burial - 11 Feb 1306 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was made a knight by King John (de Balliol) probably soon after 1292 . J o h n C o myn had received the gift of the important manors of Walwick , T h o r n t on, and Henshaw in Tynedale by c.1295 but on his father's death he i n h e r i ted wide-ranging and vast estates in the Scottish highlands (Baden o c h a n d L ochaber), in Roxbuurghshire (Bedrule and Scraesburgh), in Dumf r i e s s hire (Dalswinton), in Perthshire (Findogask and Ochtertyre), in th e C l y d e v alley (Machan), in Dunbartonshire (Lenzie and Kirki ntilloch), a n d i n A t h oll. Lands in England included important estates in Tynedale ( T a rs e t a nd Thornton) and Lincolnshire (Ulseby). The castles of Lochindo r b , R u t hven, Inverlochy, and Blair Atholl made a formidable defence to h i s p o w e r in northern Scotland, while the castle of Dalswinton, and prob a b l e c a stle sites at Machan and Kirkintilloch, added weight to his infl u e n c e f urther south. Apart from this substantial landed base, John Comy n i n h e r ited powerful family support and a long tradition of involvement a t t h e c e n tre of Scottish politics.