John Comyn

Abt 1250 - 1303  (53 years)

• Name	John Comyn
  Birth	Abt 1250	Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1303	Scotland
  Person ID	I1763	footsteps | Ancestors, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Comyn,   b. Abt 1210, Scotland d. Aft 1291, Scotland (Age > 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marian Galloway,   b. 1216, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1300, Scotland (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Balliol,   b. Abt 1253, Durham, England d. 1302, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1274
  Children	+ 1. John Comyn, Earl of Comyn , III,   b. Abt 1275, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 10 Feb 1306, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F1383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1250 - Inverness-shire, Scotland Death - 1303 - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Comyn inherited the headship of the Comyns' senior, Badenoch, bran c h a n d b e came the second Red Comyn. His landed power included: Badenoch a n d L o c h aber, with chief castles at Ruthven, Loch indorb, and Inverlochy ; i n f l u ence in Atholl, possibly including the castle at Blair Atholl; B ed r u l e a nd Scraesburgh, Roxburghshire; Dalswinton, with its castle, in D u m f r i esshire; Findogask and Ochtertyre in Perthshire; Machan in the Cly d e v a l l ey; and Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in Dunbartonshire after his bro t h e r W i lliam's death (after c.1290). He also had charge of the castles o f J e d b u rgh and Clunie from Alexander III ; and in England he had Tarset a n d T h o r nton in Tynedale, Northumberland, and Ulseby in Lincolnshire. He w a s r e l i gious patron to Inchaffray , Cambuskenneth, and Coupar Angus abb e y s