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 Abt 1190 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Walter Comyn |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
Abt 1190 |
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I70080 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Sir William Comyn, b. Abt 1170, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d. 1233, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Fitzhugh, b. Abt 1174, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Marriage |
1st Wife [1] |
| Family ID |
F30453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Isabel De Mentieth, b. Abt 1194, Mentieth, Perthshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. Isabel Comyn, b. Abt 1214, Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F30389 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- Notes for Sir Walter Comyn:
"Second son of the first Earl of Buchan" inherited the title and estates of the earldom of Menteith. "Comyn, who became Earl of Menteith in right of his wife, was one of them most powerful nobles in the kingdom, the leader of the national party, and one of the regents of the kingdom during the minority of Alexander III. He is described by Fordun as a man prudent in counsel, valiant in battle, whose foresight had been obtained by long experience. He founded the Priory of Inchmahome, on the island of that name in the Lake of Mentieth, in 1238, which for upwards of three centuries flourished as a religious house, and afforded a place of refuge to the infant Queen Mary after the battle of Pinkie. He was the builder of the famous castle of Hermitage in Liddesdale, the stronghold in succession of the Soulis family, the Douglases, Hepburns and Scotts. He also erected the castle of Dalswinton, in Galloway, long one of the chief residences of the Comyns. His sagacity and influence were conspicuously shown at the accession of Alexander III to the throne in the eighth year of his age."
The Great Historic Families of Scotland by James Taylor
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- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, XI:143 (Reliability: 3).
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