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Birth:          1163 Altyre, Moray, Scotland
Death:          1233 Buchan, Scotland
Burial:         Deer Abbey, Buchan, Scotland

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch
William Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven 
children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was 
born in Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is 
buried in Deer Abbey.

William made his fortune in the service of king William I of Scotland fighting the Meic 
Uilleim in the north. William witnesses no less than 88 charters of the king. William 
was sheriff of Forfar (1195–1211), Justiciar of Scotia (1205–33) and warden of Moray 
(1211–2). Between 1199 and 1200, William was sent to England to discuss important 
matters on King William's behalf with the new king, John.

William was appointed to the prestigious office of Justiciar of Scotia, the most senior 
royal office in the kingdom, in 1205. Between 1211 and 1212, William, as Warden of 
Moray (or Guardian of Moray) fought against the insurgency of Gofraid mac Domnaill 
(of the Meic Uilleim family), who William beheaded in Kincardine in 1213.[1] Upon 
finally destroying the Meic Uilleim's in 1229, he was given the Lordship of Badenoch 
and the lands it controlled.

From an unknown date, William held the title Lord of Kilbride.

He helped oversee the construction of St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow and after his 
death, Marjory continued his work there.
Earl of Buchan[edit]

During his period as Warden of Moray, Comyn was so successful, it may have been 
the reason he received the hand of Marjory (a.k.a. Margaret), Countess of Buchan, 
sometime between 1209-1212. Her father Fergus, Earl of Buchan, had no male heirs 
and so in marrying his daughter to William he ensured a suitable line for his titles 
before his death. Dying sometime around 1214 (perhaps earlier) William took over the 
management of the mormaerdom (earldom) of Bucham, by right of his wife.

Family tree[edit]

William (is believed to have) had six children through his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh and 
eight through Marjory, Countess of Buchan. The two branches would be associated 
with the Lordship of Badenoch through his first wife and the Earldom of Buchan 
through the second. For the historian Alan Young, William's life, and particularly his 
marriage to the Countess of Buchan, marks the beginning of the "Comyn century".

NB. Children are ranked according to either accounts showing a specific rank in the 
order of Williams children's birth or according to the earliest available date the child 
was thought to have been born.
father Richard Comyn (b.c.1115–1123 d.c.1179); mother Hextilda of Tynedale (a.k.a. 
Hextilda FitzUchtred or Hextilda FitzWaldeve) (b.1112–1122 d.c. 1149–1189). 
Hextilda's first husband was Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl, making their son Henry, 3rd 
Earl of Atholl, William Comyn's half-brother. first wife married 1193: Sarah Fitzhugh 
(a.k.a. Sarah filia Roberti) (b.1155–1160 d.c.1204) 1.Richard (b.c.1190–1194 
d.c.1244–1249); married to unknown wife; father of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch 
(b.c.1220 d.c.1277)
2.Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy (b. during or before 1190)
3.Walter, Lord of Badenoch (b.1190 d.c.1258) married Isabella, Countess of Menteith
4.Johanna (a.k.a. Jean) (b.c.1198 d.c.1274); married c.1220: Uilleam I, Earl of Ross 
(a.k.a. William de Ross) (b.c.1194–1214 d.1274)
5.John Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Angus (died 1242); married (c.1242); Matilda, 
Countess of Angus (aka. Maud) (b.c.1222, d.1261)
6.David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride (died 1247); married Isabel de Valoigne (d.1253)

second wife married c.1209–1212: Marjory (aka. Margaret), Countess of Buchan (a.k.a. 
Margaret Colhan of Buchan) (b.c.1184 d.c.1243–1244) 1.Idonea (a.k.a. Idoine) 
(b.c.1215–1221); married 1237: Gilbert de Haya of Erroll (a.k.a. Gilbert de la Hay) 
(d.1262)
2.Alexander, Earl of Buchan (b.c.1217 d.c.1289–1290); married: Elizabetha de Quincy 
(a.k.a. Isabel) (b.1220 d.1282)
3.William (b.c.1217)
4.Margaret (b.c. 1218-1230); married Sir John de Keith, Marischal of Scotland (b.1212 
d.1270)
5.Fergus (b.c.1219–1228 d.); married 1249: unknown wife; father of Margaret Comyn 
(b.c.1270)
6.Elizabeth (b.c. 1223 d.1267); married: Uilleam, Earl of Mar (d.1281)
7.Agnes (b.c.1225); married 1262: Sir Philip de Meldrum, Justiciar of Scotia (a.k.a. 
Philip de Fedarg or Philip de Melgarum)



Parents
COMYN Richard (ABT 1115 - ABT 1179)
DE TYNDALE Hextilda (ABT 1122 - )

Siblings
COMYN William (1163 - 1233)

Marriage To FITZ HUGH Sarah (ABT 1155 - ABT 1204)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ HUGH Henry (ABT 1130 - )
DE GREYSTOKE Alice (ABT 1135 - )

Children by FITZ HUGH Sarah ABT 1155 - ABT 1204
COMYN Richard (ABT 1190 - ABT 1247)
COMYN Jean (ABT 1198 - ABT 1274)

Marriage To OF BUCHAN Margaret (ABT 1184 - ABT 1243)
    m. ABT 1210 Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland

Notes

Parents
____ Fergus (BEF 1170 - BEF 1199)
----- ----- ()

Children by OF BUCHAN Margaret ABT 1184 - ABT 1243
COMYN Alexander (1217 - 1290)
COMYN Margaret (ABT 1218 - )
COMYN Elizabeth (ABT 1223 - 1267)

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