Sir Edmund Comyn of Kilbride (died 1314) was a 13th- and 14th-century

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noble, owner of

Kilbride Castle Kilbride Castle was a Normans, Norman castle of the Lord of Kilbride, Lords of Kilbride held by the de Valognes family, which became a seat of the William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, Comyn family and has also been called Comyn's Castle. Robert the ...

. He was a younger son of William Comyn of Kilbride and Euphemia de Clavering.

Life

He succeeded to his brother John's estates after John died without an heir. He fought, beside his cousins the

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and the

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, at the Battle of Dunbar on 27 April 1296, where he was captured and became a prisoner of King

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until 1297 at

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. He was released from captivity and fought during Edward I's campaign in Flanders in 1297–98. He led a Scottish army with Simon Fraser crossing into England on 18 June 1303 to lay waste the countryside around

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. He was forfeited of his lands in Fakenham Apes,

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, England; however, he regained them after his submission to Edward I.Watson, p.204. He was stripped of his Scottish estates and titles by King

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in 1306. Edmund died fighting on the English side during the

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on 23–24 June 1314.

Family and issue

Edmund married Maria, and had the following known issue: *Euphemia, married William de la Beche; had issue. *Mary

Citations

References

*Watson, Fiona: ''Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, 1286-1307'', Birlinn, 2013. , 9781907909191

External links

Edmund Comyn of Kilbride, knight @ People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comyn, Edmund 1314 deaths Nobility from South Lanarkshire

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13th-century Scottish nobility 14th-century Scottish nobility Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence