John Comyn II of Badenoch,

Lord of Badenoch {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Lord of Badenoch was a magnate who ruled the lordship of Badenoch in the 13th century and early 14th century. The lordship may have been created out of the territory of the Meic Uilleim, after William Comyn, ju ...

(died 1302), nicknamed the Black Comyn, was a

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nobleman, a

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, and one of the six

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for

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. His father was John Comyn I of Badenoch.

Competitor for the Crown

In 1284 he joined with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heir of King Alexander III. He was a Guardian of the Realm from 1286 to 1292.G. W. S. Barrow, ''Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland'' (2005) p. 188. Comyn submitted to the English king in July 1296 at Montrose. As a descendant of King Donald III, Comyn was one of the thirteen Competitors for the Crown of Scotland. He did not aggressively push his claim for fear of jeopardising that of his brother-in-law

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. Comyn, head of the most powerful noble family in Scotland, was a committed ally of Balliol and assisted him in his struggle against

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. It has even been suggested that the Comyn family was the driving force behind both the Balliol kingship and the revolt against Edward's demands. John Comyn is credited with the building of several large castles or castle houses in and around

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. Parts of Mortlach ( Balvenie Castle) and Inverlochy Castle still stand today. John Comyn as his father was before him was entrusted by King Alexander III with the defence of Scotland's northern territories from invasion by the

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Family

Comyn married Eleanor de Balliol, daughter of

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, sister of King

. Together they had one son: *

John Comyn III of Badenoch John Comyn III of Badenoch, nicknamed the Red ( 1274 – 10 February 1306), was a leading Scottish baron and magnate who played an important role in the First War of Scottish Independence. He served as Guardian of Scotland after the forced ...

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Retrieved on 2007-11-04 who married Lady Joan de Valence of Pembroke, daughter of

William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke {{Infobox noble, name=William de Valence , christening_date= , noble family= , house-type= , father= Hugh X of Lusignan , mother= Isabella of Angoulême , birth_name= , birth_date={{c. 1227 , birth_place= , christening_place= , styles= , death_da ...

, who was the half-brother to

Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, King John and Isabella of Ang ...

, and uncle of

Death

John Comyn II of Badenoch died at Lochindorb Castle, in 1302.

References

Sources

* * Rymer, Thomas; ''Foedera Conventiones, Literae et cuiuscunque generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliae'', London, 1745. (Latin

*

External links

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