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• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1247 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland.
• Titel: Lord of Badenoch
• (Nickname) : "The Black".
• Hij is overleden in het jaar 1303 in Lochindorb Castle, Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland, hij was toen 56 jaar oud.
• Een kind van John COMYN en Eve LINDSAY

Gezin van John COMYN

Hij is getrouwd met Eleanor BALIOL.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1268 te Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. John COMYN  1269-???? 
2. Euphemia COMYN  ± 1270-???? 

Notities over John COMYN

John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Lord of Lochaber (died 1302) or John "the Black", also known as Black Comyn, a Scottish nobleman, was a Guardian of Scotland, and one of the six Regents for Margaret, Maid of Norway. His father was John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch.

In 1284 he joined with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heir of King Alexander. He was a Guardian of the Realm from 1286 to 1292. 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 John de Balliol, King of Scotland.

Comyn, head of the most powerful noble family in Scotland, was a committed ally of Balliol and assisted him in his struggle against Edward I of England. It has even been suggested that the Comyn family were 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 Inverness. Parts of Mortlach (Balvenie Castle) and Inverlochy Castle still stand today. John Comyn as his father was before him was entrusted by Alexander III of Scotland with the defence of Scotland's northern territories from invasion by the Vikings and the Danes.

Comyn married Eleanor de Balliol, daughter of John I de Balliol of Barnard Castle, sister of King John of Scotland. Together they had several children, which included:

John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch who married Lady Joan de Valence of Pembroke, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who was the half-brother to Henry III of England, and uncle of Edward I of England.
One of their daughters, Euphemia, married Sir Andrew Moray of Petty.

John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch died at Lochindorb Castle, in 1302.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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