Ancestral Trails 2016 » Walter COMYN (1195-1258)

Personal data Walter COMYN 

• He was born in the year 1195 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland.
• Title: Earl of Monteith, Lord of Badenoch
• He died November 1258, he was 63 years old.
• A child of William COMYN and Sarah FITZHUGH

Household of Walter COMYN

He is married to Isabella MENTEITH.

They got married June 1233 at Menteith, Perth, Scotland, he was 38 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Isabel COMYN  1234-1301 

Notes about Walter COMYN

Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith (died 1258) was the son of William Comyn, Justiciar of Scotia and Mormaer or Earl of Buchan by right of his second wife.

Walter makes his first appearance in royal charters as early as 1211-1214. In 1220, he accompanied King Alexander II of Scotland during the latter's visit to York. He appears as "Lord of Badenoch" as early as 1229, after the defeat of the Meic Uilleim by his father. Like his father, Walter was given the hand of an heiress, Isabella, Countess of Menteith. By 1234, Isabella had inherited the Mormaerdom of Menteith, and so Walter became Mormaer or Earl of Menteith by right of his wife (jure uxoris). Walter appears to have had a son named Henry who witnessed a charter, dated to 1250, of Maol Domhnaich, Mormaer of Lennox. His daughter Isabel was given in marriage to Gilchrist Mure.

Walter was one of the leading political figures in the Kingdom of Scotland, especially during the minority of King Alexander III, when, along with Alan Durward, he essentially ran the country. He died suddenly in either the October or November 1258. By this time, his son Henry must have been dead. Isabella remained countess until 1260-1261, when Walter Stewart, husband of Isabella's sister Mary, seized the province. As Walter had no surviving male children, the Lordship of Badenoch passed to Walter's nephew John. John was unable to inherit Menteith.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Comyn,_Lord_of_Badenoch

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