Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Comyn
- Bef 1302-
Name John Comyn Gender Male Died Bef 26 May 1302 [1, 2] Person ID I17341 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK Last Modified 20 Apr 2018
Father John Comyn, b. of Badenoch, Scotland 
, d. Between 1274 and 1279 Mother Eve Family ID F10788 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor de Balliol Married Between 1279 and 1283 [1] Children + 1. John Comyn, b. of Badenoch, Scotland , d. 10 Feb 1306, Dumfries, Scotland Last Modified 29 Oct 2017 Family ID F10785 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Like his son, he was nicknamed "Red" Comyn, although he was more commonly called "Black" Comyn. He was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne in 1291, based on a supposed descent from Donald Bane (d. 1097), younger brother of King Malcolm Canmore. In fact this claim was fanciful, as later established by J. Horace Round. Notably, he dropped it early in the proceedings in order to support his brother-in-law John Balliol.
Also like his son, he opposed Robert de Brus and was, to some extent, in favor with Edward I as a result.
- Like his son, he was nicknamed "Red" Comyn, although he was more commonly called "Black" Comyn. He was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne in 1291, based on a supposed descent from Donald Bane (d. 1097), younger brother of King Malcolm Canmore. In fact this claim was fanciful, as later established by J. Horace Round. Notably, he dropped it early in the proceedings in order to support his brother-in-law John Balliol.
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