Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Comyn

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Name John Comyn Born of Badenoch, Scotland [1]
Gender Male Died Bef 26 May 1302 [2, 3] Person ID I17341 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK Last Modified 31 Aug 2020
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 [2] 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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Sources - [S317] The Bulkeley Genealogy by Donald Lines Jacobus. New Haven, Connecticut: 1933.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson. Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2013.
- [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.
- [S317] The Bulkeley Genealogy by Donald Lines Jacobus. New Haven, Connecticut: 1933.