John Comyn (died 1242)

John Comyn, Earl of Angus jure uxoris, was a son of William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch later the Earl of Buchan and became the Earl of Angus, jure uxoris of his wife Matilda, heiress of Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus. He died in 1242.

John Comyn

Earl of Angus jure uxoris
Died1242
France
SpouseMatilda, Countess of Angus
ParentWilliam Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
Sarah Fitzhugh

Life

John was a son of William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh. Comyn became the Earl of Angus, jure uxoris of his wife Matilda, heiress of Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus. He died in 1242, in France, during King Henry III of England's expedition to Poitou.[1] John died without issue.[2]

Citations

  1. Young, A. p. 29.
  2. Oram, R.

References

  • Oram, Richard; "Alexander II: King of Scots 1214-1249", Birlinn, 2012. ISBN 9781907909054
  • Young, Alan; "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314", Tuckwell Press, 1997, ISBN 1862320535, 9781862320536


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