Lord of Badenoch & Tynedale, Justiciar of Galloway,
Earl of Menteith
Husband of Lady Alice de Ros,
John "the Red" Comyn was a man of great influence and a mighty baron of his day.
He is referred to in 1242 as "Rufus" or "The Red" Comyn a nick name more commonly applied to his grandson.
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes in 1265, with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder, and was captured.
He started the construction of Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269. The place was soon taken back by David, Earl of Atholl
He was an ambassador from Alexander II of Scotland to Louis IX of France in 1246.
He was appointed justiciary of Galloway in March 1258-1259.
He succeeded his Father as Lord of Badenoch in 1249.
On the death of his uncle (13) Walter Comyn in 1258, he received all of Walter's titles and estates, and became the head of his family.
In 1267 he was given licence to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by (13) Walter Comyn.
According to Fordun he "Was a man of ability, but too rash and ready of hand"
He played a conspicuous part during the minority of Alexander III, and though strongly opposed obtained the keep in 1257 of the young King in whose name John Comyn govern Scotland, aided by his influential connections.
To his credit he joined the other jealous barons who demanded security from Henry III of England before they would allow the young Queen of Scotland to go to London for her accouchement.
In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish expedition that crushed a Manx revolt against the Scottish Crown.
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica he died in 1274,
Lady Alice de Ros survived her husband and married again to another Comyn with issue
Earl of Menteith
Husband of Lady Alice de Ros,
John "the Red" Comyn was a man of great influence and a mighty baron of his day.
He is referred to in 1242 as "Rufus" or "The Red" Comyn a nick name more commonly applied to his grandson.
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes in 1265, with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder, and was captured.
He started the construction of Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269. The place was soon taken back by David, Earl of Atholl
He was an ambassador from Alexander II of Scotland to Louis IX of France in 1246.
He was appointed justiciary of Galloway in March 1258-1259.
He succeeded his Father as Lord of Badenoch in 1249.
On the death of his uncle (13) Walter Comyn in 1258, he received all of Walter's titles and estates, and became the head of his family.
In 1267 he was given licence to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by (13) Walter Comyn.
According to Fordun he "Was a man of ability, but too rash and ready of hand"
He played a conspicuous part during the minority of Alexander III, and though strongly opposed obtained the keep in 1257 of the young King in whose name John Comyn govern Scotland, aided by his influential connections.
To his credit he joined the other jealous barons who demanded security from Henry III of England before they would allow the young Queen of Scotland to go to London for her accouchement.
In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish expedition that crushed a Manx revolt against the Scottish Crown.
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica he died in 1274,
Lady Alice de Ros survived her husband and married again to another Comyn with issue
Lord of Badenoch & Tynedale, Justiciar of Galloway,
Earl of Menteith
Husband of Lady Alice de Ros,
John "the Red" Comyn was a man of great influence and a mighty baron of his day.
He is referred to in 1242 as "Rufus" or "The Red" Comyn a nick name more commonly applied to his grandson.
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes in 1265, with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder, and was captured.
He started the construction of Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269. The place was soon taken back by David, Earl of Atholl
He was an ambassador from Alexander II of Scotland to Louis IX of France in 1246.
He was appointed justiciary of Galloway in March 1258-1259.
He succeeded his Father as Lord of Badenoch in 1249.
On the death of his uncle (13) Walter Comyn in 1258, he received all of Walter's titles and estates, and became the head of his family.
In 1267 he was given licence to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by (13) Walter Comyn.
According to Fordun he "Was a man of ability, but too rash and ready of hand"
He played a conspicuous part during the minority of Alexander III, and though strongly opposed obtained the keep in 1257 of the young King in whose name John Comyn govern Scotland, aided by his influential connections.
To his credit he joined the other jealous barons who demanded security from Henry III of England before they would allow the young Queen of Scotland to go to London for her accouchement.
In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish expedition that crushed a Manx revolt against the Scottish Crown.
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica he died in 1274,
Lady Alice de Ros survived her husband and married again to another Comyn with issue
Earl of Menteith
Husband of Lady Alice de Ros,
John "the Red" Comyn was a man of great influence and a mighty baron of his day.
He is referred to in 1242 as "Rufus" or "The Red" Comyn a nick name more commonly applied to his grandson.
He fought for Henry III of England at the Battle of Lewes in 1265, with John Baliol the elder and Robert Bruce the elder, and was captured.
He started the construction of Blair Castle with a tower built in 1269. The place was soon taken back by David, Earl of Atholl
He was an ambassador from Alexander II of Scotland to Louis IX of France in 1246.
He was appointed justiciary of Galloway in March 1258-1259.
He succeeded his Father as Lord of Badenoch in 1249.
On the death of his uncle (13) Walter Comyn in 1258, he received all of Walter's titles and estates, and became the head of his family.
In 1267 he was given licence to crenellate Tarset Castle in Tynedale (by present-day Lanehead, near Hexham), by Henry III; Tarset had previously been held by (13) Walter Comyn.
According to Fordun he "Was a man of ability, but too rash and ready of hand"
He played a conspicuous part during the minority of Alexander III, and though strongly opposed obtained the keep in 1257 of the young King in whose name John Comyn govern Scotland, aided by his influential connections.
To his credit he joined the other jealous barons who demanded security from Henry III of England before they would allow the young Queen of Scotland to go to London for her accouchement.
In 1275, John was one of the leaders of a Scottish expedition that crushed a Manx revolt against the Scottish Crown.
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica he died in 1274,
Lady Alice de Ros survived her husband and married again to another Comyn with issue
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