David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride was a son of
William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
William Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born in Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is ...
, later the
Earl of Buchan
The Mormaer () or Earl of Buchan () was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male li ...
, and inherited the
barony of
Kilbride from his wife Isobel, the daughter of
William de Valognes
William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1 ...
. He died in 1247.
Life
David was a younger son of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Lord of Badenoch and his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh. David was requested to join King
Henry III of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry a ...
's expedition into France in 1230; however, he paid
scutage
Scutage is a medieval English tax levied on holders of a knight's fee under the feudal land tenure of knight-service. Under feudalism the king, through his vassals, provided land to knights for their support. The knights owed the king military s ...
to not provide military service.
[Pollock, p.147.]
Marriage and issue
David married Isobel, the daughter of
William de Valognes
William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1 ...
; they had the following known issue:
*
William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
– married Euphemia de Clavering, had issue
Citations
References
*Pollock, M. A. ''Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie"'', Volume 3; Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2015 .
Year of birth unknown
1247 deaths
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