John Comyn, Earl of Angus
jure uxoris
''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...
, 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 bu ...
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 became the Earl of Angus,
jure uxoris
''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...
of his wife
Matilda
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, heiress of
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus, was a Scottish nobleman who was mormaer of Angus, Scotland, Angus roughly from 1214 to 1240. He was the last of his family in the male line with title over that province.
He married Mary, daughter and heiress of Hump ...
. He died in 1242.
Life
John 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 bu ...
and his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh. Comyn became the Earl of Angus,
jure uxoris
''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...
of his wife Matilda, heiress of
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus, was a Scottish nobleman who was mormaer of Angus, Scotland, Angus roughly from 1214 to 1240. He was the last of his family in the male line with title over that province.
He married Mary, daughter and heiress of Hump ...
. He died in 1242, in France, during 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 to Poitou. John died without issue.
[Oram, R.]
Citations
References
*Oram, Richard; "Alexander II: King of Scots 1214-1249", Birlinn, 2012.
*Young, Alan; "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314", Tuckwell Press, 1997, , 9781862320536
Year of birth unknown
1242 deaths
13th-century mormaers
Earls of Angus
Peers jure uxoris
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