Alexander Comyn (died 1308),

Sheriff of Aberdeen The Sheriff of Aberdeen was a royal official who was responsible for enforcing justice in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, they were ...

was a fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman. He was a younger son of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. The latter died in 1290, whereupon the earldom of Buchan was inherited by Alexander's elder brother,

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

(died 1308). Alexander was married to Joanna Latimer, an Englishwoman with whom he had issue Alice and Margaret. Alice married

Henry de Beaumont Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), '' jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Buchan and ''suo jure'' 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Ind ...

, son of

Louis of Brienne Louis of Brienne, also known as Louis of Acre (died in 1297), was viscount of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe in Maine, France. Early life Louis was the second son of John of Brienne and his third wife, Berengaria of León. Louis and his two brothers, Alfon ...

and Agnès de Beaumont, Vicomte of Beaumont. Margaret married firstly John Ross son of William II, Earl of Ross and secondly William Lindsay of Symertoun. Alexander was

in 1297–1304. During the

First War of Scottish Independence The First War of Scottish Independence was the first of a series of wars between English and Scottish forces. It lasted from the English invasion of Scotland in 1296 until the ''de jure'' restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty ...

, Alexander is recorded to have campaigned with Lachlann Mac Ruaidhrí ( fl. 1297–1307/1308). Alexander died in 1308, not long before the death of his brother John, who had no children by his own wife. The title to the earldom, thereafter, passed to Alexander's daughters, Alice and Margaret. McAndrew (2006) p. 44.

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Alexander Comyn of Buchan (d.a.1308) @ People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comyn, Alexander 14th-century Scottish people 1308 deaths Year of birth unknown Clan Comyn Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence