Comyn family

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Scottish noble family medieval dynasty

The Comyn family was a powerful medieval Scottish noble dynasty that played a major role in the politics and conflicts of 13th- and early 14th-century Scotland.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Comyn family canonical	5
Clan Comyn	2
Comyn family of Scotland	1
Comyns	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish noble family ⓘ medieval dynasty ⓘ
alliedWith	Balliol family NERFINISHED ⓘ MacDougall family NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	three garbs (wheatsheaves) or on a field gules ⓘ
conflict	conflict with supporters of Robert the Bruce ⓘ rivalry with the Bruce family ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
declineCause	defeat by Robert the Bruce and his supporters ⓘ
declineEvent	forfeiture of Comyn lands after Bruce’s victory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	13th century ⓘ early 14th century ⓘ
heldOffice	Guardian of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
memberOf	Scottish nobility ⓘ
notableEvent	Great Cause (Scottish succession dispute) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ murder of John Comyn III of Badenoch by Robert the Bruce ⓘ
notableMember	Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Comyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Comyn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn I of Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn II of Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn III of Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ John Comyn, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Comyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Comyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith NERFINISHED ⓘ William Comyn, Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePeriod	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
origin	Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
politicalAlignment	supporters of the Balliol claim to the Scottish throne ⓘ
positionHeld	Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Menteith NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Lochaber NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Highlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ northeast Scotland ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	Badenoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Inverlochy Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthven (in Badenoch) NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedClaimant	John Balliol NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blair Castle → foundedBy → Comyn family ⓘ

Cummings → hasVariant → Comyn family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comyns

John Comyn → nobleFamily → Comyn family ⓘ

Bruce family → rivalDynasty → Comyn family ⓘ

Clan MacIntosh → historicalConflict → Comyn family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clan Comyn

Earls of Buchan → nobleFamily → Comyn family ⓘ

Earls of Buchan → memberOf → Comyn family ⓘ

subject surface form: John Comyn, Earl of Buchan

Clan Bruce → traditionalEnemies → Comyn family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clan Comyn

de Quincy family → connectedTo → Comyn family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comyn family of Scotland