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Elizabeth Comyn

Also Known As: "Countess of Mar Elizabeth Comyn mac Dhonnchaidh"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Forres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: 1267 (43-44)
Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Marjory, Heiress of Buchan
Wife of William de Mar, 5th Earl of Mar
Mother of Donald de Mar, 6th Earl of Mar
Sister of Margaret de Keith; Alexander Comyn, 6th/2nd Earl of Buchan; Fergus Comyn; William Comyn; Idonea Comyn and 1 other
Half sister of Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch; Jean Comyn; Richard Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride

Occupation: Countess of Mar
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About Elizabeth Comyn

Elizabeth COMYN

  • Born: Abt 1223, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Died: 1267, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Marriage Information:

Elizabeth married Sir William DE MAR 5th Earl of Mar, son of Duncan DE MAR 4th Earl of Mar and Unknown. (Sir William DE MAR 5th Earl of Mar was born in 1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died before 25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5001.)

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Elizabeth Comyn was the daughter of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Margaret, Countess of Buchan.1 She died in 1267.2

She married William, 5th Earl of Mar, son of Duncan, 4th Earl of Mar.2

Child of Elizabeth Comyn and William, 5th Earl of Mar

  1. Donald, 6th Earl of Mar+2,1 d. a 25 Jul 1297
  • http://thepeerage.com/p460.htm#i4592
    • [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2603. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
    • [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume V, page 576. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

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Countess of Mar Elizabeth Comyn mac Dhonnchaidh
Birth 1223
Forres, Moray, Scotland
Death 1267 (aged 43–44)
Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Burial
Burial Details Unknown
Memorial ID 228502916

Elizabeth married Sir William 5th Earl of Mar about 1242, in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

She died in 1267, in Alford, Aberdeen-shire, Scotland, at the age of 44, and was buried in Aberdeen-shire, Scotland.
Family Members
Parents

William Comyn
1163–1233

Margaret Buchan Comyn
1184–1244

Spouse
Mormaer of Mar Uilleam mac Dhonnchaidh
1222–1281

Siblings

Alexander Comyn
1217–1290

Lord of Gorgyn Fergus Comyn
1223–1305

Half Siblings

Earl of Menteith Walter Comyn
1190–1258

Lord of Inverallochy Jardine Comyn
1190–1258

Lord of Badenoch Richard Comyn
1194–1249

Countess of Ross Johanna Jean Comyn MacTaggart
1198–1274

Lord of Kilbride David Comyn
unknown–1247

Earl of Angus John Comyn
unknown–1242

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Elizabeth Comyn's Timeline

1223
1223
Forres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
1250
1250
Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1267
1267
Age 44
Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom