Eve( ? of Galloway) , wife of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

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Eve( ? of Galloway) , wife of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

Legg inn av Gjest » 01 nov 2007 22:05:03

Dear John Ravilious,
Your evidence concerning the ancestry of Eve ,
1st wife of John Comyn points to her being heir to some lands in Athol and
John`s actions a few years after the death of Patrick of Galloway in 1237 (i.e.
the moderately famous Comyn`s Tower around which Blair Atholl castle was built
was built by him clearly proclaim that he considered himself and not de
Strathbogie to be the rightful Earl and you can`t be politically astute and decide
" I should like the earldom of X, I wish it and that is enough." there had
to be a specific logic beyond the reasoning.
Challoner in his
Treatise on the Isle of Man gives his wife as Marian, a daughter of Alan, lord
of Galloway, which she obviously wasn`t. At Earl Patrick`s death (son of
Thomas of Galloway (brother of Alan) who was jure uxoris Earl of Athol by Isabel
, elder daughter and heiress of Henry, Earl of Athol by his wife Margaret (
apparently a daughter of the Earl of Lennox) Patrick , Earl of Dunbar (likely
Patrick of Athol`s godfather and definitely a cousin) led the hunt for the
Bissets who seem to have murdered that young man curiously accompanied by John
Comyn the future lord of Badenoch and his equally young uncle Alexander Comyn
(future Earl of Buchan) neither is known to have had any definite kinship to
either Galloway, Dunbar, or Athol though Hextilda, likely many years deceased had
been married to Malcolm, Earl of Athol, Earl Henry`s father). Dunbar was not
a Comyn ally, his wife being Euphemia de Brus. so the facts don`t quite add up
unless John Comyn`s wife Eve were in fact the sister of Patrick of Athol. The
fact that John didn`t gain the desired earldom doesn`t mean such a
relationship is impossible as earldoms in Scotland still worked on the tanistic
principle at times. Alan Durward was a Athol heir and held the title during Patrick`s
minority. when He died Urqhart Castle passed not to any of his grandchildren
by rather into Comyn`s possession.
A small reminder about tanistry.
in early times a king (or earl, lord , et cetera could be succeeded by any
kinsman the council deemed the best choice to lead) sons could be passed over on
account of youth , inexperience or just simply because they were not likeable
or perhaps even sane.
Sincerely,
James W Cummings
Dixmont, Maine USA




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