COMYN, Robert ¹

   Another name for Robert was CUMYN, Robert.²

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  General Notes:

"Sir Robert is believed to have produced two sons - his heir Sir John and and a younger son Robert. Sir John died in 1310 and was succeeded by his brother, apparently summoned home from service with the Polish knighthood. In right of his mother he acquired one third of the Comyn lands at Lochaber, Lochindorb Castle in Moray and the castle at Lochaneilan near Rothiemercus."

from A History of Their Making

"I. Sir Robert Cumyn, fourth son of Red John Cumyn No. 1, married Geiles or Egidia, one of the three co-heiresses of William Cumyn of Lochaber, and left two sons: 1, Sir John; 2, Robert, whose name has often been confounded with his father's; but as the son lived until the latter end of Robert the Bruce's reign, and the father was killed at Dumfries in 1306, the mistake is palpable."

"II. Robert Cumyn, second son of Sir Robert. He went early abroad, and entered into the Polish service, where he was greatly regarded, and rose to considerable rank in the army. Upon the death of his brother he returned to Scotland, and in right of his mother Egidia got the third part of the lands of Lochaber, including, it is said, the Castle of Urquhart in Inverness-shire, the Castle of Lochindorb in Moray, and another in Lochaneilan, near Rothiemarchus.

from Bruces and Cumyns

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Robert married Beatrix ROSS of Rarrichies.¹ (Beatrix ROSS of Rarrichies was born about 1259.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert took as his wife Beatrix and produced three sons - Angus, Gilbert, Donald."

from A History of Their Making

"He (Robert, second son of Sir Robert Comyn) married Beatrix, daughter of Ross of Rarrichies, ancestor of the Rosses of Balnagowan, by whom he had three sons, Angus, Gilbert, and Donald, who made a considerable figure in the family feuds of those days; and a daughter, Marian, who married Chisholm of Comer."

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