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COMYN, Robert of Altyre, Sir
(1245/1244-1306)
CUMMINE, Geiles of Lochaber
(About 1243-)
COMYN, Robert
(About 1259-1320)
ROSS, Beatrix of Rarrichies
(About 1259-)
COMYN, Gilbert
(About 1277-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. McDONALD, of Clanronald

COMYN, Gilbert 1

  • Born: About 1277
  • Marriage (1): McDONALD, of Clanronald

   Another name for Gilbert was CUMYN, Gilbert.2

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  General Notes:

"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."

from Bruces and Cumyns 2


Gilbert married McDONALD of Clanronald. (McDONALD of Clanronald was born about 1285.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Gilbert married a daughter of M'Donald of Clanronald, Lord of the Isles,* and having, as some say, no son, was succeeded by his nephew David, who became ancestor of the Cumyns of Achterlew and Lochaber."

* From Gilbert's line descended the Lords of Glencharney, ending in Bigla Cumyn, who earned the land to the Grants in 1442, when her son Sir Duncan Grant succeeded.

from Bruces and Cumyns 2

Sources


1 Michael McCarthy, A History of Their Making: The Cummings of Altyre (2020) (Grosvenor House Publishing, England, 2020), page 159.

2 e-books, Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns by M. E. Cumming Bruce (1870).

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