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Competitor John Comyn, Black, 2nd of Badenoch

b. 1242, d. 1302

Birth

Competitor John Comyn, Black, 2nd of Badenoch, was born in 1242.

Parents

Father

John Comyn, Red, 1st of Badenoch (b. 1213, d. 1275)

Child with Eleanor Baillol, sister of King John Baillol

Son	John Comyn, Red, 3rd of Badenoch+ (d. 1306)

Working life

In 1290 Competitor John Comyn, Black, 2nd of Badenoch, was occupied as Regent of Scotland.

Property

Competitor John Comyn, Black, 2nd of Badenoch, possessed confirmed the 1220 grant by his grandfather William Comyn of a bovate of land in Kirkintilloch to Cambuskenneth Abbey in 1277 in Kirkintilloch.¹

Death

Competitor John Comyn, Black, 2nd of Badenoch, died in 1302 at age ~60.

Citations

[S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 25 November 2023), Document 1/53/495 (RMS, i, no. 80), Gift of barony of Kirkintilloch (DNB.)

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Last Edited

23 October 2026