Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith († 1258 ) was a Scottish nobleman and politician in the 13th century. He was a member of the first board of Guardians of Scotland, the. Still underage for the Alexander III the regency exercised.

Life

Walter Comyn was the son of William Comyn, legal counsel in Scotland and on the right of his second wife, Earl of Buchan. Walter itself was first mentioned in records in 1211 or 1214. In 1220 he accompanied Alexander II on a trip to York. His earliest mention under the title of Lord of Badenoch is in 1229, after the suppression of the uprisings of the Meic Uilleams. He married Isabella, Countess of Menteith, which the Mormaerdom Menteith inherited from her father and led to his death therefore jure uxoris Earl of Menteith in addition the title. During the years of the minority of Alexander III. Walter Comyn was one of the leading political figures in Scotland. He belonged to the first, highly controlled from the house Comyn, College of Guardians of Scotland, which exercised the regency 1249-1255. He had to give up this title in 1255, when the competing power faction Alan Durward was able to prevail on the farm. Walter Comyn died unexpectedly in 1258, probably in a riding accident.

Family

From his marriage with Isabella, a son named Henry seems to have emerged, which is mentioned in documents in 1250. If it is indeed here the son of the two, he died before his father, because the title Earl of Menteith remained after Walter's death to his wife, the 1260/61 lost him to her married to Walter Stewart 's sister Mary. Walters title of Lord of Badenoch Comyn remained inside the house and went to his nephew John Comyn.

Reception

Walter Comyn was written by the 1817 novel Rob Roy by Walter Scott in unfamiliar form input in the English-language literature. In Chapter 13 of the second volume he was included among the anglicised form of his name as Walter Cuming:

" [ ... ] And thatthey shuld dee the death of Walter Cuming of Guiyock wha Hadna as muckle o'him left thegither as would supper a measuring configuration dog [ ... ] "

" [ ... ] And they should be the death of Walter Cuming of Guiyock die from not enough was left, as it would have been enough for the Lord's Supper a stray dog [ ... ] "

The origin of the comparison used by him, Walter Scott detained in a marginal note:

"A great feudal oppressor, who, riding on some cruel purpose through the forest of Guiyock what thrown from his horse, and his foot being caught in the stirrup, which dragged along by the frightened animal till he what torn to pieces. The expression, " Walter of Guiyock 's curse, " is proverbial. "

" A great feudal oppressor who was thrown through the forest of Guiyock to any cruel intention riding, his horse, his foot caught in the stirrup and was hergeschleift of the frightened animal behind him until he was torn to pieces. The term " Walter of Guiyocks curse" is proverbial. "