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John Comyn, Earl of Buchan

Scottish noble · United Kingdom · On the map · Lived 1250 to 1308 · aged 58

John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan was a chief opponent of Robert the Bruce in the civil war that paralleled the War of Scottish Independence. He should not be confused with the better known John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, who was his cousin, and who was killed by Bruce in Dumfries in March 1306.

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Lived 1250 to 1308 · aged 58