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     Fergus Comyn died after 1270.¹

     Idoine/Idonea Comyn married Gilbert de la Haye 3rd feudal Baron of Erroll.¹

     Elizabeth Comyn married William (?) 5th Earl of Mar, son of Duncan (?) 4th Earl of Mar,
;
His 1st wife.^1,7,8,9,2,3
Elizabeth Comyn died in 1267; Boyer and Genealogics says d. 1267; Med Lands says d. 1265/66.^10,2,3
     GAV-21 EDV-22.

Reference: Genealogics cites: The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. I 182.²

; Per Med Lands:
     "ELIZABETH Comyn (-[1265/66]). John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death, dated to [1265/66] from the context, of "comitissa de Mar, soror comitis de Buchania"[308].
     "m as his first wife, WILLIAM Earl of Mar, son of DUNCAN Earl of Mar & his wife --- (-before 25 Jul 1281, maybe before Jan 1279)."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM (-before 25 Jul 1281, maybe before Jan 1279). "…Willelmo filio Duncani comitis de Mar…" subscribed the undated charter, dated to [1223/40], under which "Fergusius filius Gilberti quondam comitis de Stathern" donated "terram…de Beny" to Lindores Abbey[456]. He succeeded his father in [1243] as Earl of Mar, first recorded as such as witness of a royal charter dated 7 Feb 1244. However, he cites no contemporary primary source which confirms that this supposition is correct. Alan Durward claimed the earldom of Mar in 1257, impugning the legitimacy of his predecessors, a bull of Pope Alexander IV dated 4 Oct 1257 detailing the whole case[457]. "Willelmus comes de Mar" confirmed the donations of "ecclesiam de Taruelond…de Migueth" made by "dñs Morgrundus avus noster…dña Agnes avia nostra quondam comitissa de Mar" to St Andrew’s priory by charter dated 23 Jan 1267 witnessed by "…Douenaldo Duncano filiis eiusdem comitis…"[458]. He was appointed Chamberlain of Alexander III King of Scotland in [1252] and from 1262 to 1264[459]. A memoranda dated "Michaelmas Term" [Oct/Dec] in 1281 records that "the king commands the barons, as William earl of Mar provided his service in the army of Wales for a knight’s fee, to quit him of the scutage"[460]. This document, if correctly dated, suggests that Earl William was still alive at that time. However, his son Donald is recorded as Earl of Mar 25 Jul 1281, which suggests that the previous document should be redated to an earlier year or that "William earl of Mar" in the text was an error for "Donald earl of Mar". Another indication that William Earl of Mar died a few years earlier than 1281 is the document which indicates his widow’s second marriage (see below).
     "m firstly ELIZABETH Comyn, daughter of WILLIAM Comyn Earl of Buchan & his second wife Margaret Ctss of Buchan (-[1265/66]). John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death, dated to [1265/66] from the context, of "comitissa de Mar, soror comitis de Buchania"[461]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified.
     "m secondly (after 1267) as her first husband, MURIEL of Strathearn, daughter of MALISE Earl of Strathearn & his first wife Marjory de Muschamp of Wooler ([1244]-[16 May/12 Nov] 1291). A charter dated 16 May 1291 records the homage sworn to King Edward by "Muriellæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi quondam comitis de Mar, filiæ et heredis Margeriæ filiæ Roberti de Muschaumps defunctæ" for the lands of "Margeria mater sua"[462]. She married secondly (before Jan 1279, [divorced before 1291]) James ---. [same person as…? James Stewart, later High Steward of Scotland.] Her second marriage is indicated by an assize roll dated "7 Edw I" [Nov 1278/Nov 1279] which records a claim relating to the barony of Muschamp brought by "Jacobus filius Alexandri et Muriella uxor eius" and "Maria uxor Nicholai de Grame", both represented by "Stephanum de Muschaump vel Thomam de Hagarston", against "Thomam de Rok"[463]. Pleas taken at Newcastle 20 Jan 1279 (N.S.) include a jury finding that "the heirs of Muschampe hold their barony by service of four knights, and making suit to the county of Newcastle"[464]. Andrew MacEwen indicates that "Muriella…Maria" were the two daughters of Malise Earl of Strathearn by his first wife Marjory de Muschamp, and identifies "Jacobus filius Alexandri", the husband of Muriel, as James Stewart the future High Steward of Scotland, although he cites no primary source which confirms that the latter identification is correct[465]. The absence of any reference to Muriel’s husband "James" in the document dated 16 May 1291 quoted below, suggests that the marriage must have terminated before that date by divorce or annulment. A charter dated 16 May 1291 records the homage sworn to King Edward by "Muriellæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi quondam comitis de Mar, filiæ et heredis Margeriæ filiæ Roberti de Muschaumps defunctæ" for the lands of "Margeria mater sua"[466]. The Inquisitions on the death of "Muriella quondam comitissa de Mar" are dated 23 Nov 1291 and name "Maria uxor Nicholai de Graham [soror] dictæ Muriellæ…propinquor heres" aged 40[467]."
Med Lands cites:

     William (?) 5th Earl of Mar married Elizabeth Comyn, daughter of William Comyn Earl of Buchan j.u., Lord of Badenoch and Marjorie (Margaret) (?) Countess of Buchan,
;
His 1st wife.^1,7,3,6,8,9 William (?) 5th Earl of Mar married Muriel (?) of Strathearn, daughter of Malise (?) 5th Earl of Strathearn and Marjorie de Muschamp, after 1267
;
His 2nd wife; her 1st husband.^{2,7,3,6,10,11}
William (?) 5th Earl of Mar died in 1281.^2,3
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "ELIZABETH Comyn (-[1265/66]). John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death, dated to [1265/66] from the context, of "comitissa de Mar, soror comitis de Buchania"[308].
     "m as his first wife, WILLIAM Earl of Mar, son of DUNCAN Earl of Mar & his wife --- (-before 25 Jul 1281, maybe before Jan 1279)."
Med Lands cites: GAV-25.

; Per John Ravilious:
     "'William de Mar ', attested charters of Alexander II dated 16 May 1234 and 28 Apr. 1240
     "'William, Earl of Mar', witness to a royal charter of 7 Feb. 1243/4 one of the guarantors of Alexander's confirmation of the pact of 1237 with King Henry III of England, Sept 1244 Chamberlain of Scotland from about 1262 to 1264 Sheriff of Dunbarton 1264-1266[1]
     "'In 1270 he was sent to England, accompanied by the Abbot of Dunfermline, on a mission for the recovery of the Earldom of Huntingdon[3]. By a charter dated at Falkland on the 23rd of January, 1268, witnessed by his sons, Donald and Duncan, he confirmed to the canons of St Andrews the grants made to them by his grandfather, Morgund, Earl of Mar, of the church of Tarland, and by his grandmother, Countess of Mar, of the church of Migvie; and, further, granted an acre of land, lying between the church and the castle of Migvie, for a manse to the vicar serving the cure.' [1]
[1] G. E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage," 1910 - The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom.”.⁷

; This is the same person as ”Uilleam, Earl of Mar” at Wikipedia.¹²

Reference: Genealogics cites: The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. I 182.³

; Per Burke's: "WILLIAM, 5th Earl of Mar, one of the Regents of Scotland 1258, and Great Chamberlain of Scotland 1264; m 1st, Elizabeth (d 1267), dau of William Cumyn, Earl of Buchan (see BURKE's Dormant & Extinct Peerages), and m 2nd, Muriel (dsp 1291), dau of 1st Earl of Strathearn (see BURKE's Dormant & Extinct Peerages). He d 1281”.² William (?) 5th Earl of Mar was also known as Uilleam (?) Earl of Mar.¹²

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM (-before 25 Jul 1281, maybe before Jan 1279). "…Willelmo filio Duncani comitis de Mar…" subscribed the undated charter, dated to [1223/40], under which "Fergusius filius Gilberti quondam comitis de Stathern" donated "terram…de Beny" to Lindores Abbey[456]. He succeeded his father in [1243] as Earl of Mar, first recorded as such as witness of a royal charter dated 7 Feb 1244. However, he cites no contemporary primary source which confirms that this supposition is correct. Alan Durward claimed the earldom of Mar in 1257, impugning the legitimacy of his predecessors, a bull of Pope Alexander IV dated 4 Oct 1257 detailing the whole case[457]. "Willelmus comes de Mar" confirmed the donations of "ecclesiam de Taruelond…de Migueth" made by "dñs Morgrundus avus noster…dña Agnes avia nostra quondam comitissa de Mar" to St Andrew’s priory by charter dated 23 Jan 1267 witnessed by "…Douenaldo Duncano filiis eiusdem comitis…"[458]. He was appointed Chamberlain of Alexander III King of Scotland in [1252] and from 1262 to 1264[459]. A memoranda dated "Michaelmas Term" [Oct/Dec] in 1281 records that "the king commands the barons, as William earl of Mar provided his service in the army of Wales for a knight’s fee, to quit him of the scutage"[460]. This document, if correctly dated, suggests that Earl William was still alive at that time. However, his son Donald is recorded as Earl of Mar 25 Jul 1281, which suggests that the previous document should be redated to an earlier year or that "William earl of Mar" in the text was an error for "Donald earl of Mar". Another indication that William Earl of Mar died a few years earlier than 1281 is the document which indicates his widow’s second marriage (see below).
     "m firstly ELIZABETH Comyn, daughter of WILLIAM Comyn Earl of Buchan & his second wife Margaret Ctss of Buchan (-[1265/66]). John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death, dated to [1265/66] from the context, of "comitissa de Mar, soror comitis de Buchania"[461]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified.
     "m secondly (after 1267) as her first husband, MURIEL of Strathearn, daughter of MALISE Earl of Strathearn & his first wife Marjory de Muschamp of Wooler ([1244]-[16 May/12 Nov] 1291). A charter dated 16 May 1291 records the homage sworn to King Edward by "Muriellæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi quondam comitis de Mar, filiæ et heredis Margeriæ filiæ Roberti de Muschaumps defunctæ" for the lands of "Margeria mater sua"[462]. She married secondly (before Jan 1279, [divorced before 1291]) James ---. [same person as…? James Stewart, later High Steward of Scotland.] Her second marriage is indicated by an assize roll dated "7 Edw I" [Nov 1278/Nov 1279] which records a claim relating to the barony of Muschamp brought by "Jacobus filius Alexandri et Muriella uxor eius" and "Maria uxor Nicholai de Grame", both represented by "Stephanum de Muschaump vel Thomam de Hagarston", against "Thomam de Rok"[463]. Pleas taken at Newcastle 20 Jan 1279 (N.S.) include a jury finding that "the heirs of Muschampe hold their barony by service of four knights, and making suit to the county of Newcastle"[464]. Andrew MacEwen indicates that "Muriella…Maria" were the two daughters of Malise Earl of Strathearn by his first wife Marjory de Muschamp, and identifies "Jacobus filius Alexandri", the husband of Muriel, as James Stewart the future High Steward of Scotland, although he cites no primary source which confirms that the latter identification is correct[465]. The absence of any reference to Muriel’s husband "James" in the document dated 16 May 1291 quoted below, suggests that the marriage must have terminated before that date by divorce or annulment. A charter dated 16 May 1291 records the homage sworn to King Edward by "Muriellæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi quondam comitis de Mar, filiæ et heredis Margeriæ filiæ Roberti de Muschaumps defunctæ" for the lands of "Margeria mater sua"[466]. The Inquisitions on the death of "Muriella quondam comitissa de Mar" are dated 23 Nov 1291 and name "Maria uxor Nicholai de Graham [soror] dictæ Muriellæ…propinquor heres" aged 40[467]."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "MURIEL ([1244]-[16 May/12 Nov] 1291). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the document dated 16 May 1291 which is quoted below. Her second marriage is indicated by an assize roll dated "7 Edw I" [Nov 1278/Nov 1279] which records a claim relating to the barony of Muschamp brought by "Jacobus filius Alexandri et Muriella uxor eius" and "Maria uxor Nicholai de Grame", both represented by "Stephanum de Muschaump vel Thomam de Hagarston", against "Thomam de Rok"[782]. Pleas taken at Newcastle 20 Jan 1279 (N.S.) include a jury finding that "the heirs of Muschampe hold their barony by service of four knights, and making suit to the county of Newcastle"[783]. Andrew MacEwen indicates that "Muriella…Maria" were the two daughters of Malise Earl of Strathearn by his first wife Marjory de Muschamp, and identifies "Jacobus filius Alexandri", the husband of Muriel, as James Stewart the future High Steward of Scotland, although he cites no primary source which confirms that the latter identification is correct[784]. The absence of any reference to Muriel’s husband "James" in the document dated 16 May 1291 quoted below, suggests that the marriage must have terminated before that date by divorce or annulment. A charter dated 16 May 1291 records the homage sworn to King Edward by "Muriellæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi quondam comitis de Mar, filiæ et heredis Margeriæ filiæ Roberti de Muschaumps defunctæ" for the lands of "Margeria mater sua"[785]. The Inquisitions on the death of "Muriella quondam comitissa de Mar" are dated 23 Nov 1291 and name "Maria uxor Nicholai de Graham [soror] dictæ Muriellæ…propinquor heres" aged 40[786].
     "m firstly (after 1267) as his second wife, WILLIAM Earl of Mar, son of DUNCAN Earl of Mar & his wife --- (-1281 before 25 Jul, maybe before Jan 1279).
     "m secondly (before Jan 1279, [divorced before 1291]) JAMES, son of ALEXANDER & his wife ---. [same person as…? JAMES Stewart, later High Steward of Scotland, son of ALEXANDER Stewart High Steward of Scotland & his wife Jean [of Bute] ([1243]-16 Jul 1309).]"
Med Lands cites: He was Mormaer/Earl of Mar
See attached map of location of Mar within Scotland (from Wikipedia: By Benson85 at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3003289) between 1244 and 1276.^12,13

     Agnes Comyn married Philip Meldrum.¹

     Richard Comyn died after 1264.¹

     Roger Fitz Corbet Domesday Baron of Caus was born between 1050 and 1056.¹
Roger Fitz Corbet Domesday Baron of Caus died circa 1134.¹
     GAV-25 EDV-25 GKJ-26.

     William Fitz Corbet 2nd Baron of Caus died circa 1165.¹
      ; "Wiilliam Corbet, the eldest son of Roger, was seated at Wattlesborough."² GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-25.

     Everard Fitz Corbet died after 1155.²

     Roger Fitz Corbet Lord of Tasley died in 1175.¹

      ; founder of the Corbet branch in Scotland.²

     Hugo le Corbeau (Corbet) Chevalier of Pays de Caux, Normandy was born before 1040.¹
Hugo le Corbeau (Corbet) Chevalier of Pays de Caux, Normandy died between 1076 and 1086.¹
      ; All copies of the Battle Abbey Roll, from Leland, who made the first copy, onwards, include Hugo le Corbet among those who came with William the Conqueror, with sons Roger and Robert, probably under the command of comte Roger de Montgomery.¹ GAV-25 EDV-25.

     Hugo le Corbeau (Corbet) died at Normandy, France.¹ He was born circa 1046 at Normandy, France.¹

     Robert le Corbeau (Corbet) died after 1130.¹

     Pernell le Despenser married Geoffrey le Sauvage of Hintes.²

     Geoffrey le Sauvage of Hintes married Pernell le Despenser, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser.¹

Geoffrey le Sauvage of Hintes died in 1230.^1,2

     Thomas le Despenser married Recuara (?)^4,3,2

Thomas le Despenser died circa 1207; Boyer says d. bef 1218; Ravilious says d. ca 1207; Genealogics says d. ca 1207.^5,1,6,7,3
     GAV-22 EDV-22 GKJ-22.

; Barony of Le Despenser: The name le Despenser seems to derive from the post of dispenser (a post of second-rank importance in a noble or royal household - somewhere perhaps between under-butler and comptroller - with responsibility for allocating victuals). The Despensers who gave their name to the Barony that is still extant and currently held by the Viscounts Falmouth were originally dispensers to the Earls (or perhaps Constables) of Chester in the early 13th century. Lands could be held by the perfomance of such services to a feudal superior. Another family of dispensers served HENRY III himself and his successors, one of them even being called to Parliament by writ in 1387, though the summons was not repeated to any of his descendants. Nevertheless under later peerage law doctrine a right to the Barony deemed to have been created by the writ of summons of 1387 would have vested in descendants and ultimately passed, via the 2nd Earl of Lovelace (qv) and his elder brother, to the Earls of Lytton (qv).¹ Thomas le Despenser was also known as Thomas Dispensator.⁵

     Thomas le Despenser died circa October 1218; dsp.^1,5

     Geoffrey le Despenser of Martley, co. Worcester married Emma de Harcourt, daughter of Richard de Harcourt Sire d'Harcourt,
; his 2nd wife.^1,2,6
Geoffrey le Despenser of Martley, co. Worcester died in 1251.^1,3
     Geoffrey le Despenser of Martley, co. Worcester was also known as .⁷

     Emma de Harcourt married Geoffrey le Despenser of Martley, co. Worcester, son of Thomas le Despenser and Recuara (?),
; his 2nd wife.^1,2,3 Emma de Harcourt married John de St. John of Stanton.¹

Emma de Harcourt died after 1265.¹
     She was living in 1265.²

     John de St. John of Stanton married Emma de Harcourt, daughter of Richard de Harcourt Sire d'Harcourt.¹

John de St. John of Stanton died in 1229.¹
     John de St. John of Stanton was also known as .²

     Roger I de Toeni Lord of Guerny married Godehilde (?)^1,6,7
Roger I de Toeni Lord of Guerny was born circa 990 at Guerny, Normandy, France.³ He married Estephania (?) de Barcelona, daughter of Raimund/Ramon III/I Borell (?) Count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona and Ermensinde (?) de Carcassonne, circa 990.^3,6

Roger I de Toeni Lord of Guerny died between 1038 and 1039.⁸
     GAV-26 EDV-27 GKJ-27.

; ROGER de TOENI, also called ROGER de CONCHES; b probably c 990; fought Muslims in Spain; m(?) 1st(?) Stephanie (m 2nd GARSIAS, KING OF SPAIN), sis of Raymond Berenger, Count of Barcelona; m (2nd?) Godeheut (m 2nd Richard, 3rd Count of Evreux), dau of -, and d 1038 or 1039 in battle against a neighbouring noble whose territory he had overrun in a revolt against the succession of WILLIAM I (THE CONQUEROR) to his f's Norman possessions on the grounds that WILLIAM was illegitimate.⁶

; His son, Roger, seems to have been involved in his father's fall from ducal favour, for at much tine same time as Ralph was fighting in Italy (c. 1020) Roger may he traced to Spain where lie entered the service of the Countess Ermesenda of Barcelona. recently widowed amid governing the county as regent for her young son. Roger was employed in defending her principality against its Muslim neighbours, especially Mujahid of the taifa kingdom of Denia, and acquitted himself well. Legends about his exploits there quickly grew up. Within at most fifteen years it was said that he had hastened the submission of his enemies by perpetrating acts of cannibalism upon his Muslim prisoners of war. Whatever tine truth behind this fantastic story - as a twelfth-century annotator observed, it seems to owe something to the legend of Atreus and Thyestes - Roger became notorious for his Spanish adventures: lie was known in Normandy as 'Roger the Spaniard'. Reconciled with the ducal family, he returned to Normandy early in the 1030s. His foundation of the abbey of Conches in about 1035 was made possible at least in part by the wealth he had accumulated nun Spain. Roger did not long survive his return. He was killed in 1040 in the course of a feud with a neighbouring family, the Beaumonts.⁹ Roger I de Toeni Lord of Guerny was also known as Roger I de Conches Lord of Guerny. Roger I de Toeni Lord of Guerny was also known as Roger I de Tosny Lord of Guerny.⁴

     Guillaume d'Evreux married Havoise Giroie, daughter of Guillaume Giroie (Gérouin) (?) seigneur de Montreuil-L’Argillé et d’Echauffour and Gisla (Gisèle) (?) de Bastembourg,
; her 2nd husband.^3,4
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor, Reference: II 79.³

     Ralph d'Evreux was born circa 1004.¹

     Robert d'Evreux 3rd Comte d'Evreux married Hawyse de Lacy.²
Robert d'Evreux 3rd Comte d'Evreux was born circa 1008.¹
     GAV-27.