Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan
Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan, Lady Beaumont (1289 – 3 July 1349) was a Scottish noblewoman, a member of the powerful Comyn family which supported the Balliols, claimants to the disputed Scottish throne against their rivals, the Bruces. She was the niece of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, to whom she was also heiress, and after his death the Earldom of Buchan was successfully claimed by her husband Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan, by right of his wife. His long struggle to claim her Earldom of Buchan was one of the causes of the Second War of Scottish Independence.
Alice Comyn | |
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| Countess of Buchan Lady Beaumont | |
| Born | 1289 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Died | 3 July 1349 |
| Noble family | Comyn (by birth) Brienne (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Henry de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan |
| Issue | Katherine, Countess of Atholl Elizabeth de Beaumont, Lady Audley Richard de Beaumont John de Beaumont Thomas de Beaumont Alice de Beaumont Joan de Beaumont, Lady FitzWarin Beatrice, Countess of Dammartin John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont Isabel of Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster |
| Father | Alexander Comyn, Sheriff of Aberdeen |
| Mother | Joan le Latimer |
Alice was the maternal grandmother of Blanche of Lancaster, and thus great-grandmother of King Henry IV of England.
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