Isabella Countess Buchan -1314

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1306 Imprisonment and Execution of Scottish Prisoners

Isabella Countess Buchan was born to Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife and Joan Clare Countess Fife. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 1271 [her grandfather] Colban Earl of Fife died. His son [her father] Donnchadh succeeded 3rd Earl Fife. The date os his death subject to discussion. G.W.S. Barrow gives 1272, but Bannerman gives 1270.

In 1288 [her father] Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife died. His son [her brother] Duncan succeeded 4th Earl Fife.

In 1297 [her daughter] Isabel Comyn was born to John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan and Isabella Countess Buchan at Straloch. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married Freskin Cheney and had issue.

After 1302 [her mother] Joan Clare Countess Fife [deceased] died.

Coronation of Robert the Bruce

On 25th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 31] was crowned King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map] by Bishop of St Andrews and Bishop Robert Wishart. Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [aged 22] was crowned Queen Consort Scotland. Christopher Seton [aged 28] and Bishop David de Moravia were present. He was wearing royal robes and vestments previously hidden from the English by Bishop Robert Wishart.

The following day, 26th March 1306, King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was crowned by Isabella Countess Buchan whose family held the hereditary right to place the crown on the King's head; she had arrived too late for the coronation the day before. The right was held by her brother Duncan Fife 4th Earl Fife [aged 18] who was under-age and held by the English so she assumed the right in his place.

Scalaronica. The said Robert caused himself to be crowned as King of Scotland at Scone on the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady [25th March 1306] by the Countess of Buchan, because of the absence of her son, who at that time was living at his manor of Whitwick near Leicester, to whom the duty of crowning the Kings of Scotland belonged by inheritance, in the absence of the Earl of Fife, who at that time was in ward of the King in England. The said Countess this same year was captured by the English and taken to Berwick, and by command of King Edward of England was placed in a little wooden chamber in a tower of the castle of Berwick with sparred sides, that all might look in from curiosity.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the year of our Lord 1306, at its beginning, the aforesaid Robert de Brus, on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary [25th March 1306], had himself crowned King of Scotland at Scone [Map], in the presence and with the consent of four bishops, five earls, and the people of the land. Now the wife [Isabella Countess Buchan] of the Earl of Buchan, who was the daughter of the [her father] Earl of Fife and by hereditary right had the privilege of placing the crown upon the head of the new king, secretly left her lord, bringing with her the destriers of her husband, which she had left at home, so that she might perform that office. For this reason her husband, who had been faithful to the King of England, was angry, and when she was captured in the same year and he wished to put her to death, the king forbade him and ordered that she be placed upon the wall of the castle of Berwick in a wooden turret fixed there, so that she might be seen and recognized by those passing by. She remained thus confined for many days, on a meagre diet. As for the two bishops, namely the Bishop of Glasgow [Robert Wishart] and the Bishop of St Andrews [William de Lamberton] in Scotland, together with the Abbot of Scone, when they were captured in that same year, the king sent them into England to various castles, and they remained strictly imprisoned until the king's death. Therefore, when the coronation of the new king had been heard of and confirmed, the lord king of England, on the Feast of Pentecost, sent ahead some of his knights with an armed force, namely Sir Henry de Percy, Sir Aymer de Valence, and Sir Robert de Clifford, so that they might oppose and pursue the new king.

Anno Domini MCCCVI incipiente, Robertus de Brus prædictus, die Annunciationis Beatæ Mariæ fecit se coronari in regem Scotiæ apud at Scone, Scone, præsentibus et consentientibus quatuor episcopis, quinque comitibus, et populo terræ. Uxor autem comitis de Bouchan, quæ erat filia comitis de Fyth, cui de jure hæreditario competit coronam apponere capiti novi regis, furtive recessit a domino suo, adducens secum dextrarios domini sui quos domi dimiserat, ut illud officium exerceret; propter quod iratus dominus ejus, qui regi Angliæ fidelis extiterat, cum in eodem anno esset capta et vellet eam perimere, inhibuit ei rex, et jussit eam poni supra murum castri de Berewyk in tristega lignea fixa, ut sic a transeuntibus videri posset et cognosci; mansitque sic clausa multis diebus, et in arcta dieta. Duos autem episcopos, Glasguensem scilicet et Sancti Andreæ in Scotia, cum abbate de Scone, cum essent infra eundem annum capti, misit rex in Angliam ad diversa castra, manseruntque clausi in arcto usque ad obitum regis. Audita itaque et cognita coronatione novi regis, præmisit dominus rex Angliæ in festo Pentecostes quosdam ex militibus suis cum manu armata, dominum scilicet Henricum de Percy, dominum Almericum de Walence, et dominum Robertum de Clyfford, ut novo regi resisterent, et persequerentur eum.

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Imprisonment and Execution of Scottish Prisoners

Calendar Scottish Documents Volume 2. 7th November 1306. 1851. Farther orders for the custody of the Countesses of Carrick [aged 22] and Buchan, Marie [aged 24] and Christine [aged 33] the sisters, and Margerie the daughter of Robert de Brus, and other Scottish prisoners; three of the ladies to be in 'kages' [Chapter House (Scots Documents), Box 1, No. 4.]

Around 1314 Isabella Countess Buchan died.

John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan and Isabella Countess Buchan were married. She by marriage Countess Buchan. She the daughter of Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife and Joan Clare Countess Fife. He the son of Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl Buchan and Elizabeth Quincy Countess Buchan. They were second cousin three times removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

Ancestors of Isabella Countess Buchan -1314

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duncan II Earl of Fife

Great x 2 Grandfather: Donnchadh

Great x 1 Grandfather: Máel Coluim II Earl of Fife

Grandfather: Colban Earl of Fife Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal Granddaughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susanna ferch Llewellyn Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

father: Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Isabella Countess Buchan 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham

Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Essex

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

mother: Joan Clare Countess Fife 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh IX of Lusignan IV Count of La Marche

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" VI Count Angoulême 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymer I Count Angoulême 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Thouars 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Lusignan Viscountess Thouars

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 2 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Isabella Countess Buchan -1314