Elena Brechin (Comyn) - Not married to her father-in-law.

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12/27/2023 at 11:21 AM

According to sources, Elena, daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, married Sir WILLIAM of BRECHIN, SON of HENRY of BRECHIN, the illegitimate son of DAVID of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon.

The Geni line contains an extra "Henry", which is in error and is messing up what should be an easy genealogical chart for the record.

Elena Comyn didn't marry Henry of Brechin (I'm not sure at this point who did marry him). She married his son, William of Brechin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Lord_of_Brechin#:~:text=Sir%20....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Earl_of_Huntingdon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Comyn,_Earl_of_Buchan

Here is William de Brechin and wife, Elena (or Helen) Comyn, in MedLands with all their noble ancestry laid out in fairly straightforward manner.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#WilliamBrechindied1292

Private User

12/27/2023 at 11:36 AM

Alright, on MedLands we see that Henry of Brechin (m. Juliana de Cornhill) had no son by the name of "Henry" -- only WILLIAM (m. Elena Comyn).

Henry of Brechin (William's father), illegitimate son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, did however have half and/or full blooded siblings.

Henry was the half-brother of all of Earl David's legitimate children, plus he had illegitimate siblings: "Henry of STIRLING" (another illegitimate "Henry", in addition to the legitimate brother also named "Henry" so THREE Henrys in the family).

MedLands also shows another illegitimate "Henry": Henrico filio comitis, so possibly as many as four Henrys in this family.

However, it is only the one well documented Henry of Brechin (m. Juliana Cornhill) whose son William married Elena Comyn, which is relevant to this particular problem.

Private User

12/27/2023 at 12:13 PM

https://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000004148923307

Private User

12/27/2023 at 12:18 PM

Sir Henry Brechin, Lord Brechin should be disconnected from Elena Brechin and probably deleted, since I don't think Geni will allow it to be merged with his father of the same name.

Private User

12/27/2023 at 9:30 PM

I fixed the relationships to agree with MedLands.

Private User

12/27/2023 at 9:33 PM

Only problem I see now is that William Brechin had no brother named "Henry". That one is unproven and imho shouldn't be on the tree at all.

Elena Brechin (Comyn) - Not married to her father-in-law.

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