Reginald le Chen (d.1293)

Reginald le Chen or Cheyne (died 1293) was the Chamberlain of Scotland from 1267 to 1269.[1] He was the Baron of Inverugie.[2]

Reginald le Chen
Baron Inverugie
Chamberlain of Scotland (1267-1269)
Noble familyClan Cheyne
Spouse(s)Firstly: daughter of John Comyn of Buchan
Secondly: Eustacia Colville
FatherBernard le Chen

Reginald was the son of Bernard le Chen of Inverugie and succeeded his father upon his father's death.[3] His brother was Henry le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen.[4] He held the office of Sheriff of Kincardine in 1263.[5] He founded a Carmelite monastery in Aberdeen in 1342 and made an endowment to the Benedictines at Fyvie, near Aberdeen, in 1285.[6]

He married firstly an unknown daughter of John Comyn of Buchan and, with her, had Reginald le Chen (d.1312) and Robert le Chen.[7] He married secondly Eustacia Colville, but they had no known issue.[8]

Reginald died in 1293 and was succeeded by his son Reginald.[9]

References
  1. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. p. 10:219. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. p. 10:219. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. Godsman, James (1958). A History of the Burgh and Parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: Lindsay. p. 92.
  4. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. p. 10:219. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. Taylor, Alice (2016). The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 433. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. Copsey, Richard (1995). "The Carmelites in Aberdeen 1273-1560". Academia. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. Seton, Robert (1899). An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America. New York: Brentano. p. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. Douglas, Robert (1813). The Peerage of Scotland (2nd ed.). Edinburgh. p. 1:351. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  9. Literary and Scientific Association of Elgin (1858). Edward I in the North of Scotland. Elgin. p. 39. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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