Clan Cumming

Clan Cumming
Clan Cumming
Na Cuimeinich
Motto	Courage
Slogan	An Cuimeanach! An Cuimeanach![dubious – discuss]
War cry	Fhad 's a bhios maide sa choill, cha bhi foill an Cuimeineach ("as long as there is a stick in the woods, there won't be deceit from Clan Cumming")
Profile
Region	Highland & Lowland
District	Badenoch
Plant badge	Common Sallow (Salix cinerea) (the Pussy Willow) Cummin plant
Animal	Lion
Pipe music	Willie Cumming's Rant
Chief
	Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming of Altyre
	Chief of clan Cumming, Baronet of Altyre
Seat	Altyre House, Forres, Moray, Scotland
Historic seat	Lochindorb Castle; Inverlochy Castle
Septs of Clan Cumming
	Bad(d)enoch, Buchan, Boghan, Chaney(ay), Chesney, Cheyne(y), Coman, Common(s), Comins, Commins, Comyn(s), Cowman(s), Cummin(s), Cummings, Comeens, Landrum, Lendrum, MacCheine, MacCheyne(y), MacChesnie, MacCummin(s), MacCumming(s), MacNiven(s), MacSkimman(on), Niven(son), Nivison, Russell, Skimman(on)
Clan branches
	Comyn Lords of Badenoch (historic chiefs); Comyn Earls of Buchan (historic senior cadets); Cumming of Altyre (current chiefs); Cumming of Culter; Cumming of Inverallochy; Cumming of Logie; Cumming of Regulas
Allied clans
	Clan Wallace; Clan MacDougall; Clan MacDowall; Clan Sinclair; Clan Maxwell; Clan Hay
Rival clans
	Clan Brodie; Clan Grant; Clan Mackintosh; Clan Macpherson; Clan Shaw

Clan Cumming (Scottish Gaelic: Na Cuimeinich [nə ˈkʰɯ̃mɛnɪç]), historically known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Highlands that played a major role in the history of 13th-century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence. The Clan Comyn was once the most powerful family in 13th-century Scotland,^[5] until they were defeated in civil war by their rival to the Scottish throne, Robert the Bruce.

^ ^a ^b Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Clan Cumming Profile Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine scotclans.com. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
^ Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation; or, Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. Vol. 1. 44 South Bridge, Edinburgh and 115 Newgate Street, London: A. Fullarton & Co. pp. 739. The assumption of the badge of the cumin plant for the supposed clan, a plant that is only found in the region of Egypt, but which happens to be named in the Old Testament, is scarcely correct. It is rather the common sallow, a species of willow, that the Cummings have adopted as their clan badge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. pp. 114–117. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.
^ Lynch, Michael, ed. (2011). Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.

[m1-1] Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

[ScotClans-2] Clan Cumming Profile Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine scotclans.com. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

[3] Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation; or, Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. Vol. 1. 44 South Bridge, Edinburgh and 115 Newgate Street, London: A. Fullarton & Co. pp. 739. The assumption of the badge of the cumin plant for the supposed clan, a plant that is only found in the region of Egypt, but which happens to be named in the Old Testament, is scarcely correct. It is rather the common sallow, a species of willow, that the Cummings have adopted as their clan badge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[Coventry-4] Coventry, Martin (2008). Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. pp. 114–117. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1.

[Oxford-5] Lynch, Michael, ed. (2011). Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.

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