On the 10th February 1306, John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, known as the Red Comyn, a leading claimant to the vacant Scottish throne, is killed by his arch-rival Robert the Bruce and his supporters in front of the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. This was rejected and Bruce stabbed Red Comyn when the argument turned violent, after which Bruce’s companions rushed into the church and killed Comyn as he lay wounded. Before Edward I invaded Scotland in March 1296, Red Comyn, along with his father, and his cousin, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, attacked Carlisle, which was held for Edward I by Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, the father of the future King Robert the Bruce.