The Comyn faction struck back in 1257, seizing Alexander III from the Durward party in a counter-coup near Kinross. The event demonstrates how the Scottish nobility used force or the threat of force to control the minor king. The resulting compromise established a shared guardianship. The bitter rivalry between the Comyn and Durward factions foreshadowed the factional struggles that would explode during the Interregnum after 1286.
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