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  • Name Alan mac Lochlan 
    Suffix Lord of Galloway 
    Nickname Constable of Scotland 
    Born Bef 1175  Galloway, Wigtownshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Scotland
    Scotland 
    Christened [alternate birth date] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland, LORD OF GALLOWAY, CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND, NAMED IN MAGNA CARTA, Lord of Galloway; Constable of Scotland, constable of Scotland named in the Magna Charta, -1234, Lord of Galway, Constable of Scottland 
    Buried 1234  Dundrennan Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Kirkcudbright
    Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
    Scotland 
    Died Feb 1234  Dundrennan Abbey, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Scotland 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} Alan of Galloway (Alan FitzRoland means Alan, son of Roland)
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_of_Galloway
      Alan Fitz Roland (c. 1175 – 1234) was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Galloway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland.
      *
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63993118/alan_de-galloway

      Family

      He was the son of MacUchtred (Roland), or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Helen de Morville. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was considered an adult in 1196.

      In right of his mother he inherited the de Morville Lordship of Lauderdale. as well as others in that vicinity: West of Blainslie, in Lauderdale, but in the Lordship of Melrose, are the lands of Threepwood, which were granted by Alan, Constable of Scotland, to the monks of Melrose between 1177 and 1204.[1]
      [edit] Campaigns

      In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sending 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also sent one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the custody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding the Magna Carta.

      Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship with both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suited his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with it. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to aid the English King John in campaigns both in France and Ireland.

      In 1228 he invaded the Isle of Man and fought a sea-war against Norway in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricidal struggle with his brother Olaf for possession of the island.

      Alan died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway.
      [edit] Marriages

      He married three or four times: (1)?? Rose or Roysia de Lacy daughter of John de Lacy (1150, Lincoln, – 1190, Palestine), Baron of Pontefract and Constable of Chester, who had died by 1209. They had one daughter:

      * (daughter) de Lacy, (d. 1213).

      He married (2) Hilda (Helen) de L'Isle (b.abt1174 d.after 11/0/1245) m.1205 Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Rognvald Sumarlidasson, Lord of the Isles and Fonia of Moray. Sources-(Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah 1994)

      Child of Alan of Galloway and Helen de l'Isle:

      * Helen of Galloway (b.c1208) Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, who married Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester.

      He remarried (3) Margaret of Huntingdon, daughter of David I of Scotland. By this marriage he had:

      * Dervorguilla of Galloway, who married John de Balliol, 5th feudal baron of Barnard Castle and founder of Balliol College, Oxford. Their son became King John of Scotland.
      * Christian of Galloway (d. 1246), who married William de Forz, Earl of Aumale, but had no issue.
      * Thomas, possibly alive in 1220, but certainly dead by 1234

      Alan married his last wife, (3) Rohese de Lacy, in 1229, the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster.

      Alan also had an illegitimate son, who was also named Thomas.

      With Alan's death his holdings were divided between his three daughters and their husbands. A popular attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Thomas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent political entity came to an end.


      http://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/4859489179/
      Alan of Galloway was the son of Roland (or Lochlann), Lord of Galloway and Helen de Morville and was born in about 1175. Alan inherited the position of Constable of Scotland and the Lordship of Galloway from his father, and the de Morville Lordships of Lauderdale and Melrose from his mother.

      At this time Galloway was a semi-independent state and the Lords of Galloway had traditionally maintained cautious relations with both Scotland and England, accepting the authority of one or other when circumstances dictated, and acting as a sovereign monarch of Galloway when they could get away with it.

      In 1212 Alan of Galloway led a large fleet carrying an army of 1,000 men south in support of King John of England's campaign against the Welsh. He also supplied ships and men to support King John's campaigns in Ireland and France. In 1215, Alan was among the 16 nobles trusted by King John to advise him about his response to the Magna Carta. Nearer home, Alan invaded the Isle of Man in 1229 following the overthrow and murder of Reginald, Prince of Man by his brother Olaf the Black or Olaf Godredsson. Alan forced Olaf to retreat to Norway, though the latter returned at the head of an overwhelmingly strong Norse fleet in 1230 and regained control of the Isle of Man.

      Alan of Galloway died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey. He married three or four times. His only legitimate son, Thomas, predeceased him, and after Alan's death his estates and considerable wealth were divided between his three surviving daughters. There was a popular uprising in Galloway intended to make an illegitimate son of Alan's, another Thomas, Lord of Galloway. This failed, and Galloway's era as a semi-independent kingdom came to an end. The best known of Alan's offspring was Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway, who he had with his second wife, Margaret of Huntingdon, the great-granddaughter of King David I. Devorgilla married John, 5th Baron de Balliol, in 1233 and their son, John Balliol, went on to become King of Scotland in 1292.

      If this effigy really depicts Alan, it was probably carved after his death, maybe even as late as 1250. Alan wears mail armour, covered by a surcoat. His sword belt is decorated with vertical metal or brass strips and on his integral mail coif he used to wear a sort of coronet with inlaid shields, as can be seen in this drawing of 1895: http://effigiesandbrasses.com/monuments/alan_of_galloway/image/1475/original/

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Royals/GED2WEB/people/p00000c8.htm

      Married:

      1. Helen de Lisle (two children)

      2. Margaret of Huntingdon (two children)

      One illegitimate child by unknown mistress.

      Lord Roland & his wife had three children:

      1. ALAN of Galloway (-1234, bur Dundraynan[519]). He succeeded his father in 1200 as Lord of Galloway. The Annals of Dunstable record that “dominus Galwinæ” died in 1235[520]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in [1234] of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway…qui…fuit constabilarius Scociæ" and his burial "apud Dundranan"[521]. On his death Galway was divided between his daughters, but the people of Galway invited Alexander II King of Scotland to become their sole lord but he refused. The king finally defeated the insurgents after Jul 1235[522].

      m firstly HELEN de Lisle, daughter of --- ([1174]-). According to Matthew of Paris, the wife of Alan of Galloway "iam defunctus" was the (unnamed) daughter of "Hugonem de Lasey"[523].

      m secondly (1209) MARGARET of Huntingdon, daughter of DAVID of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon & his wife Maud of Chester ([1194]-1233). The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1209 of "Alan FitzRoland" and "the daughter of earl David, the brother of the king of Scotland"[524]. The Annales Londonienses name "Margaretam, Isabellam, Matildam, et Aldam" as the four daughters of "comiti David", recording the marriage of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[525]. Lord Alan & his first wife had two children:

      a) WALTER (-[1231/34]). The Liber Pluscardensis records that King Alexander II installed "Walterum filium Alani de Galuway" as "primus…Senescallus in Scocia" in 1231[526]. The chronology suggests that Walter must have been Alan´s son by his first marriage. Walter must have predeceased his father as no further mention of him is found.

      b) HELEN of Galloway (-after 21 Nov 1245, bur Brackley). The Annales Londonienses name "Eleyn countesse de Wynton" as eldest of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei", naming "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as her three daughters[527]. The Liber Pluscardensis records that the eldest daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" married "Rogerus de Quinci comes Wintoniæ"[528]. m as his first wife, ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester, son of SAHER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & Margaret of Leicester (-25 Apr 1264, maybe bur Brackley). Named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew of Paris, who does not name his wife[529] but says in a later passage that she was "primogenita soror"[530]. He succeeded his father-in-law in 1234 as hereditary Constable of Scotland, de iure uxoris.

      Lord Alan & his second wife had two children:

      c) DEVORGUILLA of Galloway ([1218]-28 Jan 1290, bur Sweetheart Abbey, Kirkland). The Annales Londonienses name "Devorgoille de Baillol" as second of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[531]. According to the Chronicle of Melrose[532], Devorguilla was second daughter of Alan of Galloway, when recording her marriage in 1233 to "John de Baylol". The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage in 1233 of the second daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" and "Johannes de Balliolo"[533]. m (1233) Sir JOHN de Balliol of Barnard Castle, co Durham, son of HUGH Balliol [Bailleul] of Barnard Castle & his wife Cecilia de Fontaines (-before 24 Oct 1268 or 1269). Named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew of Paris, who does not name his wife[534].

      d) CHRISTIAN of Galloway (-shortly before 29 Jul 1246). The Annales Londonienses name "countesse de Albermarle" as third of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[535]. The Liber Pluscardensis records that the third daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" married "comes Albemarliæ"[536]. Matthew of Paris records the death in 1246 of "comitissa quoque Albemarliæ filia Alani de Galeweia sororque comitisse Wintoniæ"[537]. m (before Apr 1236) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Forz, son of GUILLAUME de Forz Comte d'Aumâle & his wife Aveline de Montfichet (-Amiens 23 May 1260). "W filio comitis de Aubemarliæ" is named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew of Paris, who does not name his wife[538]. He succeeded his father in 1241 as Lord of Holderness, titular Comte d'Aumâle. No issue.

      Lord Alan had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:

      e) THOMAS . Illegitimate son of Alan of Galloway according to Matthew of Paris[539]. On the death of his father, he led the rebellion of the people of Galloway and fled to Ireland after they were defeated by Alexander II King of Scotland[540]. [541]m (1226[542]) --- of Man, daughter of RAGNVALD King of Man & his wife ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that King Ragnvald married his daughter to Alan of Galloway´s son[543].



      1. ^ Romanes, Charles S., CA., The Records of the Regality of Melrose, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1917, volume III, p.xli, (Alan is identified as son of Roland the Constable)

      Sources

      * Curia Regis Rolls, 1935.

      * Cal. Charter Rolls, 1, 1895

      See "My Lines" http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p390.htm#i6936

      http://www.thepeerage.com/p10249.htm#i102485

      Galloway probably remained a Brythonic dominated region until the late 7th century when it was taken over by the English kingdom of Bernicia. Local historian Daphne Brooke has suggested that the English took over the more fertile land and religious centres like Whithorn, leaving the native inhabitants the less fertile upland areas. English dominance seems to have been supplanted by Norse and then Norse-Gaelic (Gall-Gaidel) peoples between the 9th and the 11th century, though the processes by which this took place are unclear. However they can be seen in the context of widespread Norse domination of the Irish Sea including extensive settlement in the Isle of Man and in the now English region of Cumbria immediately south of Galloway.
      If it had not been for Fergus of Galloway who established himself in Galloway, the region would rapidly have been absorbed by Scotland. This did not happen because Fergus, his sons, grandsons and great-grandson Alan, Lord of Galloway shifted their allegiance between Scottish and English kings. During a period of Scottish allegiance a Galloway contingent followed David King of Scots in his invasion of England and led the attack in his defeat at the Battle of the Standard (1138).
      Alan died in 1234. He had three daughters and an illegitimate son Thomas. The 'Community of Galloway' wanted Thomas as their 'king'. Alexander III of Scotland supported the daughters (or rather their husbands) and invaded Galloway. The Community of Galloway was defeated, and Galloway divided up between Alan's daughters, thus bringing Galloway's independent existence to an end.
      Alan's eldest daughter, Derbhorgail, married John de Balliol, and their son (also John) became one of the candidates for the Scottish Crown. Consequently, Scotland's Wars of Independence were disproportionately fought in Galloway.
      There were a large number of new Gaelic placenames being coined post 1320 (e.g. Balmaclellan), because Galloway retained a substantial Gaelic speaking population for several centuries more. Following the Wars of Independence, Galloway became the fief of Archibald the Grim, Earl of Douglas and his heirs. Whithorn remained an important cult centre, and all the medieval Kings of Scots made pilgrimage there.

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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_of_Galloway

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      [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#HelenGallowaydiedafter21Nov1245 From Medlands:]

      ALAN of Galloway, son of ROLAND Lord of Galloway & his wife Helen de Moreville (-[2] Feb 1234, bur Dundraynan[1170]). He succeeded his father in 1200 as Lord of Galloway. "Alanus filius Rollandi de Galwythia" donated "partem terre in territorio de Gillebeccokestun…de Widhope" to Melrose abbey, for the souls of "Ricardi de Morevill avi mei et Willemi avunculi mei, Rollandi patris mei et…mea et Helene matris mee", by undated charter[1171]. "Alanus filius Rolandi dominus Galwath[ie] et Scocie constabularius" donated annual revenue to St Bees by undated charter, witnessed by "Alano filio Ketelli, Alano de Camerton, Gilberto filio Gospatrici…"[1172]. "Thomas de Colevilla cognomento Scot" donated "quartam partam de Almelidum…Keresban" to Melrose abbey by undated charter witnessed by "…Alano filio Rolandi de Galewai, Fergus filio Uctredi, Edgaro filio Douenad, Dunkano filio Gilbti comite de Carric…"[1173]. "Alanus fili Rolandi de Galweia constabularius dni regis Scottorum" donated property "in Ulkelyston" to Kelso monastery, for the souls of "patris mei Rolandi, avi mei Huhtredi", by charter dated to [1206][1174]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “dominus Galwinæ” died in 1235[1175]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in [1234] of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway…qui…fuit constabilarius Scociæ" and his burial "apud Dundranan"[1176]. The Chronicle of Lanercost records the death "circa purificacionem beatæ Virginis" [2 Feb] in 1233 of "Alanus dominus Galwydiæ"[1177]. On his death Galway was divided between his daughters, but the people of Galway invited Alexander II King of Scotland to become their sole lord but he refused. The king finally defeated the insurgents after Jul 1235[1178].

      [m firstly (before [19 Dec 1200/1206]) --- de Lacy, daughter of ROGER de Lacy Constable of Chester & his wife Maud de Clare (-[1201/06]). Keith Stringer says that "one of the daughters of Roger de Lacy was evidently Alan’s first wife" and that "the manor of Kippax" was her dowry, quoting a charter, dated to [19 Dec 1200/1206], under which "Alanus filius Rollandi, dominus Galuuaith Scotie constabularius…et heredibus meis" gave quitclaim to "Rogero de Lascy Cestrie constabularius et heredibus suis" for "advocationem ecclesie de Kipeis"[1179].]

      m [secondly] --- [of the Isles, daughter of REGINALD Lord of the Isles & his wife Fonie ---] (-before 1209). Balfour Paul says that Alan Lord of Galloway married first "a lady unknown, said to be a daughter of Reginald Lord of the Isles by whom he had two daughters"[1180]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

      m [thirdly] (Dundee 1209) MARGARET of Huntingdon, daughter of DAVID of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon & his wife Matilda of Chester ([1194]-[after 6 Jan 1233]). The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1209 of "Alan FitzRoland" and "the daughter of earl David, the brother of the king of Scotland"[1181]. The Annales Londonienses name "Margaretam, Isabellam, Matildam, et Aldam" as the four daughters of "comiti David", recording the marriage of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[1182]. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the marriage in 1208 "apud Dunde" of "Alanus magnus de Galweyia, filius Rotholandi" and "Margaretam filiam David comitis de Huntingtona"[1183]. The primary source which confirms her appearance in Jan 1233 has not been identified. The date is inconsistent with Alan’s subsequent marital history, unless his marriage to Margaret was dissolved.

      m [fourthly] (before 30 Mar 1222, annulled for consanguinity/affinity [1225/29]) JULIANA, daughter of ---. Her husband challenged the validity of this marriage on grounds of consanguinity/affinity. The family relationship between the couple has not been ascertained. Pope Honorius III mandated the archbishop of York and others that “Alan constable of Scotland was of such close kindred and affinity to his wife that they could not cohabit without mortal sin”, and to refer the case to the Papal legate, dated 30 Apr 1222[1184]. Pope Honorius III wrote to the archbishop of Canterbury 28 Feb 1225 requesting him “to proceed to a decision of a suit relating to the alleged marriage of Alan knight and Juliana heard before the abbot of Bruern”, recording details of the proceedings including the appearance of the wife before the Pope who doubted “whether the acts and attestations she brought with her were true”, and ordered “the archbishop, if the said knight will not be induced to treat the woman as his wife, to have the original acts produced and decide the matter”[1185]. Anderson suggests that "Juliana seems to have lost the case"[1186].

      m [fifthly] ([1228/29]) ROSE de Lacy, daughter of HUGH de Lacy & [his first wife Lesceline de Verdun] (-after 1237). According to Matthew Paris, the wife of Alan of Galloway "iam defunctus" was the (unnamed) daughter of "Hugonem de Lasey"[1187]. The Chronicle of Lanercost records in 1229 that "Alan the lord of Galloway…set out for Ireland and there married the daughter of Hugh de Lacy"[1188]. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records that "Alanus de Galweia profectus in Hiberniam" married "filiam Hugonis de Lacy" in 1228[1189]. If her parentage and marriage is correctly stated in the two sources quoted, the chronology suggests that this daughter must have been born from Hugh’s first marriage, assuming that she was legitimate. She is named "Rose de Lacy" by Keith Stringer, who cites a charter of St Bees which indicates that she was still alive in 1237[1190].

      Lord Alan & his [first/second] wife had two children:

      1. HELEN of Galloway (-after 21 Nov 1245, bur Brackley). The Annales Londonienses name "Eleyn countesse de Wynton" as eldest of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei", naming "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as her three daughters[1191]. It is assumed that she was not born from Alan’s marriage to Margaret of Huntingdon as her descendants did not raise a claim to the Scottish throne in 1291. This is consistent with the date of marriage of one of her daughters being estimated to [1238]. No indication has been found to confirm whether Helen was born from her father’s first or second marriage. The Liber Pluscardensis records that the eldest daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" married "Rogerus de Quinci comes Wintoniæ"[1192]. "Elena quondam filia Alani de Galeweya" donated "villam de Edeluestune" to the church of Glasgow by undated charter[1193]. "Rogerus de Quency constabularius Scocie et Elena uxor eius filia quondam Alani de Galweya" recognised the rights of the church of Glasgow to "villam de Edeluestune" by undated charter[1194]. m as his first wife, ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester, son of SAHER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & Margaret of Leicester (-25 Apr 1264, maybe bur Brackley). He is named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew Paris, who does not name his wife[1195] but says in a later passage that she was "primogenita soror"[1196]. He succeeded his father-in-law in 1234 as hereditary Constable of Scotland, de iure uxoris.

      2. daughter (-before 13 Jun 1213). Balfour Paul says that a daughter of Alan Lord of Galloway by his [first] marriage (referring to "a lady unknown, said to be a daughter of Reginald Lord of the Isles by whom he had two daughters", shown above as his [second] wife) died "a hostage in charge of Robert FitzRoger shortly before 13 June 1213"[1197]. No indication has been found to confirm whether this daughter was born from her father’s first or second marriage.

      Lord Alan & his [first/second/third] wife had two children:

      3. WALTER (-[1231/34]). The Liber Pluscardensis records that King Alexander II installed "Walterum filium Alani de Galuway" as "primus…Senescallus in Scocia" in 1231[1198]. The chronology suggests that Walter may have been Alan’s son by his first marriage. Walter must have predeceased his father as no further mention of him is found.

      4. THOMAS of Galloway (-[after 1234]). Pleas taken in Westmoreland 14 Dec 1279 record the claim to "the moiety of the manors of Wyntone, Kingesmedburne, Appelby, Burgh and Kyrkeby Stephan" made by "Derverguilla widow of John de Balliol, Margaret de Ferrers countess of Derby, Elena widow of Alan la Zusche, Alexander Comin earl of Buchan and Elizabeth his wife" against "Roger de Clifford and Isabella his wife…and…Roger de Leyburne and Idonea his wife", naming "Thomas…son and heir" of Alan [of Galloway], adding that he "died without heir of his body" and was succeeded by his sisters "Elena, Cristiana and Deverguilla"[1199]. This document suggests that Thomas was a different person from Alan’s illegitimate son of the same name (who would not have been described as his father’s "heir", and that he outlived his father, if only briefly. It is possible that he was the same person as Alan’s son named Walter in the source which is referred to above. If that is correct, it is not known whether Thomas or Walter was his correct name.

      Lord Alan & his [third] wife had two children:

      5. DEVORGUILLA of Galloway ([1218]-28 Jan 1290, bur Sweetheart Abbey, Kirkland). The Annales Londonienses name "Devorgoille de Baillol" as second of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[1200]. The Chronicle of Melrose records that "Alan of Galloway gave his daughter to John de Bailiol in marriage" in 1233[1201]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage in 1233 of the second daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" and "Johannes de Balliolo"[1202]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records that "Diuorgilla filia Alani domini de Galwidia" founded "monasterium Dulcicordis ordinis Cisterciensis et fratrum minorum de Dundee"[1203]. Alexander III King of Scotland confirmed the donations made by "Deruorguilla de Balliolo filia et una heredes quondam Alani de Galwathya…in viduitate sua" to the church of Glasgow by charter dated 18 May 1277[1204]. A charter dated 22 Feb 1290 records the extent of the manor of Kempstone held by "dominæ Dervergullæ de Balliolo defunctæ", noting that she had died "die Sabbati proxima post conversionem Sancti Pauli, anno prædicto"[1205]. m (1233) JOHN de Balliol of Barnard Castle, co Durham, son of HUGH Balliol of Barnard Castle & his wife Cecilie de Fontaines (-before 24 Oct 1268 or 1269). Named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew Paris, who does not name his wife[1206].

      6. CHRISTIAN of Galloway (-shortly before 29 Jul 1246). The Annales Londonienses name "countesse de Albermarle" as third of the three daughters of "la primere fille Davi" and "Aleyn de Gavei"[1207]. The Liber Pluscardensis records that the third daughter of "Alanus de Galway filius Rotholandi de Galway" married "comes Albemarliæ"[1208]. "William de Fortibus, son of William de Fortibus late count of Aumale…and Christiana his wife" were granted "the manor of Driffield, co York and the manor of Tingden co Northampton", dated 5 Oct 1241[1209]. Matthew Paris records the death in 1246 of "comitissa quoque Albemarliæ filia Alani de Galeweia sororque comitisse Wintoniæ"[1210]. m (before Apr 1236) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Forz, son of GUILLAUME de Forz Comte d'Aumâle & his wife Aveline de Montfichet ([1214/15]-Amiens 23 May 1260, bur Meaux Abbey). "W filio comitis de Aubemarliæ" is named son-in-law of Alan of Galloway by Matthew Paris, who does not name his wife[1211]. He succeeded his father in 1241 as Lord of Holderness, titular Comte d'Aumâle. No issue.

      Lord Alan had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
      7. THOMAS . Matthew Paris records Thomas as the illegitimate son of Alan of Galloway[1212]. The Chronicle of Melrose records that, on the death of his father, he led the rebellion of the people of Galloway and fled to Ireland after they were defeated by Alexander II King of Scotland[1213]. [1214]m (1226[1215]) --- of Man, daughter of RAGNVALD King of Man & his wife ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that King Ragnvald married his daughter to Alan of Galloway’s son[1216].
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      From Genealogical Library book "House of Adam".
    • LORD OF GALLOWAY; NAMED IN THE MAGNA CARTA; CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND 1215-1234
    • !HISTORICAL NOTES:
      Alan, Lord of Galloway was a Baron named in the Magna Charta
    • Lord of Galloway
      From Genealogical Library book "House of Adam".
    • Alan was the 4th Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. He founded the Abbey of Tung and gave vast donations to religious causes.
    • ?? Line 2196: (New PAF RIN=9508)
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    • 1st wife Helen De L'Isle
      2nd wife Princess Margaret Huntingdon
      3rd wife Miss de Lacy
      Associated: Concubine

      One of the 25 Barons who presented the Magna Carta to King John.

      Magna Carta discussion: World Wide Web: Available: [Online:] http://www.tolatsga.org/wasvo1d.html [2 April 2001]



      Magna Carta--
      One of the most important is the Magna Carta issued by King John, who was forced to its terms by a number of barons and the church in 1215. Part of the problem related to land being taken and judgments being made while people had been away during the Crusades. The document began the diminishment of dictatorial power by holding all men obligated to a written document, instead of the arbitrary will of one ruler.

      In many respects it was a treaty. Like a treaty, it began by identify the parties involved:


      "John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting."

      In other words, this was a treaty, a contract, a charter of liberties forced from the king by the barons. The king is specified as being the king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Normandy. In short, he is identified as Norman ruler over the British Isles. Like a treaty, it stated the purpose of the document--for spiritual health and a well ordered government--and listed those who were to be bound by the treaty, the king himself and the barons and other officials:


      "Know that before God, for the health of our soul and those of our ancestors and heirs, to the honor of God, the exaltation of the holy Church, and the better ordering of our kingdom, at the advice of our reverend fathers Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry archbishop of Dublin, William bishop of London, Peter bishop of Winchester, Jocelin bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh bishop of Lincoln, Walter Bishop of Worcester, William bishop of Coventry, Benedict bishop of Rochester, Master Pandulf subdeacon and member of the papal household, Brother Aymeric master of the knighthood of the Temple in England, William Marshal earl of Pembrokeshire, William earl of Salisbury, William earl of Warren, William earl of Arundel, Alan de Galloway constable of Scotland, Warin Fitz Gerald, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert de Burgh seneschal of Poitou, Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip Daubeny, Robert de Roppeley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and other loyal subjects."

      It began by securing religious freedom:


      "First, that we have granted to God, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired."

      Taxation, called scutage or aid, without representation was prohibited:


      "No 'scutage' or 'aid' may be levied in our kingdom without its general consent..."

      A monopoly on fishing was prohibited:


      "All fish-weirs shall be removed from the Thames, the Medway, and throughout the whole of England, except on the sea coast."

      Trial by jury was obtained as well as equality before the law:


      "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land."

      Any one who has had his land illegally taken from him would have it returned:


      "To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these."
      And it provided for disputes to be settled by a majority vote:


      "In the event of disagreement among the twenty-five barons on any matter referred to them for decision, the verdict of the majority present shall have the same validity as a unanimous verdict of the whole twenty-five, whether these were all present or some of those summoned were unwilling or unable to appear."

      Moreover, it provided for the return of land held in trust, while a subject was a ward:


      "For so long as a guardian has guardianship of such land, he shall maintain the houses, parks, fish preserves, ponds, mills, and everything else pertaining to it, from the revenues of the land itself. When the heir comes of age, he shall restore the whole land to him, stocked with plow teams and such implements of husbandry as the season demands and the revenues from the land can reasonably bear."

      One of the key elements of the Magna Carta is return--return of land taken, return of land held in trust, coupled with the observance of the law. England was deeply embroiled in the Crusades and in spreading Christianity into the Holy Land. With regard to land possession, the document mirrors what is know as the Judeo tradition of the jubilee.

      Leviticus 25 states in part the following:


      "13. In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God. 18. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgements, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 23. The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me."

      The theme of keeping statutes, of justice for all, of disallowing extortionist practices by the king, coupled with the position that these factors contribute to the national wealth is reflected in the Petition of Right issued hundreds of years later.
    • Alan was the 4th Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. He founded the Abbey of Tung and gave vast donations to religious causes.
    • !From "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonist" by WEIS, 6th ed, line 14, page 19-20; "Margaret of Huntingdon m 1209 Alan (38-26), Lord of Galloway d 1234, Hereditary Constable of Scotland. (CP IV 670 chart IV; V 675; VII 646-647; SP 1 4, 7; IV 142-143)."

      !Place is; Abbey Of Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    • Source #1: Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1988 reprint of 1941 edition), pp. 133-134

      Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland

      Source #2: Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" - Seventh Edition, with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., assisted by Davis Faris (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995), pp. 42; 91

      Named in the Magna Carta; Constable of Scotland, 1215-1234; married, 1stly, a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of lster (died 1243)

      Source #3: K. J. Stringer, "Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: A Study in Anglo-Scottish History" (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1983) pp. 183 ff

      "Alan of Galloway was a many-sided and more colourful personality." "He was by far the greatest magnate in southern Scotland; his lands also entered several English shires; and he laid claim to extensive Irish holdings." He was favored by King John.
    • Lord of Galloway
    • Name Suffix: Lord Of Galloway
    • Alan FitzRoland (c.1175-1234) was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Galloway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland. He was the son of Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Helen de Moreville. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was born in or before 1175, as he is considered an adult in 1196.

      He married first an unnamed daughter of John, Baron of Pontefract and Constable of Chester; they had two daughters, one named Helen (married Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester) and another who died in 1213. His first wife was dead or divorced by 1209 when he married Margaret of Huntingdon, great granddaughter of David I of Scotland. By this marriage he had two more daughters: Dervorguilla of Galloway, ancestress of John Balliol, and Christina of Galloway. Alan married his last wife, Rohese de Lacy, in 1229, she being the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. By one of his marriages he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased his father (not to be confused with his illegitimate half-brother, also named Thomas).

      In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sending 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also sent one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the custody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding the Magna Carta.

      Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship with both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suited his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with it. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to aid the English King John in campaigns both in France and Ireland.

      In 1228 he invaded the Isle of Man and fought a sea-war against Norway in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricidal struggle with his brother Olaf for possession of the island.

      Alan died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. With Alan's death his holdings were divided between his three daughters and their husbands. A popular attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Thomas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent political entity came to an end.
    • Allan of Galloway was named in the Magna Charta of 1215 and was of Royal descent.
    • Allan of Galloway was named in the Magna Charta of 1215 and was of Royal descent.
    • Allan of Galloway was named in the Magna Charta of 1215 and was of Royal descent.
    • [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1241, Date of Import: May 8, 1997]

      !LORD OF GALLOWAY, CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND
    • [elen.FTW]

      [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #4579, Date of Import: Jun 15, 2003]

      Alan of Galloway, named in the Magna Charta, 1215. Constable of Scotland, 1215-1234, Lord of Galloway.
    • Lords of Galloway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

      King Alexander II of Scotland broke the line of Galloway's lords by rejecting the claim of Alan's illegitimate son.
      ============================================================ = He married (2nd) in 1209, MARGARET OF HUNTINGDON, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud (of CHESTER). Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland 1215-1234 Named in the Magna Charta, 1215
      ============================================================ == Alan of Galloway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

      Alan FitzRoland (c.1175-1234) was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Galloway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland. He was the son of Roland of Galloway and Helen de Moreville. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was born in or before 1175, as he is considered an adult in 1196.

      He married firstly to an unnamed daughter of John, Baron of Pontefract and Constable of Chester; they had two daughters, one named Helen (married Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester) and another who died in 1213. His first wife was dead or divorced by 1209, when he married Margaret of Huntingdon, great granddaughter of David 1st of Scotland. By this marriage he had two more daughters: Derborgaill and Cairistiona. Alan married his last wife, Rohese de Lacy, in 1229, she being the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. By one of his marriages he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased his father (not to be confused with his illegitimate half-brother, also named Thomas).

      In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sending 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also sent one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the custody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding Magna Carta.

      Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship with both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suited his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with it. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to aid the English King John in campaigns both in France and Ireland.

      In 1228 he invaded the Isle of Man and fought a sea-war against Norway in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricidal struggle with his brother Olaf for possession of the island.

      Alan died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. With Alan's death his holdings were divided between his three daughters. A popular attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Thomas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent political entity came to an end. [edit]

      Sources

      * Curia Regis Rolls, 1935.
      * Cal. Charter Rolls, 1, 1895
    • Alan of Galloway
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

      Alan FitzRoland (c.1175-1234) was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Galloway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland. He was the son of Roland of Galloway and Helen de Moreville. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was born in or before 1175, as he is considered an adult in 1196.

      He married firstly to an unnamed daughter of John, Baron of Pontefract and Constable of Chester; they had two daughters, one named Helen (married Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester) and another who died in 1213. His first wife was dead or divorced by 1209, when he married Margaret of Huntingdon, great granddaughter of David 1st of Scotland. By this marriage he had two more daughters: Derborgaill and Cairistiona. Alan married his last wife, Rohese de Lacy, in 1229, she being the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. By one of his marriages he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased his father (not to be confused with his illegitimate half-brother, also named Thomas).

      In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sending 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also sent one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the custody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding Magna Carta.

      Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship with both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suited his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with it. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to aid the English King John in campaigns both in France and Ireland.

      In 1228 he invaded the Isle of Man and fought a sea-war against Norway in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricidal struggle with his brother Olaf for possession of the island.

      Alan died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. With Alan's death his holdings were divided between his three daughters and their husbands. A popular attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Thomas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent political entity came to an end.

      [edit]
      Sources
      Curia Regis Rolls, 1935.
      Cal. Charter Rolls, 1, 1895
      Preceded by:
      Lochlann of Galloway Lords of Galloway Succeeded by:
      Extinct:
      See Thomas & Gilleroth
    • [huntingdonhenry_descendents10_fromrootsweb_bartont.FTW]

      "a descendant of the English and Scottish Kings (SP III 142; Old-CP VIII 169-170; Banks I 469).."(Weis 53- 28). named in the Magna Charta, hereditary Constable of Scotland,1215-1234, m. (1) an unknown wife, m. (2 Margaret of Huntingdon. (CP IV 670 chart IV---) Weis 94-27-h, 38-26.
    • Named in the Magna Charta.
    • [1675] WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 136334
    • named in the Magna Charta, Constable of Scotland, 1215-1234, d. 1234; m. (1) a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster (died 1243) by his first wife, Lesceline, daughter of Bertram de Verdun (Orpen, Ireland under the Normans III chart, p. 286) or daughter or sister of Roger de Lacy of Pontefract (Trans. of the Dumfrieshire & Galloway Nat. Hist. Soc., 49:49-55); m. (2) 1209, Margaret of Huntingdon. [Ancestral Roots, line 38-26] Note: AR has Helen as daughter by 1st wife.
      The following posted by Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann@yahoo.com, puts doubt as to MCS & AR's ordering & number of wives, as well as Miss de Lacy's ancestry:
      Buried: Abbey of Dundren, Kirkcudbright, Scotland [Ref: Robert C. Bradley http://www.bradleygenealogy.info/nindex.htm#sx]
      Dundrennan [Ref: "Peerage of Scotland" by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v 1, pp. 612-13]
      "Alan, Lord of Galloway, died 1233, buried at Dundrennan. By his first wife, whose name is not known, he had a daughter Helen, married to Roger de Quincy [d. 28 April 1264]. . . He married secondly at Dundee in 1209 Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of Malcolm IV and William the Lion, by whom he had two daughters: 1. Dervegulde. 2. Christian, died without issue 1246. He married thirdly in 1228 a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, without issue." [Ref: "Peerage of Scotland" by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v 1, pp. 612-13]
      Alan married a sister of John de Lacy, Constable of Chester and future Earl of Lincoln, Margaret, daughter of Earl David of Huntingdon, and Rose, daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster. [Ref: "Essays of the Nobility of Medieval Scotland" K.J. Stringer ed., Edinburgh, 1985, p 49]
      He married NN FitzRichard the daughter of John FitzRichard and Alice de Vere. [Ref: Dave UTZ@aol.com message to Gen-Medieval 5 Jan 1999 citing Weis MC5 139-1] - Under notes for John FitzRichard is indicated "John [de Lacy] Constable of Chester. --- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194, genealogical chart following p 260. Inherited the Barony of Halton and Constableship of Chester from his stepgrandfather."
      Research note: Stringer indicates she was the sister & Weis indicates daughter of John de Lacy. Is this a disagreement about identity of her father or did the 1st John de Lacy also have a son John?... Curt
      p. 59 "Alan held lands in Lothian, Cumbria (from where he imported tenants), Yorkshire, and the English east midlands; he also gained a title to large areas of eastern Ulster from King John, who was almost as much his lord as was William the Lion."
      p. 104: "Galloway . . . lost its regal status only slowly. Its ruler, Fergus, who died in 1161, was frequently called princeps, and once rex; he may, like Alexander I, have married an illegitimate daughter of Henry I. His successors abandoned the royal styles while retaining some regal attributes. . . .Alan son of Roland had an ease of manoeuvre and a range of contacts on either side of the Solway and the Irish Sea that marked him out as more than a baron of the king of Scots. It was only Alexander II's intervention upon his death in 1234, to exclude his bastard son and partition his lands between his daughters, that put a final end to Galloway's royal status; even then its identity survived in a distinctive law-code, whose tolerance of blood feud was offensive in the eyes of a conventional monarchy." [Ref: Political Development of the British Isles 1100-1400, by Robin Frame, Oxford, 1990]
      Below is from Douglas Richardson message to soc.genealogy.medieval 13 Sep 2002:
      ALAN FITZ ROLAND, lord of Galloway, hereditary Constable of Scotland, born in or before 1175 (adult by 1196). He married possibly in 1200 _____ OF CHESTER (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of John [Fitz Richard] of Chester (died 1190), hereditary Constable of Chester, Baron of Pontefract, co. York, by Alice, daughter of Roger Fitz Richard, of Warkworth, co. Northumberland. She had as her maritagium the manor of Kippax, co. Yorkshire [see note below]. They had two daughters, Ellen and _____ (died 1213 in England - see below). He married (2nd) in 1209 MARGARET OF HUNTINGDON (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of David of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (6th and youngest son of Malcolm III, King of Scotland), by Maud, daughter of Hugh, 6th Earl of Chester. (Note: in a l14 Sep 2002 correction message Douglas Richardson stated: I incorrectly stated that Alan Fitz Roland's father-in-law, David, Earl of Huntingdon, was the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Earl David was actually King Malcolm's great-grandson.) Her maritagium probably included lands in Harringworth, co. Northampton. They had two daughters, Devorguille and Christian (wife of William de Forz, Count of Aumale). In 1212 King John requested him to send 1,000 of his best and most active Galwegians to Chester for his expedition against the Welsh. The following year King John granted him an enormous tract of land in Antrim and Derry consisting of 140 knights' fees. He was one of 16 laymen by whose counsel King John claimed to have granted Magna Carta. He married (3rd) in 1229 ROHESE (or ROSE) DE LACY, daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster, by his lst wife, Lesceline, daughter of Bertram de Verdun, seneschal of Ireland. By one of his wives, he evidently had a son, Thomas, who died without issue before 1234. He also had an illegitimate son, Thomas (living 1296). In 1229 he was summoned to go abroad with King Henry III. ALAN FITZ ROLAND died in 1234, and was buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. In 1236 his widow's father, Hugh de Lacy, created an insurrection in Galloway at the succession of Alan's estates. She was living in 1237.
      [Note: The identity of Alan Fitz Roland';s first wife is proven by a suit dated 1214 regarding Kippax, co. York, in which Alan is stated to have married a sister of Richard [recte Roger], father of John [de Lacy] [constable] of Chester. The year previously in 1213, an unnamed daughter of Alan died as a hostage in the custody of Robert Fitz Roger, of Warkworth, co. Northumberland. It was customary in this period to place foreign born hostages with a near relative in England. Robert Fitz Roger in question was the maternal uncle of Alan of Galloway's first wife, and thus would have been closely related to Alan's child].
      References: K. J. Stringer, Medieval Scotland: 140-155 (not seen).
      Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis (Bannatyne Club): 19-20 (not seen).
      Chron. De Mailros (Bannatyne Club): 108 (not seen).
      Mathew Paris, Chron. Mag., 3: 304 (not seen).
      M. Paris, 5: 341.
      J. Stevenson, ed., Chronicon de Lanercost (Maitland Club) (1839): 40 (not seen)
      George Ormerod, Hist. of the County Palatine of Chester, 1 (1819): 509-510 (Alan and his first wife were possibly married in 1200, when her brother, Roger de Lacy, was employed for safe conduct of the King of Scotland to the court of England. Ormerod identifies a sister Alice for Roger but doesn't provide her marital history. Quite possibly Alice was the 1st wife of Alan Fitz Roland).
      Cal. Charter Rolls, 1 (1895): 156.
      Arch. & Hist. Coll. relating to Ayrshire & Galloway, 10 (1899): 64.
      Scots Peerage, 4 (1907): 139-143.
      James Wilson, ed., Register of the Priory of St. Bees (Surtees Soc., vol. 126) (1915): viii-xi, 71-72, 97-98 ("A great man in his day, who treated with King John in apparent independence of his own sovereignity").
      Trans. Dumfriesshire & Galloway Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc., 3rd ser., 5 (1916-18): 258-264; 36 (1959): 115-122; 49 (1972): 49-55.
      C.P., 6 (1926): 646-647 (sub Huntingdon).
      VCH Northampton, 4 (1937): 3.
      Curia Regis Rolls, 7 (1935): 85-86 (suit by Alan of Galloway re. Kippax, co. York which he had in marriage with the aunt of John [de Lacy], constable of Chester).
      Paget (1957), 132:1 (sub Clavering); 311: 1 (sub Lacy, Earl of Lincoln).
      C.P., 12 Part 2 (1959): 168-171.
      R.C. Reid, ed., Wigtownshire Charters (Scottish Hist. Soc.) (1960): xxxix.
      I. J. Sanders, English Baronies (1960): 118-119.
      Art Cosgrave, ed., New Hist. of Ireland, 2 (1987): 19.
      Alan O. Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History, 2 (1990): 492-495.
      K. J. Stringer, ed., Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland (19__): 44-61 ("a great leader whose naval exploits on the western seaboard of Scotland won him respect in contemporary Norse circles").
      Gerard J. Brault, ed., Rolls of Arms, Edward 1 (1272-1307), 2 (1997): 188 (Galloway arms: Azure, a lion rampant argent crowned or, displayed in an escutcheon in the sinister canton of the arms of Hugh de Balliol (died 1271), of Bywell, co. Northumberland).
    • !From "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonist" by WEIS, 6th ed, line 14, page 19-20; "Margaret of Huntingdon m 1209 Alan (38-26), Lord of Galloway d 1234, Hereditary Constable of Scotland. (CP IV 670 chart IV; V 675; VII 646-647; SP 1 4, 7; IV 142-143)."

      !Place is; Abbey Of Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    • Alan of Galloway, named in the Magna Charta, 1215, Constable ofScotland, 1215-1234, Lord of Galloway, d. 1234; m. (1) N.N., daughteror sister of Roger de Lacy, of Pontefract, Constable of Chester (Tr.Dumfrieshire and Galloway Natural History Society 49: 49-55); m. (2)1209, Margaret de Huntingdon, daughter of David of Huntingdon (son ofHenry of Huntingdon and grandson of David I "The Saint", King ofScots) and Maud of Chester (SP IV, 138-143). [Magna Charta Sureties,line 139-1] Note: MCS has Helen dau by 1st wife.

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      Alan, Lord of Galloway, named in the Magna Charta, Constable ofScotland, 1215-1234, d. 1234; m. (1) a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earlof Ulster (died 1243) by his first wife, Lesceline, daughter ofBertram de Verdun (Orpen, Ireland under the Normans III chart, p. 286)or daughter or sister of Roger de Lacy of Pontefract (Trans. of theDumfrieshire & Galloway Nat. Hist. Soc., 49:49-55); m. (2) 1209,Margaret of Huntingdon. [Ancestral Roots, line 38-26] Note: AR hasHelen as daughter by 1st wife.

      Note: I have chosen AR's ancestry for Miss de Lacy. Otherpossibilities exist. CP, in its article on Hugh de Lacy, states thathe had no issue by his 2nd wife, but does not say that about his 1stwife (leaving open the possibility/probability of issue by his 1stmarriage). In CP's article on Roger de Quincy, CP states that Helenis a daughter by Alan's 1st wife, without indicating anything abouther identity.


      Buried: Abbey of Dundren, Kirkcudbright, Scotland [Ref: Robert C.Bradley http://www.bradleygenealogy.info/nindex.htm#sx]

      Dundrennan [Ref: "Peerage of Scotland" by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh,1813, v 1, pp. 612-13]

      "Alan, Lord of Galloway, died 1233, buried at Dundrennan. By his firstwife, whose name is not known, he had a daughter Helen, married toRoger de Quincy [d. 28 April 1264]. . . He married secondly at Dundeein 1209 Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon,brother of Malcolm IV and William the Lion, by whom he had twodaughters: 1. Dervegulde. 2. Christian, died without issue 1246. Hemarried thirdly in 1228 a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, without issue."[Ref: "Peerage of Scotland" by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v 1,pp. 612-13]

      Alan married a sister of John de Lacy, Constable of Chester and futureEarl of Lincoln, Margaret, daughter of Earl David of Huntingdon, andRose, daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster. [Ref: "Essays of theNobility of Medieval Scotland" K.J. Stringer ed., Edinburgh, 1985, p49]


      He married NN FitzRichard the daughter of John FitzRichard and Alicede Vere. [Ref: Dave UTZ@aol.com message toGen-Medieval 5 Jan 1999 citing Weis MC5 139-1] - Under notes for JohnFitzRichard is indicated "John [de Lacy] Constable of Chester. --- WE Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194,genealogical chart following p 260. Inherited the Barony of Haltonand Constableship of Chester from his stepgrandfather."

      Research note: Stringer indicates she was the sister & Weis indicatesdaughter of John de Lacy. Is this a disagreement about identity ofher father or did the 1st John de Lacy also have a son John?... Curt

      p. 59 "Alan held lands in Lothian, Cumbria (from where he importedtenants), Yorkshire, and the English east midlands; he also gained atitle to large areas of eastern Ulster from King John, who was almostas much his lord as was William the Lion."

      p. 104: "Galloway . . . lost its regal status only slowly. Its ruler,Fergus, who died in 1161, was frequently called princeps, and oncerex; he may, like Alexander I, have married an illegitimate daughterof Henry I. His successors abandoned the royal styles while retainingsome regal attributes. . . .Alan son of Roland had an ease ofmanoeuvre and a range of contacts on either side of the Solway and theIrish Sea that marked him out as more than a baron of the king ofScots. It was only Alexander II's intervention upon his death in 1234,to exclude his bastard son and partition his lands between hisdaughters, that put a final end to Galloway's royal status; even thenits identity survived in a distinctive law-code, whose tolerance ofblood feud was offensive in the eyes of a conventional monarchy."[Ref: Political Development of the British Isles 1100-1400, by RobinFrame, Oxford, 1990]

      Below is from Douglas Richardson message tosoc.genealogy.medieval 13 Sep 2002:
      ALAN FITZ ROLAND, lord of Galloway, hereditary Constable ofScotland, born in or before 1175 (adult by 1196). He married possiblyin 1200 _____ OF CHESTER (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of John[Fitz Richard] of Chester (died 1190), hereditary Constable ofChester, Baron of Pontefract, co. York, by Alice, daughter of RogerFitz Richard, of Warkworth, co. Northumberland. She had as hermaritagium the manor of Kippax, co. Yorkshire [see note below]. Theyhad two daughters, Ellen and _____ (died 1213 in England - see below).He married (2nd) in 1209 MARGARET OF HUNTINGDON (descendant ofCharlemagne), daughter of David of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon(6th and youngest son of Malcolm III, King of Scotland), by Maud,daughter of Hugh, 6th Earl of Chester. (Note: in a l14 Sep 2002correction message Douglas Richardson stated: I incorrectly statedthat Alan Fitz Roland's father-in-law, David, Earl of Huntingdon, wasthe son of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Earl David was actually KingMalcolm's great-grandson.) Her maritagium probably included lands inHarringworth, co. Northampton. They had two daughters, Devorguilleand Christian (wife of William de Forz, Count of Aumale). In 1212King John requested him to send 1,000 of his best and most activeGalwegians to Chester for his expedition against the Welsh. Thefollowing year King John granted him an enormous tract of land inAntrim and Derry consisting of 140 knights' fees. He was one of 16laymen by whose counsel King John claimed to have granted Magna Carta.He married (3rd) in 1229 ROHESE (or ROSE) DE LACY, daughter of Hugh deLacy, Earl of Ulster, by his lst wife, Lesceline, daughter of Bertramde Verdun, seneschal of Ireland. By one of his wives, he evidentlyhad a son, Thomas, who died without issue before 1234. He also had anillegitimate son, Thomas (living 1296). In 1229 he was summoned to goabroad with King Henry III. ALAN FITZ ROLAND died in 1234, and wasburied at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. In 1236 his widow's father,Hugh de Lacy, created an insurrection in Galloway at the succession ofAlan's estates. She was living in 1237.

      [Note: The identity of Alan Fitz Roland';s first wife is proven bya suit dated 1214 regarding Kippax, co. York, in which Alan is statedto have married a sister of Richard [recte Roger], father of John [deLacy] [constable] of Chester. The year previously in 1213, an unnameddaughter of Alan died as a hostage in the custody of Robert FitzRoger, of Warkworth, co. Northumberland. It was customary in thisperiod to place foreign born hostages with a near relative in England.Robert Fitz Roger in question was the maternal uncle of Alan ofGalloway's first wife, and thus would have been closely related toAlan's child].

      References:
      K. J. Stringer, Medieval Scotland: 140-155 (not seen).
      Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis (Bannatyne Club): 19-20 (not seen).
      Chron. De Mailros (Bannatyne Club): 108 (not seen).
      Mathew Paris, Chron. Mag., 3: 304 (not seen).
      M. Paris, 5: 341.
      J. Stevenson, ed., Chronicon de Lanercost (Maitland Club) (1839): 40(not seen)
      George Ormerod, Hist. of the County Palatine of Chester, 1 (1819):509-510 (Alan and his first wife were possibly married in 1200, whenher brother, Roger de Lacy, was employed for safe conduct of the Kingof Scotland to the court of England. Ormerod identifies a sisterAlice for Roger but doesn't provide her marital history. Quitepossibly Alice was the 1st wife of Alan Fitz Roland).

      Cal. Charter Rolls, 1 (1895): 156.
      Arch. & Hist. Coll. relating to Ayrshire & Galloway, 10 (1899): 64.
      Scots Peerage, 4 (1907): 139-143.
      James Wilson, ed., Register of the Priory of St. Bees (Surtees Soc.,vol. 126) (1915): viii-xi, 71-72, 97-98 ("A great man in his day, whotreated with King John in apparent independence of his ownsovereignity").

      Trans. Dumfriesshire & Galloway Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc., 3rd ser.,5 (1916-18): 258-264; 36 (1959): 115-122; 49 (1972): 49-55.

      C.P., 6 (1926): 646-647 (sub Huntingdon).
      VCH Northampton, 4 (1937): 3.
      Curia Regis Rolls, 7 (1935): 85-86 (suit by Alan of Galloway re.Kippax, co. York which he had in marriage with the aunt of John [deLacy], constable of Chester).

      Paget (1957), 132:1 (sub Clavering); 311: 1 (sub Lacy, Earl ofLincoln).
      C.P., 12 Part 2 (1959): 168-171.
      R.C. Reid, ed., Wigtownshire Charters (Scottish Hist. Soc.) (1960):xxxix.
      I. J. Sanders, English Baronies (1960): 118-119.
      Art Cosgrave, ed., New Hist. of Ireland, 2 (1987): 19.
      Alan O. Anderson, Early Sources of Scottish History, 2 (1990):492-495.
      K. J. Stringer, ed., Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland(19__): 44-61 ("a great leader whose naval exploits on the westernseaboard of Scotland won him respect in contemporary Norse circles").

      Gerard J. Brault, ed., Rolls of Arms, Edward 1 (1272-1307), 2 (1997):188 (Galloway arms: Azure, a lion rampant argent crowned or, displayedin an escutcheon in the sinister canton of the arms of Hugh de Balliol(died 1271), of Bywell, co. Northumberland).


      Curt
    • [Weis, 42] Lord of Galloway, named in the Magna Charta, Constable of Scotland, 1215-1234, d. 1234.
    • !From "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonist" by WEIS, 6th ed, line 14, page 19-20; "Margaret of Huntingdon m 1209 Alan (38-26), Lord of Galloway d 1234, Hereditary Constable of Scotland. (CP IV 670 chart IV; V 675; VII 646-647; SP 1 4, 7; IV 142-143)."

      !Place is; Abbey Of Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    • !From "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonist" by WEIS, 6th ed, line 14, page 19-20; "Margaret of Huntingdon m 1209 Alan (38-26), Lord of Galloway d 1234, Hereditary Constable of Scotland. (CP IV 670 chart IV; V 675; VII 646-647; SP 1 4, 7; IV 142-143)."

      !Place is; Abbey Of Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    • Lords of Galloway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

      King Alexander II of Scotland broke the line of Galloway's lords by rejecting the claim of Alan's illegitimate son.
      ============================================================ = He married (2nd) in 1209, MARGARET OF HUNTINGDON, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud (of CHESTER). Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland 1215-1234 Named in the Magna Charta, 1215
      ============================================================ == Alan of Galloway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

      Alan FitzRoland (c.1175-1234) was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Galloway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland. He was the son of Roland of Galloway and Helen de Moreville. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was born in or before 1175, as he is considered an adult in 1196.

      He married firstly to an unnamed daughter of John, Baron of Pontefract and Constable of Chester; they had two daughters, one named Helen (married Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester) and another who died in 1213. His first wife was dead or divorced by 1209, when he married Margaret of Huntingdon, great granddaughter of David 1st of Scotland. By this marriage he had two more daughters: Derborgaill and Cairistiona. Alan married his last wife, Rohese de Lacy, in 1229, she being the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster. By one of his marriages he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased his father (not to be confused with his illegitimate half-brother, also named Thomas).

      In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sending 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also sent one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the custody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding Magna Carta.

      Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship with both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suited his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with it. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to aid the English King John in campaigns both in France and Ireland.

      In 1228 he invaded the Isle of Man and fought a sea-war against Norway in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricidal struggle with his brother Olaf for possession of the island.

      Alan died in 1234 and is buried at Dundrennan Abbey in Galloway. With Alan's death his holdings were divided between his three daughters. A popular attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Thomas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent political entity came to an end. [edit]

      Sources

      * Curia Regis Rolls, 1935.
      * Cal. Charter Rolls, 1, 1895
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    Father Lochlann (Roland) mac Uchtred, Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland,   b. Abt 1152, Carrick, Ayrshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1200  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Helen de Moreville,   b. 1172, Kirkoswald, Cumberland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1217, Abbey Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 1196 
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    Family 1 Margaret Huntingdon of Huntington,   b. Abt 1194, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Eng. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1233  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 1209  Dundee, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Devorguilla Nic Alan, of Galloway,   b. Abt 1218, Fotheringhay Castle Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 28 Jan 1289 and 8 Jan 1290, Kemstone Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
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    Family 2 Hilda / Helen Rognvaldsdottir, of Galloway,   b. Abt 1174,   d. Abt 1245  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Abt 1205  Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Helen de Galloway,   b. Abt 1196,   d. 21 Nov 1245  (Age 49 years)
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