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Fergus of Galloway

Fergus of Galloway

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  1. 1.  Fergus of Galloway (son of Uchtred Lord of Galloway and (Gunnild) Gurnelda); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Uchtred Lord of Galloway (son of Fergus Prince of Galloway and Elizabeth (of Normandy) Princess of England); died in 1174.

    Uchtred + (Gunnild) Gurnelda. (Gunnild) (daughter of Waltheof Abbott of Crowland 1st Baron Allerdale and (Sigarith) Sigrid) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  (Gunnild) Gurnelda (daughter of Waltheof Abbott of Crowland 1st Baron Allerdale and (Sigarith) Sigrid); and died.
    Children:
    1. Lochlan of Galloway died about 1165.
    2. Roland (Constable of Scotland) Lord of Galloway died on 19 Dec 1200.
    3. Deugal (Dougal) of Galloway died before 1185.
    4. 1. Fergus of Galloway and died.
    5. Eva of Galloway and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Fergus Prince of Galloway died on 12 May 1166 in Or 1161.

    Notes:

    "Carrick" Complete Peerage, Vol 1 (#III, pages 55-61)
    THE COMPLETE PEERAGE
    Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.

    Origins of Prince Fergus
    By Dr. Fergus Day Hort Macdowall of Garthland
    http://members.tripod.com/leomcdowell/id23.htm

    "... The most likely advent of Fergus is that he was judiciously selectedby David, perhaps initiated by Edgar and confirmed by Henry I, fortraining in the Norman courts at London and Carlisle as the potentialsolution for the peaceful control of Galloway. The English court hadproved a valuable school for David and his brothers, and even for MalcolmIII, and it was considered a training ground for future kings andgovernors. "Undergoing the same process was another young man, destinedto be the first of a famous line of Lords of Galloway - Fergus". Hissimilar role and status was made evident by his marriage, like that ofAlexander I or Scotland, to a natural daughter of Henry I of England.According to his ardent following and the law of Galloway which hemaintained, Fergus would have had to have been the tanistry-electedcandidate of the old native governing families of Galloway territoriallyborn to rule over the predominantly Irish-Scots population. Strathclydeconnections would bridge the time of Norse alienation of Galloway fromthe crown, and blood ties to the Norse or to past Danish overlords weredesirable for their peoples? acquiescence.

    This is partly confirmed by Dominica Legge?s interpretation of theArthurian romance "Roman de Fergus", written by Guillaume le Clerc in OldFrench ca. 1200, probably in honor of the wedding of Fergus?great-grandson Alan Lord of Galloway. Fergus? father is said to have beena Viking (Soumilloit in French, or Somerled in Norse). Legge suggestedthat he was Sumarlidi Hauldr who was killed by Sweyn in 1156. Unless thatdate is wrong this identification is not likely, considering that Ferguswould have been 60 years old at that time. This Sumarlidi would be littlechronological improvement over Somerled king of the Isles and Argyll whowas killed at Renfrew in 1164. The latter married a natural daughter ofOlaf king of Man who was in turn Fergus? son-in-law. Crawford supposedthat Earl Malcolm of Galloway under Sigurd II was an ancestor of Fergus.McGill ventured that Fergus inherited the lordship of Galloway by descentfrom the first son of Thorfinn?s Earl MacGill of Galloway, and thatFergus? contemporary Somerled of Innse Gall and Argyll was also descendedfrom MacGill?s father Earl Gilli. The latter was not among Somerleds?known paternal ancestors but could have been an ordained member of thesame Cinel. Some descendants of Gilli lived in Cumbria just beforeDavid?s earlship. (Nigel) Tranter thoughtfully constructed the name"Fergus macSuibhne macMalcolm macGilliciaran of Carrich" and suggestedthat Fergus was elevated by David following their alliance to expel HakonClaw of the Orkneys from Galloway. (P.H.) M?Kerlie was of dividedopinion, for he said of Fergus, "There is every presumption that he wasof Celtic origin, and held the lands of Galloway on the Celticprinciple", yet he also said that Fergus was a "stranger" or "foreigner"and "of Norse origin", especially advanced and imposed on Galloway byDavid as Prince of Cumbria. M?Kerlie further stated, "it is just possiblethat Fergus, Lord of Galloway, of whose ancestry nothing otherwise isknown, may have been a descendant of Earl Gilli, for the Norse elementmust have been strong in Galloway"...

    Fergus + Elizabeth (of Normandy) Princess of England. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry I Beauclerc King of England and Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth (of Normandy) Princess of England (daughter of Henry I Beauclerc King of England and Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet); and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Uchtred Lord of Galloway died in 1174.
    2. Gilbert Galloway died on 1 Jan 1184-1185.
    3. Elfrica Aufrica of Galloway and died.
    4. Daughter Nicfergus of Galloway and died.
    5. Margaret of Galloway and died.
    6. Probably Many Generation To Fergusson and died.

  3. 6.  Waltheof Abbott of Crowland 1st Baron Allerdale (son of Gospatrick Earl of Northumberland and Aethelreda); died about 1138.

    Waltheof + (Sigarith) Sigrid. (Sigarith) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  (Sigarith) Sigrid and died.
    Children:
    1. Alan and died.
    2. Gospatric of Bolton and died.
    3. 3. (Gunnild) Gurnelda and died.
    4. Hectreda \ Octreda and died.
    5. B Several Generations From Waltheof and died.
    6. Several Generations From Waltheof and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Henry I Beauclerc King of England was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England (son of William I The Conqueror King of England and Matilda of Flanders); died about 1 Dec 1135 in St Denis-Le-Fermont, Near Gisors; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire.

    Notes:

    For a listing of web sites that have the genealogy of family lines ofroyal houses, many noble houses and more, go to the entry "INFORMATION,Royal Houses family lines web sites" in this file.

    Henry + Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet. Sybil (daughter of Robert (of Alcester) Corbet) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet (daughter of Robert (of Alcester) Corbet); and died.

    Notes:

    Married:
    1 _MSTAT Friends

    Children:
    1. Sibylla of England was born about 1092 in Normandy, France; died on 12 Jul 1122 in Island Of Woman, Loch Tay; was buried in Island Of Woman, Loch Tay.
    2. Matilda\Maud of England and died.
    3. Robert (De Mellent Earl of Gloucester) De Caen was born about 1090 in Caen; died on 31 Oct 1147 in Bristol.
    4. Rainald (Earl of Cornwall) De Dunstanville and died.
    5. Gilbert of England was born in 1130; and died.
    6. William Constable of England was born before 1105; and died.
    7. Eustacie of England and died.
    8. Alice of England and died.
    9. Gunherd of England and died.
    10. Rohese of England died after 1176.
    11. Joan (Elizabeth) England and died.
    12. Emma of England and died.
    13. Daughter of England and died.
    14. Sybilla (of England) of Falaise and died.
    15. 5. Elizabeth (of Normandy) Princess of England and died.

  3. 12.  Gospatrick Earl of Northumberland was born between 1040 and 1048 (son of Maldred (Lord Allerdale) of Scotland and Ealdgyth (Edith) of Northumbria); died on 15 Dec 1072.

    Notes:

    From Doug Hickl;ing;

    "GOSPATRIC, Earl of Northumberland and first Earl of Dunbar, born between1040 and 1048. After supporting the Danes in their invasion of the northof England, he made peace with William I, King of England, at Christmas1067 and was entrusted by the king with the government ofNorthumberland. Deprived of that post, he fled to Scotland where hereceived from King Malcolm III "Dunbar with adjacent lands in Lothian."He was succeeded by his son,"

    Gospatrick + Aethelreda. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Aethelreda and died.
    Children:
    1. Dolphin Earl of Cumberland died after 1092.
    2. Gospatrick (2nd Earl of Dunbar) De Dunbar died on 22 Aug 1138 in Battle Of The Standard.
    3. Octreda of Northumberland and died.
    4. Gunnilda of Northumberland and died.
    5. Matilda of Northumberland and died.
    6. Ethelreda Northumberland was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
    7. 6. Waltheof Abbott of Crowland 1st Baron Allerdale died about 1138.



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