Gille Brigte or Gilla Brigte mac Fergusa of Galloway (died 1185), also known as Gillebrigte, Gille Brighde, Gilbridge, Gilbride, etc., and most famously known in French sources as Gilbert, was Lord of Galloway of Scotland (from 1161 with Uchtred; 1174 alone, to 1185). Gilla Brigte was one of two sons of the great Fergus, the builder of the "Kingdom" of Galloway.
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GilleBrigte or Gilla Brigte mac Fergusa ofGalloway (died 1185), also known as Gillebrigte, Gille Brighde, Gilbridge, Gilbride, etc., and most famously...
1174) was Lord ofGalloway from 1161 to 1174, ruling jointly with his brother GilleBrigte (Gilbert). They were sons of Fergus ofGalloway; it was believed...
Chronicle of Holyrood, and resigning Galloway to Scotland’s King Mael Coluim IV, Galloway was left to his two sons, Uchtred and GilleBrigte (Gilbert)...
and appears to have belonged to a Norse–Gaelic family of some prominence. His father, GilleBride, of royal Irish ancestry, appears to have conducted a marriage...
expansionary Scottish kings were Somhairle Mac Gille Brighdhe, Fergus ofGalloway, GilleBrigteofGalloway and Harald Maddadsson, along with two kin-groups...
to the abbey of Holyrood. He died the next year. The Lordship ofGalloway appears to have been partitioned between his sons, GilleBrigte and Uhtred, and...
the last living King ofGalloway, which he ruled jointly with his brother, GilleBrigte, from 1161 to 1174. At this time GilleBrigte, brutally slew his...
king, was savagely murdered by GilleBrigte's son Máel Coluim, and GilleBrigte took control of the entirety ofGalloway. In 1175, King William was restored...
aftermath of the rebellion ofGille Ruadh and the dissolution of the Lordship, Galloway and Galwegians became critical. In many ways, the Wars of Scottish...
King of Scotland), father Findláech mac Ruaidrí was killed by the sons of his brother Máel Brigte, and that Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti (Máel Coluim of Moray)...
the region of Galloway-proper was entirely outside David's control. David may perhaps have had varying degrees of overlordship in parts of Dumfriesshire...
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Brigte Mac Cinnéide) was murdered at Prestwick by followers of Hew Campbell in August 1527...
of Fife, judex magnus in Scotia, 1128x30 Duncan II, Mormaer of Fife, 1154x1164-1203 Matthew, Bishop of Aberdeen, 1172x1199 GilleBrigte, Mormaer of Strathearn...
Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and...
names were translated into more common continental forms; for instance, GilleBrigte became Gilbert, Áed became Hugh, etc. [4] There may be more medieval...
foundation of the priory is accredited to Uchtred (d.1174) who had co-ruled Galloway with his brother GilleBrigte. Uchtred did not have the benefit of the relative...
Donnchadh mac GilleBrigte, earl of Carrick with monks from Paisley Abbey. Owing to the lack of surviving records and its distance from the core of Lowland...
Mormaer of Moray. Other important resistors to the expansionary Scottish kings were Somerled, Fergus ofGalloway, GilleBrigte, Lord ofGalloway and Harald...
with the killing of Findláech mac Ruaidrí by his nephews, the sons of Máel Brigte. Findláech's death is recorded in both the Annals of Tigernach, where...
with the ruler ofGalloway, king Fergus ofGalloway, according to Walter Daniel mediating a dispute between Fergus and his sons Gille-Brigte and Uhtred....
prince of Argyll is one of the best known historical figures from the Gàidhealtachd of Scotland, and is known in Gaelic as Somairle mac GilleBrigte, although...
traditional ancestry of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, eponymous ancestor of Clann Somhairle, a mediaeval kindred composed of three main branches: Clann Dubhghaill...
these two were the parents of William II de Haya. David de Haya, who wedded Helen, daughter of Gilbert (or GilleBrigte), Earl of Strathearn, and had: Gilbert...
son ofGilleBrigte, Mormaer of Angus. Although ruled by Angus, Strathearn and Sinclair lords thereafter, Orkney remained part of the kingdom of Norway...