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Lordship of Galloway
The lords of Galloway consisted of a dynasty of heirs who were lords (or kings) and ladies who ruled over Galloway in southwest Scotland, mainly during the High Middle Ages. Many regions of Scotland, including Galloway and Moray, periodically had kings or subkings, similar to those in Ireland during the Middle Ages. The Scottish monarch was seen as being similar to a high king (Ard-Righ in Gaelic). The lords of Galloway would have either paid tribute to the Scottish monarch, or at other times ignored him. The Lords of Galloway are fairly well recorded in the 12th and 13th centuries, but the records are incomplete or conflicting at other times. Later on, the kings were known as "lords" at the Scottish court, and "kings" at home, finally becoming "lords" in both arenas.
The boundaries of the Kingdom of Galloway were ill-defined, and varied over time. During many periods Galloway was much larger than it is today, and took in parts of southern Ayrshire, such as Carrick, Upper Douglasdale and Nithsdale. The area appears to have been the main bastion of Scottish Gaelic culture south of the Highlands in the Middle Ages.
The lords ofGalloway consisted of a dynasty of heirs who were lords (or kings) and ladies who ruled over Galloway in southwest Scotland, mainly during...
Fergus ofGalloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century LordofGalloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic...
of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or inhabitant ofGalloway is...
1174) was LordofGalloway from 1161 to 1174, ruling jointly with his brother Gille Brigte (Gilbert). They were sons of Fergus ofGalloway; it was believed...
daughter to Robert II of Scotland. The acme of Douglas territorial power came when Archibald the Grim, LordofGalloway a bastard son of the Good Sir James...
son of John, 5th Baron Balliol, Lordof Barnard Castle (and founder of Balliol College, Oxford), and his wife Dervorguilla ofGalloway, daughter of Alan...
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Marquess of Douglas (1694–1761) (created Duke of Douglas in 1703) Also Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Viscount of Jedburgh Forest, and Lord Douglas of Bonkill...
Grim, LordofGalloway. The transfer was confirmed by Robert III later in the same year. The Douglas family, Earls of Douglas, held the Earldom of Wigtown...
was LordofGallowayof Scotland (from 1161 with Uchtred; 1174 alone, to 1185). Gilla Brigte was one of two sons of the great Fergus, the builder of the...
lieges of the Scottish king, whilst retaining some independence as the sub-kingdom or semi-autonomous Lordship ofGalloway. Following the death ofLord Alan...
(died c. 1429) (sister of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross) m. Donald, Lordof the Isles Alexander of Islay (died 1448) John of Islay (died c. 1498) (forfeited...
former Scottish titles of Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lordof the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland upon his mother's...
and Lord of Argyll, was at peace with Raghnall mac Gofraidh, King of Mann, and had become friendly with Ailean mac Lachlainn, LordofGalloway and Constable...
them were Somerled, King of Argyll; Fergus, LordofGalloway; and Henry II, King of England. Only Rognvald Kali Kolsson, Earl of Orkney, was otherwise occupied...
Earl of Douglas and John Dunbar, Earl of Moray led their army toward Durham while Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas at the time LordofGalloway, and...
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of Mar. The Scottish king was able to draw on the support of Alan, LordofGalloway, the master of the Irish Sea region, and was able to make use of the...
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