Devorgilla Galloway 
Devorgilla was born in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland. Devorgilla's father was Alan of Galloway and her mother was Princess of Scotland. Her paternal grandparents were Roland MacDonald and Helena De Morville; her maternal grandparents were David of Scotland and Maud De Meshines. She had a sister named Christian. She had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named Thomas, Ellen, FNU, Daughter and Helen or Elena of. She was buried in Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.General Notes
Coheiress of her father, (eventual) sole heiress of her mother.
her inheritance from John, Earl of Chester included half the lordship of Fotheringay, co. Northants
She was buried at the New Abbey together with her husband's heart (hence the name, Sweetheart Abbey)
Devorguilla ws a great-niece of the Scots Kings Malcolm IV and William "The Lion". It was because of this connection that her son John became entitled to claim the throne.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.BET 1090 AND 1096 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.BET 1100 AND 1125 in Wigtown, Galloway, Scotland d.22 Sep 1174 in Loch Fergus, Scotland (murdered by Malcolm)
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forat, Normandy, France
- b.BET 1095 AND 1104 in Talby, Yorkshire, England d.BET 1132 AND 1194 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1068 in England d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1135 AND 1174 in Galloway, Perth, Scotland d.Dec 1200 in Northamptonshire, England
- b.1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1138
- b.BET 1104 AND 1126 in Allerdale, Dunbar, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1040 AND 1090 in Scotland d.> 1126 in Scotland
- b.BET 1175 AND 1186 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234 in Kirkcudbright, Scotland
- b.~ 1105 in Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1162 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1143 in Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England d.BET 1189 AND 1196 in Kirksowald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1107 AND 1122 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 1153 AND 1172 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217 in Kirkcudbright, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
- b.BET 1100 AND 1115 in Kendal, Westmorlandshire, England d.1170
- b.BET 1145 AND 1155 in Barton, Westmorland, England d.1 JAN 1190/91 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
- b.BET 1071 AND 1081 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in England
- b.BET 1117 AND 1120 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.BET 1166 AND 1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1081 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.1147 in Priory of Lewes
- b.BET 1206 AND 1220 in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland d.28 JAN 1288/89
- b.BET 1031 AND 1033 in Scone Abbey, Atholl, Perthsire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland d.23 May 1153 in Carlisle, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.BET 1114 AND 1115 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
- b.BET 1036 AND 1046 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in Winchester, hampshire, England
- b.1072 in Huntingdon, England d.23 Apr 1130 in Scotland
- b.BET 1044 AND 1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086 in England
- b.1144 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Yardley, Northants
- b.< 1055 in Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.BET 1071 AND 1081 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in England
- b.~ 1063 in Normandy, France d.27 May 1085 in Acre Castle, Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.BET 1117 AND 1120 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.BET 1166 AND 1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.BET 1050 AND 1057 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.BET 18 OCT 1101 AND 1102 in Tarsus, Cilicie (Syria)
- b.~ 1081 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.1147 in Priory of Lewes
- b.~ 1062 in France d.23 Sep 1120 in Meulan, France
- b.1197 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.6 JAN 1227/28
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1100 in Castle Gernon, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in England
- b.1070 in Crowland & Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.~ 1136
- b.1147 in Cyfeiliog, Merioneth, England d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.BET 1086 AND 1090 in Caen, Normandy d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1117 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Jul 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1094 in Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.BET 1163 AND 1171 in Cheshire, England d.ABT 6 JAN 1232/33
- b.~ 1070 d.> 1136
- b.1117 d.13 MAR 1180/81
- b.~ 1090 d.1181
- b.BET 1154 AND 1155 d.12 Jul 1227
- b.~ 1126 d.~ 1164
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Devorgilla and John I were married in a religious ceremony in 1233 in Galloway, Scotland. They had five sons and six daughters, named Hugh, Alexander, Alan, William, John II, Cecily, Eleanor (Alianora), Mary, Euphemia, Margaret and Ada.
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Children
Euphemia De Baliol
Euphemia was born about 1249 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England. She died in Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.
John II de Baliol
John II was born in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England. He died in France. He was buried in Church of St, Waast, Normandy.
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