Alan MacDonal De Galloway 
Alan MacDonal was born about 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Alan MacDonal's father was Roland MacDonal De Galloway and his mother was Elena De Moreville. His paternal grandfather was Uchtred MacDonal De Galloway and his paternal grandmother is Gunnild of Dunbar; his maternal grandparents were Richard De Moreville and Avice De Lancaster. He had a brother and two sisters, named Thomas, Devorgilla and Ada. He was the oldest of the four children. He died in 1234. He was buried in Abbey Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.General Notes
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Constable of Scotland
Lord of Galloway
He was the last of the MacFergus dynasty of quasi-independent Lords of Gal
loway. He was also hereditary Constable of Scotland. He was the son of Rol
and of Galloway and Helen de Moreville. His date of birth is uncertain, b
ut 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 a
nd Constable of Chester; they had two daughters, one named Helen (marri
ed Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester) and another who died in 121
3. His first wife was dead or divorced by 1209, when he married Margar
et of Huntingdon, great granddaughter of David 1st of Scotland. By this ma
rriage he had two more daughters: Derbhorgail and Christian (who married W
illiam de Forz, Count of Aumale). Alan married his last wife, Rohese de La
cy, in 1229, she being the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulste
r. By one of his marriages he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased his fath
er (not to be confused with his illegitimate half-brother, also named Thom
as).
In 1212 Alan responded to a summons from King John I of England by sendi
ng 1,000 troops to join the war against the Welsh. In this year he also se
nt one of his daughters to England as a hostage. She died in 1213 in the c
ustody of her maternal uncle. Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who coun
seled King John regarding Magna Carta.
Alan, like his forebears, maintained a carefully ambiguous relationship wi
th both the English and Scottish states, acting as a vassal when it suit
ed his purpose and as an independent monarch when he could get away with i
t. His considerable sea power allowed him to supply fleets and armies to a
id 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 Norw
ay in support of Reginald, Prince of Man, who was engaged in a fratricid
al 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 popul
ar attempt was made within Galloway to establish his illegitimate son, Tho
mas, as ruler, but this failed, and Galloway's period as an independent po
litical entity came to an end.
Alan He had three daughters and an illegitimate son Thomas. The 'Communi
ty of Galloway' wanted Thomas as their 'king'. Alexander III of Scotland s
upported the daughters (or rather their husbands) and invaded Galloway. T
he Community of Galloway was defeated, and Galloway divided up between Ala
n's daughters, thus bringing Galloway's independent existence to an en
d. or Henry, Son of Roland and Elena de Morville
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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.~ 1007 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1045
- b.~ 1040 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1081 in Ubbanford, Midlothian, Soctland
- b.~ 1016 in Northumbria, Mercia d.1086
- b.~ 1077 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England d.05 Jan 1066
- b.~ 1040 in Wessex
- b.~ 1020 in Wessex d.08 Dec 1075
- b.1127 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Sep 1174
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, France
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1136 in St Denis-Ie-Fermont, Normandy, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, Belgium d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1075 in England
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1007 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1045
- b.~ 1040 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1081 in Ubbanford, Midlothian, Soctland
- b.~ 1016 in Northumbria, Mercia d.1086
- b.~ 1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1138
- b.~ 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England d.05 Jan 1066
- b.~ 1040 in Wessex
- b.~ 1020 in Wessex d.08 Dec 1075
- b.1130 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1055 in Morville, Valognes, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1079
- b.~ 1060 in France
- b.~ 1100 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1162 in Kirksowald, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1046
- b.~ 1081 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1051
- b.~ 1143 in Burgh-By-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1196
- b.~ 1048 in Normandy, France d.~ 1141
- b.~ 1118 in Hereford, Buckinghamshire, England d.1157
- b.~ 1092 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1135 in Bedfordshire, England d. in England
- b.1062 in Ver, Manche, Normandy, France d.15 May 1141 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1115 in Hedingham Castle, Oxforshire, England d.21 Oct 1166 in Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1094 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England d.1163 in St Osyth's Priory, Essex, England
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1060
- b.~ 1090 in Workington, Coupland, England d. in Kendal, Westmorland, England
- b.~ 1070
- b.~ 1109 in Workington, Coupland, England d.1170 in Kendal, Westmorland, England
- b.~ 1060
- b.~ 1090 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1068
- b.~ 1148 in Cumberland, England d.01 Jan 1191
- b.~ 1040 d.24 Jun 1088 in Pevensey, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1065 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1045 d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1117 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.> 1166 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- b.1053 in France d.18 Oct 1101 in Tarsus
- b.1085 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.13 Feb 1131 in Sussex, England
- b.1065 in France d.1120
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Alan MacDonal and Helen Raghild Hilda were married in a religious ceremony about 1205. They had a daughter named Helen Hawise.
Family Notes
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Children
Helen Hawise MacDonal
Helen Hawise was born about 1200 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died after November 21st, 1245 in England.
Alan MacDonal and Margaret of were married in a religious ceremony in 1209. They had three daughters named Christina, Devorgilla and Marion.
Family Notes
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Children
Devorgilla De Galloway
Devorgilla was born about 1215 in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland. She died on December 28th, 1290 in Kemston, Bedfordshire, England. She was buried in Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfrieshire, Scotland.
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