Fergus, lord of Galloway

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 12 May 1161.

Place of Death: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.

The place is given by Oram.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Oram states that Fergus was probably descended from a native dynasty of south-west Scotland.

Spouse: an illegitimate daughter of Henry I.

This relationship is given by Oram and by PoMS no. 244.

Children (probably illegitimate):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Oram.)

Gilbert.

Children (by a daughter of Henry I):

Affreca married Óláf Godredsson, king of Man.

Uhtred (died 1174) married Gunnilda, daughter of Waltheof of Allerdale in Cumbria.

References

Beam, Amanda, John Bradley, Dauvit Broun, John Reuben Davies, Matthew Hammond, Michele Pasin (with others), The People of Medieval Scotland, 1093 – 1314 (Glasgow and London, 2012), www.poms.ac.uk. [accessed 27 August 2014]

Oram, Richard D. ‘Fergus, lord of Galloway (d. 1161)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.