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Founded as New Abbey by Dervorgilla, Lady of Galloway, as a Cistercian Abbey in 1273 in memory of her husband John Balliol. The abbey ruins are located 5 miles S of Dumfries on the E side of the village of New Abbey. Whithorn Priory. Founded by Fergus, Lord of Galloway circa 1150, it became a Priory by 1177 for the Premonstratensian order.
Gaelic was introduced by the Gall-Ghaidheil and other Norse-Gaelic, Hiberno-Norse settlers. From Fergus of Galloway in the 12th century to Edward Balliol in the 14th century, Gaelic kindreds supported their 'special lords'. The Douglas lordship of Galloway (1369-1455) began the language shift to Scots and by 1600 Gaelic was extinct in the ...
2 de dic. de 2020 · Fergus of Galloway was a powerful lord who was on friendly terms with King David I of Scotland during most of the latter's reign, but who revolted against the throne during the reign of David's grandson and successor, Malcolm IV (1153–65). Malcolm had to invade Galloway three times to subdue the rebellious province.
This did not happen because Fergus, his sons, grandsons and great-grandson Alan, Lord of Galloway, shifted their allegiance between Scottish and English kings. During a period of Scottish allegiance, a Galloway contingent followed David, King of Scots , in his invasion of England and led the attack in his defeat at the Battle of the Standard (1138).
Fergus of Galloway was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter of David I, King of Scotland. There is considerable evidence indicating that Fergus was married to an illegitimate daughter of Henry I, King of England. It is possible that ...
Prince Fergus de Galloway (born 1096) was a contemporary and close relative of King Somerled [King of the Isles and Man], both being direct descendants through Godfraidh (Godfrey) mac Fergus, Lord of the Isles who died in 853 A.D.
the remaining four essays. In ‘Rebels without a Cause: The Relations of Fergus of Galloway and Somerled of Argyll with the Scottish Kings, 153-1164,’ R. Andrew McDonald compares and contrasts the relative position of Fergus and Somerled as powerful, largely autonomous rulers on the margins of the Scottish kingdom, and
