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Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) 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.
15 de ene. de 2024 · Fergus of Galloway was King, or Lord, of Galloway from an unknown date (probably in the 1110s), until his death in 1161. He was the founder of Galloway, probably in the space left when the Norwegian King Magnus III Berrføtt ("Barelegs") led a campaign of subjugation in the Irish Sea world.[1]
Fergus de Galloway (m. 12 mayo 1161) fue Lord de Galloway en el siglo XII. A pesar de que sus orígenes familiares son desconocidos, es posible que sea de ascendencia hiberno-nórdica. Aparece por vez primera de manera oficial en 1136, cuando atestigua una carta de David I, Rey de Escocia.
In the 1120s Fergus, the ruler of Galloway, reconstituted the area’s Anglian bishopric, which was first established in the 8th century, and he built a priory at Whithorn as the bishopric’s cathedral.
Fergus of Galloway was the ruler of the Kingdom of Galloway. Galloway is located in the southwest of Scotland. Galloway was a combination of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and English. Fergus was called variously: King of Galloway, Lord of Galloway, Prince of Galloway, and Princeps of Galloway.
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Galloway, often defined as all of the area to the south and west of the Clyde and west of the River Annan, acknowledged the kings of Scotland as Ard Rí or over-king when politic. The year before his death, Fergus resigned Galloway into the hands of King Mael Coluim IV of Scotland.
Fergus de Galloway (m. 12 mayo 1161) fue Lord de Galloway en el siglo XII. A pesar de que sus orígenes familiares son desconocidos, es posible que sea de ascendencia hiberno-nórdica. Aparece por vez primera de manera oficial en 1136, cuando atestigua una carta de David I, Rey de Escocia.
