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Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway 1163–1217 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1163

Birth Location: Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England

Death Date: 11 Jun 1217

Death Location: Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Cunningham

Mother: Lady Lancaster

Spouse(s): Roland Galloway

Children(s): Alan Galloway

Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway was born in 1163 in Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England, the child of Sir Richard De Morville Constable Of Scotland Baron Morville Of Cunningham And Lady Avice Avicia De Lancaster. Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway married Roland Lord Of Galloway Macdonald De Galloway, and had children including Alan Lord Macdonald Macfergus Galloway. Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway passed away in 1217 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

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  • Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway was born in 1163 in Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England, the child of Sir Richard De Morville Constable Of Scotland Baron Morville Of Cunningham And Lady Avice Avicia De Lancaster.
  • Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway married Roland Lord Of Galloway Macdonald De Galloway, and had children including Alan Lord Macdonald Macfergus Galloway.
  • Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway passed away in 1217 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

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Lady Galloway's Ancestors

Self
Lady Galloway
1163–1217
Birth Place: Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England
Parents
Sir Richard De Morville, Constable of Scotland, Baron Morville of Cunningham
1126–1189
Kirk Oswald Castle, Burgh Upon Sands, Cumberlandshire, England
Lady (Avice "Avicia" De) Lancaster
1135–1191
Kendal Castle, Westmorelandshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Hugh II De Morville, Constable of Scotland, Earl of Cummingham, Baron Morville of) Kirkoswald
1105–1162
Kirk Oswald Castle, Burgh on Sand, Cumberlandshire, England
Lady (Beatrice De Beauchamp, Countess of Cummingham, Baroness) Morville
1107–1155
Hedingham Castle, Braintree, Walden, Essex, England
William (I 5th Baron of Kendal de) Lancaster
1115–1170
Workington, Coupland and Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Lady (Gundred de Warenne, Baroness Kendal Countess of) Warwick
1117–1166
Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Oswald
1079–1167
Lady Vaux
1081–1167
Sir Bedford
1085–1157
Lady Essex
–1166
William Warenne
1065–1138
Isabel Vermandois
1085–1131
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr.
1034–1088
Gundred Flanders
1048–1085
Hugh Crusade
1057–1101
Adelheid Valois
1062–1120

Lady Galloway's Descendants

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Lady (Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of) Galloway (1163–11 Jun 1217) m. Roland (Lord of Galloway MacDonald de) Galloway (1164–19 Dec 1200)
  1. 1. Alan (Lord MacDonald,MacFergus) Galloway 1186–1234 m. Helen (Ragnhild Hilda de Isles) Sumarlidasson 1174–1212
    1. 1. Helen (Elena,Countess of Winchester) Galloway 1200–1245 m. Roger (II (Earl of Winchester) de) Quincy 1174–1264
      1. 1. Margaret (de) Quincy 1218–1281 m. William (III, 5th Earl of Derby, Sheriff of Leicester) DeFerrers 1193–1254
        1. 1. Sir (Robert 6 th Earl of Derby de) Ferrers 1240–1279 m. Eleanor ((Alianore) de) Bohun 1265–1313 m. Anne (Countess Grody Le) deSpencer 1248–1322 m. Alianore (Countess of Derby) DeBohun 1240–1314 m. Mary deLusignan 1242–1267

Lady Galloway's Timeline

2 Records

1163
1163
Birth of Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway in Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England
Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England
1217
11 Jun 1217
Age 54
Death of Lady Elena "Helena" De Morville, Countess of Galloway in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1163
    Event Place: Kirkoswald, Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1217
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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