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Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway 1159–1185 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1159

Birth Location: Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 Sep 1185

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Lord Fergusa

Mother: Grinolda DeDunbar

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The story of Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway began in 1159 in Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway passed away in 1185 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway began in 1159 in Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
  • Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway passed away in 1185 in Scotland.

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Sir Galloway's Ancestors

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Sir Galloway
1159–1185
Birth Place: Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord of Galloway Uchtred mac Fergusa
1120–1174
Carrick, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Grinolda DeDunbar
1126–1166
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Fergus (of Galloway Lord of) Galloway
1096–1161
Drakemyre, Scotland
Elizabeth (Joan FitzHenry, Beauclerc ** Princess of) England
1095–1165
Talby, Yorkshire, England
Waltheof (MacCrinan De Dunbar Lord Allerdale Abbott of) Crowland
1072–1138
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Sigrid "Sigarith" De Allerdale, Countess of) Allerdale
1075–1140
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Marie Haraldsdatter
1064–1090
Henry England
1068–1136
Matilda Scotland
1079–1118
Dolfin Allerdale*
1042–1084
Edith Mercia
1050–1086
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Harald Norway
1015–1066
Elizaveta Norway
1025–1067
William Normandy
1028–1087
Matilda Flanders
1032–1083
Malcolm Scots
1031–1093
Saint Scotland
1045–1093

Sir Galloway's Timeline

2 Records

1159
1159
Birth of Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway in Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1185
30 Sep 1185
Age 26
Death of Sir Fergus "MacDonald" Galloway Earl of Galloway in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1159
    Event Place: Castle Galloway, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1185
    Event Place: Scotland

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