Dervorguilla of Galloway
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Dervorguilla of Galloway was a "lady of substance" in 13th-century Scotland. She was the wife, from 1223, of John de Balliol and the mother of King John Balliol.
Sweetheart Abbey, Galloway
Devorguilla Bridge, Dumfries
Alan of Galloway
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Alan of Galloway was a leading thirteenth-century Scottish magnate. As the hereditary Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland, he was one of the most influential men in the Kingdom of Scotland and
Dervorguilla of Galloway
…wife, from 1223, of John de Balliol and the mother of King John Balliol. Dervorguilla was one of the three daughters and heiresses of the Gaelic prince Alan, Lord of Galloway. Her name is a Latinisation of the Gaelic Dearbhfhorghaill. She was born to Alan's second wife Margaret of Huntingdon, who was the eldest daughter of…
Seal of Alan's second father-in-law, David, Earl of Huntingdon. The seal depicts the armament of a twelfth-century knight.
Coat of arms attributed to Alan's first father-in-law, Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester, as it appears on folio 33r of Cambridge Corpus Christi College 16 II (Chronica majora).
Charter of confirmation granted by Alan to John of Newbiggin.
Ruinous Cruggleton Castle from a distance. The fortress was likely the western power centre of Alan, and may have been built by his father.