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Alan of Galloway

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Alan, Lord of Galloway (d.1234), Constable of Scotland, the last of the great semi-independent lords of Galloway.

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✓ DOCUMENTED FLOOR (web-confirmed 24 Aug 2026, standard accounts (Wikipedia/HoP/WikiTree convergent)): his ascent WIRED same day: father Roland (d.1200) x Helen de Morville, grandfather Uchtred (murdered 1174), Fergus note-only above. m. Margaret of Huntingdon. Added 24 Aug 2026. ||CP-CITED 24 Aug 2026 (Cokayne CP1, GALLOWAY headnote p.5, supplied by Aynsley)|| 'The ancient Lords of Galloway... came to an end with ALAN, Lord of Galloway, Constable [S.], who d. s.p.m. 1233, leaving 3 daughters and coheirs, of whom one, DEVORGILDA (da. of his SECOND wife, Margaret of Scotland) was mother of JOHN BALIOL, KING OF SCOTLAND, 1292-96.' CP thus confirms at page grade: the Constableship, the death without surviving male issue (CP 1233; some modern accounts 1234), the three coheiresses, and - the placement that matters here - Dervorguilla as daughter of the SECOND wife, our Margaret of Huntingdon. The lordship afterwards went by grant to Edward Bruce (c.1310) and the Douglases (1368-1455), then to the crown - the Stewart Earls of Galloway (cr.1623) are a different creation entirely, not this house.

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