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Dervorguilla of Galloway
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Dervorguilla of Galloway (d.1290), one of the great women of the thirteenth century: she endowed Balliol College in her husband's memory and built SWEETHEART ABBEY, where she was buried with his embalmed heart on her breast. Mother of a King of Scots and of our Eleanor.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 24 Aug 2026, standard accounts (Wikipedia/HoP/WikiTree convergent)): daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, by Margaret of Huntingdon. Added 24 Aug 2026. ||CP-CITED 24 Aug 2026|| CP1 GALLOWAY p.5 names her directly: 'Devorgilda (da. of his second wife, Margaret of Scotland) was mother of John Baliol, King of Scotland, 1292-96.' Page-grade confirmation of the whole rung.