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Fergus of Galloway
d. 1161
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Died
1161
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About
Fergus, Lord (the Irish annals say King) of Galloway (died 1161), was the half-independent Gaelic-Norse ruler of the south-west, founder of abbeys, who defied David I and Malcolm IV until forced to retire as a canon of Holyrood.
Research notes
✓ DOCUMENTED (d.1161 Holyrood); father of Uchtred (I100667, our line). ⚠ WIFE TRAP: tradition makes his wife an illegitimate daughter of HENRY I - unproven, NOTE-ONLY, do not wire a royal mother here. Fergus's own ancestry NOTE-ONLY (frontier). Wired 9 Oct 2026 (Tier B wave 1).