Lord of Galloway Fergus Galloway

Abt 1078 - 1161  (83 years)

• Name	Fergus Galloway
  Title	Lord of Galloway
  Birth	Abt 1078	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GBW4-JXJ
  Death	12 May 1161	Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I7517	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Fitzhenry,   b. 1095, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1100	Aryshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Uchtred Galloway,   b. 1120, Aryshire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1174, Scotland (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Gilbert Mac Fergus Galloway,   b. 1126, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. 1 Jan 1185, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Fergus of Galloway was King, or Lord, of Galloway from an unknown date ( p r o b a bly in the 1110s), until his death in 1161. He was the founder of G a l l o w ay, probably in the space left when the Norwegian ("Barel egs") l e d a c a m p aign of subjugation in the Irish Sea world. Fergus was almost c e r t a i nly a native Galwegian his likely power base was the area of Gallo w a y b e t ween the rivers Dee and Cree. It may have been after his marria g e t h a t F ergus began calling himself rex Galwitensium ("King of Gallowa y " ) . H o wever, while his possible father-in-law lived, Fergus, like King D a v i d I o f S cotland), seems to have remained a faithful "vassal" to Henr y .