GALLOWAY, Lord Fergus b. 1096 Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 12 May 1161 Abbey of Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Name	GALLOWAY, Fergus
Prefix	Lord
Birth	1096	Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Gender	Male
Death	12 May 1161	Abbey of Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial	12 May 1161	Edinborough, Lothian, Scotland
WAC	17 Sep 1913	SLAKE
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Person ID	I31171	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

Father	MACMALDRED, Prince Dolfin , b. 1042, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotlandd. DECEASED
Mother	Princess Aethelreda , b. 1042, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotlandd. DECEASED
Family ID	F17638	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family FITZROY, Elizabeth Joan , b. 1095, Talbey, Yorkshire, England Talbey, Yorkshire, Englandd. 12 May 1166, Abbey Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 71 years)

Marriage 1124 Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

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MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married , Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland.

Children 2 sons and 2 daughters

	1. GALLOWAY, Queen Alfreca , b. 1099, Scotland Scotlandd. 1166, Isle of Man, England (Age 67 years)
+	2. GALLOWAY, Lord Uchtred , b. 1125, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotlandd. 22 Sep 1174, Loch Fergus, Coylton, South Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
	3. GALLOWAY, Gilbert , b. Abt 1126, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 1 Jan 1185, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 59 years)
+	4. GALLOWAY, Margaret de , b. Abt 1130, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 22 Sep 1182, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)

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Last Modified 24 Jan 2022

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EOL, parentage is not proven in any records known.

From Wikipedia (Introduction; see link to full article in Sources; it is full of speculation with few facts. but has an impressive list of primary and secondary sources - dvmansur, 24 July 2018):

Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter of David I, King of Scotland. There is considerable evidence indicating that Fergus was married to a bastard daughter of Henry I, King of England. Although the identity of this woman is unknown, it is possible that she was the mother of Fergus' three children.

Fergus forged a marital alliance with Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles through the marriage of the latter to Fergus' daughter, Affraic. As a consequence of this union, the leading branch of the Crovan dynasty descended from Fergus. When Óláfr was assassinated by a rival branch of the dynasty, Galloway itself was attacked before Fergus' grandson, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, was able to seize control of Isles. Both Fergus and his grandson appear to have overseen military operations in Ireland, before the latter was overthrown by Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll. The fact that there is no record of Fergus lending Guðrøðr support against Somairle could be evidence of a slackening of Fergus' authority. Contemporary sources certainly report that Galloway was wracked by inter-dynastic strife during the decade.

Fergus' fall from power came in 1160, after Malcolm IV, King of Scotland settled a dispute amongst his leading magnates and launched three military campaigns into Galloway. The reasons for the Scottish invasion are unknown. On one hand, it is possible that Fergus had precipitated events by preying upon Scottish territories. In the aftermath of the attack, the king came to terms with Somairle which could be evidence that he had either been allied with Fergus against the Scots or that he had aided in Fergus' destruction. Whatever the case, Fergus himself was driven from power, and forced to retire to the abbey of Holyrood. He died the next year. The Lordship of Galloway appears to have been partitioned between his sons, Gilla Brigte and Uhtred, and Scottish influence further penetrated into Galloway.