Fergus, Lord of Galloway

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁷⁴
The first Lord of Prince of Galloway on record is Fergus, usually styled "de Galweia," or "of Galloway." His named appears as a witness to a charter of King David I, of Scotland, granting land in Perdeyc or Patrick to the Church of GTlasgow, 7 Jul 1136. He also appears as a witness in other writs, probably of a later date, but not beyond 1147. Fromn the records, it is known that he gave liberally to the church, and was the founder or part founder of several abbeys in his own distirct. At an advanced age, Fergus became a monk in the Abbey of Holyrood, where he died in 1161.

Fergus is said to have married Elizabeth, the youngest natural daughter of King Henry I, of England. Hovede and Benedict Abbas, both refer to Uchtred, eldest son of Fergus, "as a cousin or relative of King Henry II." This epithet is not applied to Gilbert, who likely is the child by a second wife. The children on record for Fergus were:

• Uchtred, ancestor of the later Lords of Galloway
• Gilbert, ancestor of the Earls of Carrick
• Affrica, married to Olave, King of Man and the Isles.

~The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, pp. 135-134

Fergus, married Elizabeth of England, daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and Isabella de Beaumont. (Elizabeth of England was born about 1084.)