Devorguilla of Galloway

1210 - 1290  (80 years)

• Name	Devorguilla of Galloway
  Birth	1210	Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Christening	1210	Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Dervorguilla%27s+father+died+in+1234+without+a+legitimate+son.+According+to+both+	Anglo-Norman feudal laws and ancient Gaelic customs, Dervorguilla was one of his heiresses, her two sisters Helen and Christina being older and therefore senior. Because of this, Dervorguilla bequeathed lands in Galloway to her descendants, the Balliol
  She+founded+a+Cistercian+Abbey+7+miles+south+of+Dumfries+in+Galloway+Scotland.+	Apr 1273
  	It still stands as a picturesque ruin of red sandstone.
  When+her+husband+Sir+John+died%2C+she+had+his+heart+embalmed+and+kept+in+a+casket+	1279
  	of ivory bound with silver. The casket travelled with her for the rest of her life.
  _FSFTID	LTY7-XD3
  Death	28 Jan 1290	Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Burial	31 Jan 1290	New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I19336	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Alan Mac Lochlan Lord Of Galloway,   b. 1175, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Apr 1234, Kirkcudbright, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Margaret of Huntingdon,   b. Abt 1194, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d. Bef 1228 (Age < 33 years)
  Marriage	1209	Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F7719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John de Balliol,   b. Bef 1208, Barnard Castle, Durham, England d. 25 Oct 1268, Barnard Castle, Durham, England (Age > 60 years)
  Children	1. Margaret de Baliol,   b. From 1235 to 1252, Barnard Castle, Durham, England d. 1279, Barnard Castle, Durham, England (Age 44 years)   2. Hugh de Baliol,   b. Abt 1238, Barnard Castle, Durham, England d. 1271 (Age 33 years)   3. Cecily de Balliol,   b. 1240, Gainford, Durham, England d. Bef 1273, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England (Age < 32 years)   4. Alan de Balliol,   b. Abt 1240, Barnard Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom d. Abt Nov 1278 (Age 38 years)   5. of Barnard Castle Alexander de Balliol,   b. Abt 1242, Barnard Castle, Durham, England d. Bef 13 Nov 1278 (Age < 36 years)   6. Ada De Baliol,   b. 1248, Gainford, Durham, England, United Kingdom d. 1304, Lamberton, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 56 years)   7. William Balliol le Scot,   b. 1251, Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1313, Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom (Age 62 years)   8. Alianora de Balliol,   b. Abt 1253, Barnard Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom d. 1302, Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland (Age 49 years)   9. King of Scots John De Balliol,   b. 23 Sep 1253, Guildford, Surrey, England d. 25 Nov 1314, Bailleul, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 61 years)   10. Maud de Balliol,   b. 1257, Catterlen, Cumberland, England d. 1316, Hambleton, Yorkshire, England (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F6703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023