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Helen OF GALLOWAY (1208?-1245)
Name: | Helen OF GALLOWAY 1 |
Sex: | Female |
Father: | Alan OF GALLOWAY (1175?-1234) |
Mother: | Daughter of Reginald, Lord of the Isles ( - ) |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 1208 (app) | Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Death | 21 Nov 1245 (age 36-37) | |
Burial | Brackley in Northamptonshire | |
Child Count | 3 | |
Marriage Count | 1 |
Marriage
Spouse | Roger DE QUINCY ( -1264) | |
Children | Margaret DE QUINCY (1218-bef1281) |
Individual Note
Helen of Galloway, (b.c. [1208], Wigtownshire, Scotland –1245), also known as Ela, was the daughter and co-heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway and Hilda or Helen de L'Isle, daughter of Raghnall mac Somhairle and Fonia of Moray.
Helen had two half-sisters and co-heiresses, Devorguilla (or 'Derborgaill', mother of King John of Scotland), and Christina (or 'Cairistiona'). She was married to Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, as his first wife. The three daughters of Roger and Helen of Galloway were:
Helen de Quincy (also known as Ela), who married Alan, Baron Zouche of Ashby;
Elizabeth de Quincy (also known as Isabella), who married Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan;
Margaret de Quincy, who married William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby.
Helen of Galloway died in or after 1245, and was buried at Brackley in Northamptonshire.
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Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 47, 38-27; 62, 53-28; 67, 57-28. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Galloway. |