Alan of Galloway
Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland · Lived 1199 to 1234 · aged 35
Alan of Galloway was a leading thirteenth-century Scottish magnate. As the hereditary Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland, he was one of the most influential men in the Kingdom of Scotland and Irish Sea zone.
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![Seal of Alan's second father-in-law, David, Earl of Huntingdon. The seal depicts the armament of a twelfth-century knight.[23]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Seal_of_David%2C_Earl_of_Huntingdon.jpg/500px-Seal_of_David%2C_Earl_of_Huntingdon.jpg)
Seal of Alan's second father-in-law, David, Earl of Huntingdon. The seal depicts the armament of a twelfth-century knight.[23]![Coat of arms attributed to Alan's first father-in-law, Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester, as it appears on folio 33r of Cambridge Corpus Christi College 16 II (Chronica majora).[36]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Roger_de_Lacy_%28Cambridge_Corpus_Christi_College_16_II%2C_folio_33r%29.jpg/500px-Roger_de_Lacy_%28Cambridge_Corpus_Christi_College_16_II%2C_folio_33r%29.jpg)
Coat of arms attributed to Alan's first father-in-law, Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester, as it appears on folio 33r of Cambridge Corpus Christi College 16 II (Chronica majora).[36]
Fourteenth-century depiction of Fergus, Lord of Galloway as he is depicted in Leiden University Library Letterkunde 191 (Roman van Ferguut). Fergus was a grandfather of Donnchad mac Gilla Brigte, and a great-grandfather of Alan, his brother Thomas, and Ragnall mac Gofraid. These four descendants of Fergus were important agents of the English Crown in Ireland.
Charter of confirmation granted by Alan to John of Newbiggin.![Ruinous Cruggleton Castle from a distance. The fortress was likely the western power centre of Alan,[93] and may have been built by his father.[94]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cliffs_by_Cruggleton_Woods_%28Geograph-2993842-by-Andy-Farrington%29.jpg/330px-Cliffs_by_Cruggleton_Woods_%28Geograph-2993842-by-Andy-Farrington%29.jpg)
Ruinous Cruggleton Castle from a distance. The fortress was likely the western power centre of Alan,[93] and may have been built by his father.[94]
Mid-thirteenth-century depiction of English kings John and Henry III, in Matthew Paris' Historia Anglorum.![The name of Alan and his brother, Thomas fitz Roland, as they appear in British Library Cotton Faustina B IX (the Chronicle of Melrose): "Thomas frater Alani de Galweþia".[111]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Thomas_fitz_Roland_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Faustina_B_IX%2C_folio_42r%29.jpg/500px-Thomas_fitz_Roland_%28British_Library_MS_Cotton_Faustina_B_IX%2C_folio_42r%29.jpg)
The name of Alan and his brother, Thomas fitz Roland, as they appear in British Library Cotton Faustina B IX (the Chronicle of Melrose): "Thomas frater Alani de Galweþia".[111]About this person
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Lived 1199 to 1234 · aged 35