Alan Lord of Galloway Constable of Scotland
- Born: Abt 1186, Galloway, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Ragnhild de L'Isle 874
- Marriage (2): Margaret of Huntingdon 526,874
- Died: 1234, Galloway, Scotland about age 48 874
- Buried: 1234, Abbey of Dundrenannan, Galloway, Scotland 874
 General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 38:26, Alan, Lord of Galloway, named int the Magna Carta, Constable of Scotland, m. 1st, Said to be daughter of Reginald, Lord of the Isles; (94:27, 252:26) m. 2nd, Margaret of Huntingdon; and married 3rd, Daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster, and his 1st wife, Lesceline, daughter of Bertran de Verdun.
53:28 & 114A:27 given as father of Helen Galloway, married to Roger de Quincy. 160
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 874
Alan, son of Roland, first appears in 1196 with lands at Teinford, Northampton, which apparently he held apart from his father. After his father's death in 1200, he constantly appears as a witness in royal charters, and apparently took his share in public affairs. In July 1212, as a Scottish baron holding lands in England, King John, of England, asked for him to assist in John's invasion of Ireland. For coming to the aid of King John and for other services, King John granted him, 1213, a large number of fiefs in Ireland. To these were added the rights of forest and privileges of fairs and markets.
One of the last references to him in English records is a permit to him to send a ship to Ireland to buy victuals, between Candlemas and Michaelma 1232. He died in 1234 and was buried in the Abbey of Dundrennan. His first wife was the daughter of Reginald, Lord of the Isles, by whom he had two daughters. One of these daughters died while a hostage to the King of England. The other daughter was Elena, who married Roger de Quincy, who by right of her became Constable of England. He married a second time, 1209, to Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of Hunting, by whom he had a son and two daughters. His third and last wife was a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, of Ireland, by whom he had no Issue.
~The Scot Peerage, Vol. IV, pp. 139-140
• Background Information: Allan of Galloway.
Alan of Galloway was the son of Roland (or Lochlann), Lord of Galloway and Helen de Morville and was born in about 1175. Alan inherited the position of Constable of Scotland and the Lordship of Galloway from his father, and the de Morville Lordships of Lauderdale and Melrose from his mother.
• Background Information: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Alan of Galloway.
Alan of Galloway, son of Roland, Lord of Galloway and Helen de Moreville, succeeded his father in 1200 as Lord of Galloway. "Alanus filius Rollandi de Galwythia" donated "partem terre in territorio de Gillebeccokestun…de Widhope" to Melrose abbey, for the souls of "Ricardi de Morevill avi mei et Willemi avunculi mei, Rollandi patris mei et…mea et Helene matris mee", by undated charter [Melrose Liber, Tome I, 83, p. 72]. "Alanus fili Rolandi de Galweia constabularius dni regis Scottorum" donated property "in Ulkelyston" to Kelso monastery, for the souls of "patris mei Rolandi, avi mei Huhtredi", by charter dated to (abt. 1206) [Kelso, Tome I, 245, p. 201]. The Annals of Dunstable record that "dominus Galwinæ" died in 1235 [Annales de Dunstaplia, p. 143].
Alan's first wife was a daughter of Roger de Lacy Constable of Chester & his wife Maud de Clare. His second wife was the daughter of Reginald Lord of the Isles and his wife Fonie. It is believed they had two daughters. His third wife was Margaret of Huntingdon, daughter of David of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon and his wife Matilda of Chester. The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1209 of "Alan FitzRoland" and "the daughter of earl David, the brother of the king of Scotland" [Chronicle of Melrose, 1209, p. 33]. The Annales Londonienses name "Margaretam, Isabellam, Matildam, et Aldam" as the four daughters of "comiti David" [Annales Londonienses, p. 126]. Wife number four was a woman named Juliana. Alan's fifth wife was Rose de Lacy, daughter of Hugh de Lacy & possibly his first wife Lesceline de Verdun. The Chronicle of Lanercost records in 1229 that "Alan the lord of Galloway…set out for Ireland and there married the daughter of Hugh de Lacy" [Chronicle of Lanercost, p. 40, quoted in Anderson Early Sources, Vol. II, p. 467. ].
Alan married Ragnhild de L'Isle, daughter of Reginald mac Somerled Lord of the Isles and Fonia of Moray.874 (Ragnhild de L'Isle was born circa 1174 in Isla, Scotland and died circa 1212 in Galloway, Scotland.)
Alan next married Margaret of Huntingdon, daughter of David Huntingdon Earl of Huntingdon and Maud of Chester 526.,461 (Margaret of Huntingdon was born in 1193 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England and died in 1227 in Galloway, Perth, Scotland.)
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