Dervorguilla of Galloway a.k.a Derborgaill or Dearbhorghil (c.1210 - January 28, 1290) was a lady of substance during the 13th Century, and wife from 1223 of John, 5th Baron de Balliol. She was a daughter and a heiress of Celtic Lord Alan of Galloway and his second wife Margaret of Huntingdon. Through her mother, she was a descendent of the Scottish king David I. Events End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210 Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210 Beginning of Delhi Sultanate Births May... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events King Edward I of England banishes all Jews from Britain. ... Events August 6 - Louis VIII is crowned King of France. ... John de Balliol (d. ... Alan FitzRoland (c. ... Margaret of Huntingdon was the daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon. ... David I, known as the Saint, (1084 - May 24, 1153), king of Scotland, the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and of Saint Margaret (sister of Edgar Ætheling), was born in 1084. ...

Born in or around 1210, she was a grand-daughter of Maud of Chester, and of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, himself the youngest brother to two Kings of Scotland, Malcolm IV and William the Lion, Dervorguilla's mother Margaret being the couple's eldest daughter. Events End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210 Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210 Beginning of Delhi Sultanate Births May... David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon (d. ... This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain... Malcolm IV (c. ... William I (William the Lion, William Leo, William Dunkeld or William Canmore), (1142/1143 - December 4, 1214) reigned as King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214. ...

As her father died without sons, according to both Anglo-Norman feudal laws and to ancient Gaelic customs, she was one of his heiresses. Some may regard such manner unusual in England, but it was less uncommon in Scotland and in Western feudal tradition. She brought thus remarkable lands in Galloway to her descendants, the Balliol and the Comyns. Galloway (Scottish Gaelic, Gall-ghaidhealaibh) today refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in southwest Scotland. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford...

Dervorguilla's son John Balliol was briefly a King of Scotland too, albeit known to many as 'The Puppet King'. John Balliol and his wife. ...

The Balliol family into which she married was based at Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. Although the date of her birth is uncertain, it should be noted that her apparent age of 13 was by no means unusually early for betrothal and marriage at the time. Categories: Stub | Towns in County Durham | Castles in England | English Heritage ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

In 1263, Sir John was required to make penance after a land dispute with Walter Kirkham, Bishop of Durham, part of which took the very expensive form of founding a College of University of Oxford, which retains his name as Balliol College. His own finances were less substantial than those of his wife, however, and long after his death it fell to Dervorguilla to confirm the foundation, with the blessing of that same Bishop of Durham as well as the University hierarchy, and establish a permanent endowment for the College in 1282, as well as a Code of Statutes which still (ostensibly) governs the College now. The college was for the poor. Events Detmold, Germany was founded. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city in the north east of England. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Endowment refers to the innate capacities of an individual, group, or institution. ... Events English conquest of Wales begins under Edward I of England Sicilian Vespers - Sicilians rebel against Charles of Anjou and are aided by Peter III of Aragon Births Pope Innocent VI Deaths August 25 - Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford October 13 - Nichiren December 11 - Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales...

Dervorguilla founded a Cistercian Abbey 7 miles south of Dumfries in West Scotland, in April 1273, which still stands as a picturesque ruin of red sandstone. The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... Overlooking Dumfries The Old Bridge House Dumfries location in Scotland Dumfries (Dùn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town of about 45,000 people on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Events St. ... Red Sandstone in Wyoming Sandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ...

When John de Balliol died in 1269, Dervorguilla had his heart embalmed and kept in a casket of ivory bound with silver, which accompanied her life and travels until her own death in 1289. John de Balliol (d. ... Events Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Categories: 1269 ... Events In this year English law set 1189 as the beginning of time immemorial. ...

In her last years, the main line of the royal House of Scotland became precarious in its dearth of heirs. Dervorguilla was the heiress after them in genealogical primogeniture. Primogeniture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

She died just before the young Queen Margaret of Scotland, otherwise she may have been one of claimants of her throne. She was then buried at the Dumfries Abbey, which was christened 'Sweetheart Abbey', which name it retains to this day, beside her husband. This article is about Margaret, Queen of Scots. ... Sweetheart Abbey, 8 miles south of Dumfries, near to the Nith in south-west Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1275 by Lady Devorgilla, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, in memory of her husband John de Balliol. ...

She and John appear to have had seven children, all styled 'de Balliol'; Hugh, born 1238 and dying long before his mother in 1271; John, born 1250 and dying 1313; Alan, Alexander, Cecilia, Alianora and Marjory, about whom much less is known.

However, due to deaths of her childless elder two sons, her third and youngest surviving son John Balliol was king of Scotland for four years (1292-96), asserting a claim in 1290 when queen Margaret died, and winning in arbitration against the rival Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale in 1292. John Balliol and his wife. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Robert Bruce a. ...

Sources

Much of the above is taken from 'Sweetheart Abbey' guidebook, by J S Richardson HRSA, LLD, FSA.Scotland, published by the Ministry of Works 1951. The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1943 to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use. ...

The biography 'Dervorguilla, Lady of Galloway', by the colourful classicist Wentworth Huyshe (1913) is condemned as 'romantic twaddle and error' by the historians of Balliol College.

External Links

• Balliol College ran a fundraising campaign in 1989-90 called the Dervorguilla Campaign.
• Dervorguilla Records, a small British record company founded in Oxford.