Margaret of Huntingdon, Lady of Galloway

Margaret of Huntingdon (died before 1228) was the eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon (died 1219) and his wife, Maud (died 1233), sister of Ranulf III, Earl of Chester (died 1232),^[1] and daughter of Hugh II, Earl of Chester (died 1181).^[2] Margaret was the second wife of Alan, Lord of Galloway (died 1234).^[3] She and Alan married in 1209,^[4] and had a family of a son and two daughters. The elder daughter, Christiana, married William de Forz (died 1260).^[5] The younger daughter, Dervorguilla (died 1290), married John de Balliol, Lord of Barnard Castle (died 1268).^[6] Margaret and Alan's son, Thomas—Alan's only legitimate son—may have lived into the 1220s, but died young.^[7]

Citations

1. Stringer (2008).
2. Stringer (1985) p. 181 tab. 3.
3. Oram (2004).
4. Stringer (2008); Stringer (1998) pp. 86–87.
5. Prestwich (2005) p. 246; Oram (2004); Stringer (1985) p. 181 tab. 3.
6. Stringer (2008); Prestwich (2005) p. 246; Oram (2004); Stringer (1985) p. 181 tab. 3.
7. Oram (2004); Oram (2000) p. 126, 141; Stringer (1998) p. 96.

References

• Oram, RD (2000). The Lordship of Galloway. Edinburgh: John Donald. ISBN 0 85976 541 5 – via Google Books.
• Oram, RD (2004). "Alan, Lord of Galloway (b. before 1199, d. 1234)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49362. Retrieved 5 July 2011. (subscription required (help)).
• Prestwich, M (2005). Plantagenet England, 1225–1360. New Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-822844-9.
• Stringer, KJ (1985). Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152–1219: A Study in Anglo-Scottish History. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0 85224 486 X – via Questia. (subscription required (help)).
• Stringer, KJ (1998) [1993]. "Periphery and Core in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: Alan Son of Roland, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland". In Grant, A; Stringer, KJ. Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 82–113. ISBN 0 7486 1110 X.
• Stringer, K (2008). "David, Earl of Huntingdon and Lord of Garioch (1152–1219)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49365. Retrieved 20 January 2014. (subscription required (help)).