Dervorguilla of Galloway

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Dervorguilla of Galloway (c. 1210 - 1290) was a 'lady of substance' in 13th century Scotland, the wife from 1223 of John, 5th Baron de Balliol, and mother of John I, a future king of Scotland. Dervorguilla was one of the three daughters and heiresses of the Gaelic prince Alan, Lord of Galloway. She was born to Alan's second wife Margaret of Huntingdon.

The funds John Balliol provided in 1263 to support a house for students at Oxford proved inadequate to sustain the college which bears his name. Long after his death it fell to Devorguilla to confirm the foundation. She established a permanent endowment for the College in 1282, as well as its first formal Statutes.

Devorguilla founded a Cistercian Abbey, now known as Sweetheart Abbey, 7 miles south of Dumfries in South West Scotland, in April 1273. It still stands as a picturesque ruin of red sandstone.…more

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