Our Family History
Helen de Galloway
1207 - 1245 (38 years)
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Name Helen de Galloway Birth Aug 1207 Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland 
Gender Female Death 21 Nov 1245 Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial 30 Nov 1245 Aberdeenshire, Scotland Person ID I857 Our Family History Last Modified 1 Apr 2024
Father Alan FitzRoland, Lord of Galloway, b. 1186, Galloway, Scotland d. 1234, Kirkcudbright, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (Age 48 years) Mother Unknown de Lacy, b. Abt 1180, England d. Bef 1209, Galloway Dumfriesshire Scotland (Age 28 years) Family ID F8998175 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, b. 1195, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 5 Apr 1264, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England (Age 69 years) Children + 1. Elizabeth de Quincy, b. 1220, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 1282, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 62 years)Family ID F8998174 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Apr 2024
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Notes - Helen of Galloway (fl. thirteenth century) was a daughter and co-heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway (died 1234) and his first wife, a daughter of Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester. Helen was the first wife of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester (died 1264). Although Helen was the first of Roger's three wives, his only descendants were his three daughters by Helen.
1.) Margaret, married William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby (died 1254)
2.) Elizabeth (or Isabella), married Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan (died 1289)
3.) Helen, married Alan de la Zouche (died 1270).
BIRTH: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Kimball G. Everingham, ed., 5
vols. (Salt Lake City: by the author, 2013), Quincy, 4:446; Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval
European Noble and Royal Families, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords: Galloway
(http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands), accessed 12 Feb 2023.
MAR: Richardson, Royal Ancestry, 4:446; Cawley, Medieval Lands, Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords: Galloway.
DEATH: Cawley, Medieval Lands, Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords: Galloway.
BUR: Ibid. - Countess of Winchester
- Helen of Galloway (fl. thirteenth century) was a daughter and co-heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway (died 1234) and his first wife, a daughter of Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester. Helen was the first wife of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester (died 1264). Although Helen was the first of Roger's three wives, his only descendants were his three daughters by Helen.