Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRolland , Lord of Galloway
Birthabt 1164, Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland
Death19 Dec 1200, Northamptonshire, England
FatherUchtred Lord of Galloway (~1100-1174)
MotherGunhild of Dunbar (~1134-)
Misc. Notes
Lochlann of Galloway, (???-December 12, 1200), who also used the French name Roland, was the son and successor of Uchtred of Galloway as lord of eastern Galloway.

After the death of his uncle Gilla Brigte in 1185, Lochlann went about to seize the land of Gilla Brigte's heirs. In this aim he had to defeat the men who would defy his authority in the name of Gilla Brigte's heir. He seems to have done so, defeating the resistors, who were led by men called Gilla Pátraic and Henric Cennédig. Yet resistance continued under a warrior called Gilla Coluim of Galloway.

Lochlann's aims moreover encouraged the wrath of a more important political figure that any of the above. King Henry II of England was outraged. A few years before Gilla Brigte's death, Henry had taken his son and successor Donnchad as a hostage. Hence Henry was the patron and protector of the man Lochlann was trying to disinherit. When King William of Scotland was ordered to visit Henry in southern England, William was told that Lochlann must be stopped. However, William and Lochlann were friends, and so in the end Henry himself brought an army to Carlisle, and threatened to invade unless Lochlann would submit to his judgment. Lochlann did so. As it transpired, Lochlann kept most of Galloway, and Donnchad was given the new "Mormaerdom" of Carrick in compensation.

More than any previous Lord of Galloway, he was the loyal man and vassal of the King of Scotland. After all, he owed his lands to the positive influence of King William. Whereas Lochlann's grandfather, Fergus had called himself King of Galloway, Lochlann's favorite title was "Constable of the King of Scots".

Lochlann had led William's armies north into Moireabh against the pretender Domnall Bán mac Uilleim, who claimed the Scottish throne as a grandson of King Donnchad II of Scotland. Lochlann defeated him in 1187 at the Battle of "Mam Garvia," a mysterious location probably near Dingwall.
Lochlann, unlike his uncle Gilla Brigte, welcomed French and English colonization into his eastern lands. In this, he was following his overlord, King William I of Scotland. Of all the Lords of Galloway, Lochlann is the least mentioned in the Gaelic annals, suggesting that he had lost touch somewhat with his background in the world of greater Irish Sea Gaeldom.

In 1200, he was in the company of King William in England, who was giving homage to the new king, John. Lochlann used the oppportunity to make legal proceeding in Northampton regarding the property claims of his wife, Helen de Morville. It was here that he met his death and was buried.
Spouses
Birth1153, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
Death11 Jun 1217, Dundren Abbey, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
MotherAvicia de Lancaster (-1191)
Marriageabt 1185
ChildrenAllan (~1175-1234)
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