Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameUchtred Lord of Galloway
Birthabt 1100, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death22 Nov 1174, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
FatherFergus , Earl of Galloway (~1090-1166)
Misc. Notes
Uchtred mac Fergusa (c. 1120 - September 22, 1174) was Lord of Galloway from 1161 to 1174, ruling jointly with his half-brother Gilla Brigte of Galloway. They were sons of Fergus of Galloway; their mothers' names are unknown, but Uchtred may have been born to one of the many illegitimate daughters of Henry I of England.

As a boy he was sent as a hostage to the court of King Máel Coluim (Malcolm) IV of Scotland. When his father, Prince Fergus, died in 1161, Uchtred was made co-ruler of Galloway along with Gilla Brigte. They participated in the disastrous invasion of Northumberland under William I of Scotland in 1174. King William was captured, and the Galwegians rebelled, taking the opportunity to slaughter the Norman and Saxon settlers in their land. During this time Uchtred was brutally mutilated, blinded, castrated, and killed by his brother Gilla Brigte and Gilla Brigte's son, Máel Coluim. Gilla Brigte then seized control of Galloway entire.

Uchtred had married Gunhilda of Dunbar, and they were the parents of Lochlann and Eve of Galloway, wife of Walter de Berkeley.
Spouses
Birthabt 1134, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
MotherSigrid (~1075-)
Marriage1156, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
ChildrenRolland (~1164-1200)
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