Dorviegelda Galloway (abt. 940 - bef. 1041)

Born about 0940 in Scotland

Wife of Gregor MacGregor — married [date unknown] in Argyll, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 1041 before about age 101 in Argyll, Scotland

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Biography

Dorviegelda and Gregor McGregor were married about 960 in Scotland.

Gregor was standard-bearer (na brataich) for his uncle, King Malcolm 1st of Scotland;

Dorviegilda, was a daughter of the Commander of King Malcolm's army. ^[1]

She had two sons - ^[2]

John (or Eoin) MacGregor born before 962

Malcom of the Deers (Callum nam feidh) a deer-hunter and keeper of the Royal forests of Corrygeig. ^[3]

1. ↑ Dorigelda or Dorviegeldum "filiam hostiarii" daughter of the army - in The Baronetage of England vol: 4 page 309 by William Betham
2. ↑ He married Dorvieldum filiam hostiarii and was killed in battle with the Danes, 961, with King Malcolm, leaving two sons — Eoin or John. and Galium nam feidh, or ' Malcolm of the Deers' keeper of the royal forests of Corrygeig. Clan Gregor society [1]
3. ↑ The Baronetage of England vol: 4 page 309 by William Betham

Sources

• The MacGregors (descent) Gregor MacGregor (na Beatie) who died in 961 & Dorvigelda Doorwood (please see note below) http://www.gregorie.org/gregories/history/macgregors.htm
• The Baronetage of England; or the History of the English Baronets and such Baronets of Scotland who are of English Families with Genealogical Tables and Armorial Bearings vol: 4 page 309 by William Betham [2]
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Notes

• The MacGregors - http://www.gregorie.org/gregories/history/macgregors.htm lists Gregor MacGregor (na Beatie) (-961) & Dorvigelda Doorwood - Doorwood, and variant spellings is an English name found prominently in Scotland and originated in the important position that a person held as a door-keeper for some prominent individual or institution. As Dorviegelda is usually described as a daughter of the Commander of King's army, it reasonable to assume that "Doorwood" is a reference to the position her father or grandfather held in a court of the Scottish aristocracy. In Scotland the office of door-ward to the king was a very honourable one and in the beginning of the 13th Century was hereditary in the powerful family of "de Lundin". http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dorward
• research provided by Doug Strainton - The family name of Doorward; the name comes from a family of de Lundie. They became hereditary "Hostiarius" or Door Wardens (Ushers we might call them today). They seem to appear around the time of William the Lion. It "Scots" language the title became Durward and the person (a Thomas I believe) adopted the title as the name. He had a son, Alan who would become Earl of Atholl. He has a page on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Durward - Wikipedia hasn't sourced the origin so hard to know where they got it from. That seems a legend. He also appears on the People of Scotland (PoMS) database which would have greater reliability than wikipedia: http://db.poms.ac.uk/record/person/1971/
• Discussion re the name Galloway - The Editors of the Gazetteer for Scotland 2002-2017. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory7273.html