Elena (Morville) of Galloway (abt. 1166 - 1217)

Born about 1166 in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1217 at about age 51 in Kircudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Eventual sole heir to her father. Her husband, Roland of Galloway, became Constable of Scotland, by right of his wife's inheritance.

Name

Name: Elena de Morville^[1]

Name: Elena /DeMorville/^[2][3]

Name: Helena de MORVILLE^[4]

Birth

Birth: 1153 Kirkoswald, Cumberland, , England^[5]

Birth: 1172 Kirkoswald, Cumberland, , England^[6]

Birth: ABT 1166 Kirkoswald, Cumberland

Birth: ABT 1153 of Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England^[7]

Death

Death: 11 JUN 1217 Kircudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, , Scotland^[8]

Date: 11 JUN 1217^[9]

Burial

Date: AFT 11 JUN 1217

Place: Abbey Of Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland^[10]

Marriage

Husband: Roland de GALLOWAY

Wife: Elena (Helena) de MORVILLE

Marriage: ABT 1185 Kirkoswald, CUL, England^[11]

1. Alan de GALLOWAY
2. Ada De Galloway
3. Thomas de GALLOWAY

Sources

1. ↑ Refer the Foundation Charter for Sweetheart Abbey by Devorgilla, daughter of the later Alan of Galloway, (dated 10th April and confirmed by King David II on 15th May, 1359) transcribed in full in the Callendar of the Laing Charters A.D. 854 - 1837 by Rev. John Anderson, Edinburgh, 1899, page 13, number 46, which gives relationships for this family, and where this lady is named Ellen.
2. ↑ Source: #S004330 Data: Text: Birth date: 1150Birth place: Death date: 11 Jun 1217Death place:
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Profile
4. ↑ The Normans in Scotland by Professor R. L. Graeme Ritchie (Edinburgh University Press, 1954) and The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History by Professor G.W.S.Barrow, F.B.A., (Oxford, 1980) see indexes for both books, where this lady is given the Christian name of Helena or Elena.
5. ↑ Source: #S004330 Data: Text: Birth date: 1150Birth place: Death date: 11 Jun 1217Death place:
6. ↑ Source: #S004330 Data: Text: Birth date: 1150Birth place: Death date: 11 Jun 1217Death place:
7. ↑ Source: #S4
8. ↑ Source: #S004330 Data: Text: Birth date: 1150Birth place: Death date: 11 Jun 1217Death place:
9. ↑ Source: #S4
10. ↑ Source: #S4
11. ↑ Source: #S4

• Cawley, Charles: Medieval Lands, Untitled English Nobility L-O: Helen de Morville
• The Lordship of Galloway by Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, Society of Antiquaries, Edinburgh, Nov.1787.
• "Nes FitzWilliam and the Earls of Fife: The Origin of the House of Fife 962-1129" in Foundations, Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Chobham, Surrey, vol.2, no.2, July 2006, pps:112-134.

• Source: S004330Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• Source: S2 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Abbreviation: Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002)
• Source: S3 Title: Ancestral File (TM) Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
• Source: S4 Title: hofundssonAnces.ged Abbreviation: hofundssonAnces.ged
• Ancestral Roots F.L. Weis 8th ed. 2004 Line 38-25
• Ancestry Family Trees: Ancestry Profile

• WikiTree profile DeMorville-1 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams.
• WikiTree profile De Morville-30 created through the import of Durrell Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Pamela Durrell.
• WikiTree profile De Morville-29 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams.
• WikiTree profile De MORVILLE-28 created through the import of FAMILY 6162011.GED on Jun 20, 2011 by Michael Stephenson.