Everything about Uchtred Lord Of Galloway totally explained
Uchtred mac Fergusa (c.
1120 -
September 22,
1174) was
Lord of Galloway from
1161 to 1174, ruling jointly with his half-brother
Gille Brigte. 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 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 Gille Brigte and Gille Brigte's son,
Máel Coluim. Gille 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.
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