Lohland (Lord Galloway)

Lohland's father Utred was captured and killed on the orders of his brother Gille Brigte (d. 1185).

In 1185, after the death of his uncle Gille, Brigte Lohland began the struggle for his father's inheritance. Initially, he defeated the supporters of the late Gille Brigte. Lochland’s claim to Galloway provoked the wrath of the English king Henry II Plantagenet (1154-1189). At the English court, Donnhad, one of the sons of the late Gille Brigte, was held hostage. At the request of the English king, the Scottish king Wilhelm Leo (1165–1214) visited Southern England, where at a meeting with Henry II he refused to support Lochland. However, Wilhelm Leo and Lochland were friends and allies. The latter, supported by the majority of the population of Galloway, established itself in the hereditary domain . In compensation, Donnhad (d. 1250) received the county of Carrick .

Lohland, Lord of Galloway, was a vassal of William the Lion and held the rank of constable of the king of Scotland. At the head of the three-thousandth Scottish army, Lohland set out on a campaign north in Moray against Domnall Mac William, who proclaimed himself the grandson of King Duncan II and claimed the Scottish crown. In 1187, at the Battle of Mom Garvia (probably near Dingwall ), Lord Lohland defeated the army of the impostor. Domnall Mac William died in this battle, and his head was sent to King William in Inverness .

Lohland, unlike his uncle Gille Brigte, welcomed the French and English colonization in his eastern possessions. In this he followed the policies of his overlord , King William of Leo.

In 1200, Lochland accompanied Wilhelm Leo during his trip to England to take the oath of allegiance to the new English king, John Bezemzelny (1199-1216). Lochland took this trip to start a trial in Northampton regarding the property rights of his wife Elena, daughter and heiress of Richard de Morville (d. 1189), the Anglo-Norman Lord Cunningham and Lauderdale . It was in Northampton that Lochland died in December 1200.

From his marriage to Elena de Morville (d. 1217), Lohland had five children, four of whom came of age:

• Alan (d. 1234), Lord of Galloway (1200-1234)
• Thomas (d. 1231), Earl of Atoll by wife's right
• Ada, husband - Walter Bissett d'Aboyne
• Dervorgil, husband - Nicholas Stuteville.

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