Devorgilla (d. 1290)

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Devorgilla (d. 1290)

Co-founder of Balliol College at the University of Oxford and mother of John Balliol, king of Scotland. Name variations: Derbhorcaill; Dervorguilla; Devorgilla de Galloway; Devorgilla Balliol. Died on January 28, 1290; interred in Sweetheart Abbey, Kirkland; daughter of Margaret (d. 1228) and Alan of Galloway; married John Balliol (d. 1269), in 1233; children: Hugh Balliol (c. 1240–1271, who married Agnes de Valence ); Alan Balliol; Alexander Balliol (d. 1278, who married Eleanor of Geneva ); John Balliol, king of the Scots (c. 1250–1313, r. 1292–1296); Cecily Balliol (d. before 1273, who married John de Burgh); Ada Balliol (fl. 1256, who married William Lindsay of Lambarton); Margaret Balliol (c. 1255–?, who married John Comyn).