Thomas of Galloway (bastard)

{{Short description|Scottish rebel against Alexander II}}

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Thomas of Galloway

| title = Lord of Galloway

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| reign = 1235

| birth_date = 1208

| death_date = Aft 1296

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| predecessor = Alan of Galloway

| spouse = Daughter of Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson

| issue = Cane McGillolane

| father = Alan of Galloway

| mother =

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Tomás mac Ailein, sometimes known as Thomas of Galloway (1208 – after 1296{{cite web |title=Thomas of Galloway - sixty years a prisoner |url=https://thehistoryjar.com/2015/11/04/thomas-of-galloway-sixty-years-a-prisoner/ |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=8 September 2022}}), was an illegitimate son of Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland and the last Mac Fearghusa Lord of Galloway. After the death of his father, who left no legitimate sons, King Alexander II of Scotland planned to divide the lordship between the husbands of Alan's three daughters.

Thomas, along with his associate Gille Ruadh, led an unsuccessful rebellion against the king, with the aim of maintaining Galloway's status as an independent sub-kingdom. Thomas was imprisoned for the next 60 years and released by Edward I after the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 and the death of Alexander III in 1286, though he was taken back into custody later that year.

Thomas married a daughter of Ronald, King of Man about a decade prior to the death of his father.Historical Essays in Connexion with The Land, The Church by E. William Robertson 1872 pg 164 Thomas had a son,Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society THIRD SERIES VOLUME LXXIX pg 105, https://docplayer.net/95019354-Transactions-dumfriesshire-and-galloway-natural-history-antiquarian-society.html Cane McGillolane, who was the eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLellan.{{cite web |url=http://www.old-kirkcudbright.net/extracts-articles/books/castle/ |title=Old Kirkcudbright by The Dumfries and Galloway Standard |website=old-kirkcudbright.net |date=November 1891 |access-date=November 3, 2022}}