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Devorguilla was known to be a lady of substance, and not just someone with the fortune of being born into a royal lineage. Then again, her father, Alan, was referred to in Norse Sagas as one of the greatest warriors of his time. Like her father, Devorguilla was just as comfortable around the Gaelic environment of Galloway, Royal Scottish courts, and with the English. In 1233, she married John de Balliol, an influential English nobleman, with connections to French nobility. John is perhaps best remembered for starting a college for the poor at the University of Oxford in 1263. Although, it’s important to note that most of the funding support for the college came from Devorguilla; she was also the one who made the endowment permanent in 1282, affirming the name Balliol College at Oxford (the name it still has to this day).