Gospatric -, I

Abt 1040 - Abt 1074  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Gospatric -  [1, 2]
  Suffix	I
  Born	Abt 1040  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	He was Earl of Northumberland from 1067-72, First Earl of Dunbar fro 1072-5 and Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale. He visited Rome in 1051. William the Conqueror took over England in 1066. His first two Earls of Benicia (basically Northumbria) were killed. The second, like Gospatric was descended from Uhtred, former Ealderman of the same territory. Gospatric offered money to the cash strapped William and got the Earldom of Bernicia. The next year Gospatric joined an uprising against Williams and he didn't appreciate it too much. Gospatric his title to a close alley of William. So, Gospatric joined an army of Danes, Scots, and Englishmen against William and lost again. This time with holdings at Bamburgh castle Gospatric was able to pay William to leave him alone for the next few years. In 1072 William took Gospatric's Earldom again and Gospatric went into exile in Scotland and later Flanders in France. When he returned to Scotland he was given a large estate in Dunbar. Gospatric died a short time later.
  Died	Abt 1074  [1]
  Person ID	I2673	Our Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Maldred Maldred of Allerdale -, Lord of Cumbria,   d. 1045
  Mother	Ealdgyth -
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Gospatric -, II, Earl of Dunbar, Baron of Beanley,   d. 23 Aug 1138, Cowton Moor, near Northallerton, Yorkshire   2. Ethelreda -, daughter of Gospatric   3. Dolfin of Carlisle -   4. Waltheof of Allerdale -
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F1561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S326] Ancestrial Roots. [S249] Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric,_Earl_of_Northumbria