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Gospatric -, I

Male Abt 1040 - Abt 1074  (~ 34 years)


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  1. 1.  Gospatric -, I was born about 1040; died about 1074.

    Notes:

    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.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gospatric -, II, Earl of Dunbar, Baron of Beanley  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Aug 1138 in Cowton Moor, near Northallerton, Yorkshire.
    2. 3. Ethelreda -, daughter of Gospatric  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Dolfin of Carlisle -  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. Waltheof of Allerdale -  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gospatric -, II, Earl of Dunbar, Baron of Beanley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gospatric1) died on 23 Aug 1138 in Cowton Moor, near Northallerton, Yorkshire.

    Notes:

    Biography:
    Gospatric II inherited the lands in Dunbar from his father and received more from King Máel Coluim III of Scotland. Relations between the Normans and the English improved under Henry I and Gospatric even received lands in England. According to the Scottish Annals, Gospatric was described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothan". Gospatric died in the Battle of the Standard in 1138. It was a battle between the invading king of Scotland and the English. I assume Gospatric was fighting for the English. Again, according to the Scottish Annals, Gospatric was "struck by an arrow, he fell".

    Died:
    He was slain in the Battle of the Standard.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Julianna of Dunbar -  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Gospatric -, III of Dunbar  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Adam of Dunbar -  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Edward of Dunbar -  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 10. Edgar of Dunbar -  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1140.

  2. 3.  Ethelreda -, daughter of Gospatric Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gospatric1)

    Notes:

    Biography:
    According to Wikipedia was a daughter of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria remembered in 13th century Cumberland as the mother of William fitz Duncan. She is thought to have been the wife Duncan II of Scotland, though very little is known otherwise about her.


  3. 4.  Dolfin of Carlisle - Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gospatric1)

  4. 5.  Waltheof of Allerdale - Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gospatric1)


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Julianna of Dunbar - Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1)

    Other Events:

    • Name: Julianna of Dunbar de Merlay

    Family/Spouse: Ralph de Merlay, Lord of Morpath. Ralph (son of William de Merlay) died in 1160. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Roger de Merlay  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1188.

  2. 7.  Gospatric -, III of Dunbar Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1)

  3. 8.  Adam of Dunbar - Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1)

  4. 9.  Edward of Dunbar - Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1)

  5. 10.  Edgar of Dunbar - Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1) died after 1140.

    Family/Spouse: Alice do Greystoke -. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Roger de Merlay Descendancy chart to this point (6.Julianna3, 2.Gospatric2, 1.Gospatric1) died in 1188.

    Family/Spouse: Alice de Stuteville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Agnes de Merlay  Descendancy chart to this point


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