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[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

Earl of Northumberland.
Lord of Bamburgh. Lord of Carlisle & Allerdale.
Some say he died a Monk at Durham.
1st Earl of Dunbar.
Visited Rome.
Received the lands of Dunbar & other parts of Lothian from King
Malcolm III.
Claimed earldom of Northumbria through his mother.
In a "nasty" dispute w/ William the Conqueror, he fled to
Scotland.
He took with him Edgar Atheling (the Saxon heir), & Edgar's
mother & sisters.
This included Margaret, later Queen of Malcolm III & canonized
as a saint.
REF: Dick Schoenling <dtracy@@nospam.nortel.ca: Gospatric was
not only the First Earl of Dunbar, but also Grandson of
Uchtred-Earl of Northumberland, Great Grandson of Ethelred II -
King of England, and Father of Aethelreda - wife(and Queen) of
Duncan II - King of Scotland. In Gospatric the Earl, the
greatest families of Scotland, Pictland, Northumbria, and
England were combined. Cospatrick (a.k.a. Gospatric) claimed
the right to the Earldom of Northumberland through his Mother,
AElgitha/Elgiva. After a nasty disagreement with William the
Conqueror, he fled north to his cousin's Kingdom in Scotland
taking with him Edgar Atheling(the Saxon heir), Edgar's mother
and sisters, one of which was Margaret, future Queen of Malcolm
III and later known as Saint Margaret of Scotland. It is in
Scotland where he is most reknowned as the First Earl & founder
of the House & clan of Dunbar.

REF: Neville GEDCOM: Earl of Northumbria 1067-1072, Lord
Bamburgh, Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale, 1st earl of Dunbar,
1072. Claimed the right to the Earldom of Northumberland
through his mother, AElitha/Elgiva. After a nasty disagreement
with William the Conqueror, he fled north to his cousin's
Kingdom in Scotland taking with him Edgar Atheling (the Saxon
heir), Edgar's mother and sisters, one of which was Margaret,
future Queen of Malcom III and later known as St. Margaret of
Scotland

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