Gospatric Earl of Northumbria 
Gospatric was born about 1040 in Northumberland, England.1 Gospatric's father was Maldred of Scotland Lord Allerdale & Carlisle and his mother was Ealdgyth (AEglithia) of Northumbria. His paternal grandparents were Crinan (Grimus) the Thane de Mormaer and Bethoc of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Uchtred (Ughtred) Earl of Northumbria and Aelfgifu (Elgiva) of England. He was an only child. He died in 1075 in Ubbanford, Scotland. He was buried in Earl of Northumberland, 1067-1072..1 1 General Notes
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Custom Field:<_FA#> Lord of Bamburgh. Lord of Carlisle & Allerdale.@@S005864@@lin e 34 pp 37-38Lord of Carlisle & Allerdale.@@S006057@@@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> Some say he died a Monk at Durham.@@S005967@@Date o f Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> Visited Rome, 1061.@@S005864@@line 34 pp 37-38@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> Received the lands of Dunbar & other parts of Lothian from King Malcolm III.@@S005912@@Dunbar@@ S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> Claimed earldom of Nor thumbria through his mother.@@S006057@@@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Cust om Field:<_FA#> In a "nasty" dispute w/ William the Conqueror, he fled to Scotl and.@@S006057@@@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> The Scot s King was his cousin.@@S006057@@@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Fie ld:<_FA#> He took with him Edgar Atheling (the Saxon heir), & Edgar's mother & sisters.@@S006057@@@@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
Custom Field:<_FA#> This included Margaret, later Queen of Malcolm III & canonized as a saint.@@S006057@@ @@S005967@@Date of Import: Nov 1, 1998
REFN: 3989
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REF: Dick Schoenl ing <dtracy@@nospam.nortel.ca: Gospatric was not only the
First Earl of Dunbar , but also Grandson of Uchtred-Earl of
Northumberland, Great Grandson of Ethe lred II - King of England, and
Father of Aethelreda - wife(and Queen) of Dunc an II - King of Scotland.
In Gospatric the Earl, the greatest families of Sco tland, Pictland,
Northumbria, and England were combined. Cospatrick (a.k.a. G ospatric)
claimed the right to the Earldom of Northumberland through his Moth er,
AElgitha/Elgiva. After a nasty disagreement with William the Conqueror,
he fled north to his cousin's Kingdom in Scotland taking with him Edgar
Athe ling(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, L ord Bamburgh, Lord
of Carlisle and Allerdale, 1st earl of Dunbar, 1072. Claim ed the right to
the Earldom of Northumberland through his mother, AElitha/Elg iva. 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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0949
- b.0978 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1009 in of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1045
- b.0932 in Scotland d.0995 in Fettercairne, Kincardineshire or Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.0958 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus
- b.0984 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1043
- b.~ 1040 in Northumberland, England d.1075 in Ubbanford, Scotland
- b.0960 d.1006
- b.0989 in of Northumberland, England d.1016
- b.0965
- b.< 1016 in of Northumbria, England
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0945 in of Devonshire, England d.1000
- b.0990 in of Wessex, England
- b.0938 in Wessex, England
- b.BET. 963 - 968 in of Wessex, England d.1002
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Details of Gospatric's family with AEthelreda of England
1 Johnson.FTW
Further sources/citations:
1144734.FTW, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 34 pp 37-38, G675.ged
Further sources/citations:
1144734.FTW, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 34 pp 37-38, G675.ged
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