Gospatric II 1st Earl of Dunbar , Sir 
Gospatric II 1st Earl of was born in 1062 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. Gospatric II 1st Earl of's father was Gospatric I Earl of Northumbria Mormaer Dunbar and his mother was Aethelreda of England. His paternal grandfather was Maldred Lord of Carlisle & Allerdale. He had a brother and three sisters, named Waltheof Lord of, Dorothy Agnes, Athelreda of and Gunnilda of. He was the second oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 76 on August 22nd, 1138 in Battle of the Standard, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.General Notes
Gospatric de Dunbar, 1st Earl of Dunbar; living c1115, when he seems to have been a signatory to the Charter of Scone by which the Abbey of Scone was founded; killed leading his men of Lothian in Scottish defeat by the English at the Battle of Standard (near Northallerton, North Yorks) 23 Aug 1138. [Burke's Peerage]
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EARLDOM OF DUNBAR (I)
GOSPATRIC DE DUNBAR, EARL [SCT], 3rd son being younger brother of Dolfin (expelled 1092 from Carlisle), was apparently one of the nine signatories to the charter of Scone (circ. 1115), as also, about a year later (under the style of Gospatricus, frater Dolfini), to the Inquisitio Davidis. He appears to have held the position of an EARL, though there is no record of the title of the Earldom, nor is he ever called Earl in any known document in his lifetime. In a charter, confirmed 16 August 1139 (after his death), to the monks of Durham, he is styled "Gospatricus Comes, frater Dolfini," being, in the heading thereof, called "Gospatricus secundus Comes frater Dolfini." This Earl is doubtless the summus dux Lodonensium (the leader of the men of Lothian) slain at the battle of the Standard 22 August 1138, fighting against the English at Cowton Moor, near Northallerton. [Complete Peerage IV:504-5, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0978 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Killed in Battle against Macbeth, who (1040) slew his son Duncan
- b.1003 in Allerdale, Cumbria, England d.1045 in Slain in battle avenging Duncan's murder by Macbeth
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Scotland
- b.~ 1040 in Allerdale, Cumbria, England d.15 Dec 1074 in Ubbanford now Norham, Northumberland, England
- b.1062 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d.22 Aug 1138 in Battle of the Standard, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1042 in Wessex, England
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They had three sons and two daughters, named Gospatric III 2nd Earl de, Uchtred de, Edgard de, Margaret of and Juliana of.
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Children
Gospatric III 2nd Earl de Dunbar , Sir
Gospatric III 2nd Earl de was born about 1090 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. He died in 1166 in Scotland.
Uchtred de Dundas
Uchtred de was born about 1100 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. He died in Dundas, West Lothian, Scotland.
Edgard de Dunbar
Edgard de was born about 1107 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. He died in Drigg & Carleton, Bootle, Cumberland, England.
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