Earl of Northumbria Gospatric 
Earl of Northumbria was born about 1040 in Northumberland, England. Earl of Northumbria's father was Maldred of Scotland and his mother was Ealdgyth Edith of Northumberland. His paternal grandparents were Crinan Grimus 'The Thane' and Bethoc (Beatrix); his maternal grandparents were Uthrea Ughtred and Ælfgifu Elgiva of Northumbria. He had two brothers named Patrick and Lord of Allerdale. He was the oldest of the three children. He died in 1075 in Ubbanford, Scotland.General Notes
Lord of Bamburgh. Lord of Carlisle & Allerdale.
Visited Rome, 1061
Received the lands of Dunbar & other parts of Lothian from King Malcolm III, his cousin.
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.
1st Earl of Dunbar, 1072-1075.
Earl of Northumberland, 1067-1072.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0890
- b.~ 0920 in Perthshire, Scotland d.0965
- b.~ 0954 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in battle of Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1009 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1045 in Slain in battle
- b.~ 0899 d.0954 in Killed in battle
- b.~ 0930 d.0995 in Finela's Castle, Fettercain
- b.0954 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0930
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1043 in Slain
- b. in Ossary, Ireland
- b.~ 1040 in Northumberland, England d.1075 in Ubbanford, Scotland
- b.~ 0900 d.> 0936
- b.~ 0930 in Northumberland, England d.0965
- b.~ 0960 in Northumberland, England d.1006
- b.~ 0989 in Northumberland, England d.1016
- b.~ 0960 in Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1016 in Northumberland, England
- b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
- b.0944 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex, England d.~ 0944
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
- b.~ 0917
- b.~ 0945 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0917
- b.0997 in Wessex, England
- b.0938 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.1003
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They had two sons and three daughters, named II, Waltheof of, Edgitha of, Athelreda of and Gunnilda of.
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Children
II Gospatric
II was born about 1060 in Northumberland, England. He died on August 22nd, 1138 in Killed in Battle of the Standard.
Waltheof of Dunbar
Waltheof of was born about 1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. He died in 1138.
Athelreda of Dunbar
Athelreda of was born about 1065 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. She was buried in Dunferline Abbey, Fife.
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