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Gospatric Earl of Dunbar II



Preferred Parents:
Father: Gospatric Earl of Northumberland I, b. 1040   d. 15 DEC 1074 in Norham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Mother: Aethelreda Atheling Of Wessex, b. 1046 in Mercia, England   d. 5 AUG 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales

Family 1: Sybil Morel of Bearley,    b. ABT 1070 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland    d. 1125 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  1. Gospatric Earl of Dunbar III, b. JAN 1090 in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland     d. 15 DEC 1166 in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  2. Edgar 'Unnithing' of Dunbar, b. BEF 1130 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland     d. AFT 1179 in Drigg Carleton, Cumberland, England
  3. Margaret of Dunbar, b. 1102 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland     d. 1154 in Angus, Scotland
  4. Julian of Dunbar, b. ABT 1120 in Dunbar, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland     d. 1201 in Northumberland, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Gospatric of Workington de Lamplugh, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-4769 : 5 July 2020), Gospatric of Workington de Lamplugh, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-4769;
  2. Title: Regesta regum anglo-normannorum, 1066-1154, Volume 3.. by Great Britain. Sovereign; Davis, H. W. Carless (Henry William Carless), 1874-1928; Whitwell, R. J. (Robert Jowitt), d. 1928; Johnson, Charles, 1870-1961
    Author: https://archive.org/details/regestaregumangl03grea/page/144/mode/1up Regesta regum anglo-normannorum, 1066-1154, Volume 3.. by Great Britain. Sovereign; Davis, H. W. Carless (Henry William Carless), 1874-1928; Whitwell, R. J. (Robert Jowitt), d. 1928; Johnson, Charles, 1870-1961 Page 144
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/regestaregumangl03grea/page/144/mode/1up;
    Note: Page 144 373a. Gospatric of Dunbar (Feb. 1136, at York) Grant of the lands of his uncle Edmund and of Liolf fitz Uctred S(tephanus) rex Angl(orum) justic(ie) et baronibus et vicecom(iti) et ministris et omnibus fidelibus suis Francis et Anglis de Northumberland salutem. Sciatis me reddidisse et concessisse Gospatricio fr(atr)i Dolfini terram Edmundi avunculi sui quam de rege Henrico tenebat, et terram Winnochi, videlicet sex maneria Bremdonam et Benelegam et Hiddesleie et Bremetonam Thitelittonam et Harop cum omnibus hominibus et rebus que fuerunt in terra ilia die qua rex Henricus dedit ilia maneria Hamoni.' Et terram Liolfi filii Uctredi, videlicet tres Mideltonas et Roden et Horsleiam et servitium Gospatrich(ii) et Stantonam et Wyndegatam et Wottonam et Wittonam et Rittonam, sicut rex Henricus ei illas dedit et concessit per cartas suas. Et habeat suas rectas divisas quas monstrare poterit se juste habere debere. Et ideo volo et precipio quod bene et in pace et honorifice et hbere et quiete teneat predictas terras suas et omnia sua, in bosco et piano et pratis et pasturis et aquis et molendinis et stagnis et esclusis, in via et semitis, in divisis et exitibus, et in omnibus locis cum socha et sacha et thoU et theam et infangthefe et cum omnibus libertatibus et consuetudinibus suis, sicut melius umquam tenuit et liberius tempore regis Henrici. Et super hoc omnes fugationes que feodo suo pertinent. T(estibus) R[ogero] cancellario, et W(illelmo) Martel, et R(oberto) de Veer. Apud Ebor(acum).
  3. Title: "Scottish Annals from Englishh Chroniclers, A.D. 500 to 2386," by Anderson, Allan Orr (pdf version)
    Publication: Name: http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/scottishannalsfr00andeuoft.pdf;
  4. Title: Wikiwand: Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Gospatric_II,_Earl_of_Lothian;
  5. Title: Ragg, F.W. "De Culwen."
    Publication: Name: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1914/vol14/tcwaas_002_1914_vol14_0025.pdf;
  6. Title: Gospatric II de Dunbar, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SRVG : 25 May 2022), Gospatric II de Dunbar, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 144422115, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SRVG;
  7. Title: Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London by Great Britain. Public Record Office; Bain, Joseph, 1826-1911; Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland)
    Author: page 15, memorandum 64
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/calendarofdocume02grea/page/14/mode/2up;
    Note: Page 15 [Circa 1275] 64. [Memorandum regarding the Descendants of Waldeve lord of Allirdale, younger brother of Gospatrick (II.) and Dolfin, and of his nephew William fitz-Duncan earl of Murray.] Earl Cospatryk, formerly earl of Dunbar in Scotland, had a brother, Dolfin earl of Northumberland, who, both being bastards, had a legitimate brother Waldeve, and a legitimate sister Etheldreda. Waldeve and Etheldreda were of one father and one mother. After Ranulph de Meschinis came to England with William Bastard the Conqueror, that King gave him all the land from the place called Rere Crosse upon Staynmora, as far as the river towards Scotland called Sulewaht [Solway] to the true marches there between England and Scotland. And the said Ranulph was then created Earl of Karliol. Ranulph gained the forsaid Waldeve as an ally on account of the war between the Scots and England, as he was a Scotsman, and gave him for his service the whole Barony of Allerdale, from the place called Wahtelpole as far as Derwent, saving to himself all his venison.
    Page: Identifies 4 children of Gospatrick [does not name their father directly but from the relationships named this can be deduced] Identifies Gospatrick II and Dolfin as the older illegitimate brothers of Waldeve Lord of Allerdale and Etheldreda. Identifies William fitz-Duncan earl of Murray as the nephew of Gospatrick II, Dolfin and Waldeve, therefore, further identifying Dolfin, Gospatrick II, Waldeve and Etheldreda as the children of Gospatrick Fitz Maldred Earl of Northumbria (1040 - 1074/75) **This source is important because it conflicts with other sources that identify Gospatrick as legitimate and Waldeve and Dolphin as illegitimate.**
  8. Title: "Scottish Annals from Englishh Chroniclers, A.D. 500 to 2386," by Anderson, Allan Orr, 1879-1958
    Author: London, 1908, D. Nutt
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/scottishannalsfr00andeuoft/page/81/mode/1up;
    Note: Page 80 But afterwards when he, that is, Utred, advanced more and Page 81 more in the art of war, king Ethelred gave to him as wife his daughter Elfgiva. And by her he had a daughter Aldgitha, whom her father gave in marriage to Maldred, son of Crinan the thane; and by her Maldred had Gospatric, the father of Dolfin, of Waldeve and of Gospatric. 1 " To a very rich man Maldred, son of Crinan. And by her he had earl Gospatric," etc. De Pr. Sax. Adv., in S. of D., ii, 383. This Crinan may have been the lay abbot of Dunkeld who was Malcolm II's son-in-law, and father of Duncan I ; and who, according to Tighernach, was slain in 1045. Page 96 SYMEON OF DURHAM, HISTORIA REGUM, VOL. II, p. 199. When [Osulf ] was dead, Gospatric, son of Maldred, Crinan's son, went to king William and obtained the earldom of North- umbria, bought for much money. For the honour of that earldom pertained to him by his mother's right. For his mother was Aldgitha, the daughter of earl Utred, who had her by Elfgiva, daughter of king Ethelred. This Aldgitha her father gave in marriage to Maldred, son of Crinan. And [Gospatric] held the earldom until, for the reasons aforesaid, the king took it from him. Therefore he fled to Malcolm, and not long afterwards went by ship to Flanders. And when after some time he returned to Scotland, the afore- said king [Malcolm] granted to him Dunbar, with the lands adjacent to it in Lothian, that by these he should provide for himself and his men until happier times returned. This Gospatric was the father of Dolfin, Waldeve and Gospatric. 3 Gospatric became earl at Christmas, 1067 ; v. Freeman, N.C., iv, 749. Osulf was earl from March to autumn [of 1067] ; S. of D., ii, 199. 4 Cf. supra, s.a. ? 1006. 5 V. supra, s.a. 1068. Gospatric appears to have been Malcolm's cousin. 6 Not till after his final deposition in 1072 ; v. supra, s.a. 7 Dolfin seems to have received from Malcolm the government of Car- lisle ; v. infra, s.a. 1092. Page 203 HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM, p. 264. 3 Thus the chief leader of the men of Lothian 4 was struck by an arrow ; he fell, and his whole nation turned in flight. For God above was offended against them, and all their valour was broken like spiders' webs. And seeing this the chief line of Scots, fighting most keenly in another part, lost courage and yielded to flight. 4 Cf. supra, note. (Gospatric II, earl of Dunbar, died about this time.)
    Page: Identifies Gospatric (II) as the son of Gospatric son of Maldred (Gospatric FitzMaldred) And brother of: Dolfin and Waldeve And grandson of Maldred FitzCrinan and Aldgitha And great-grandson of Uhtred and Elfgiva, daughter of King Ethelred
  9. Title: Wikiwand: Battle of the Standard
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Battle_of_the_Standard;
  10. Title: Ranulf de Merlay: Tenant-in-chief in Northumberland
    Publication: Name: https://actswilliam2henry1.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/h1-ranulf-de-merlay-2016-1.pdf;
  11. Title: Lewis, M. (2010, December 26). "Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley." ORTNCA. Web
    Publication: Name: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p163.htm#i4877;
  12. Title: Cawley, C. (2006). "Gospatrick (d. 22 Aug 1138)." Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac. Web
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftnref1460;
  13. Title: Book - History of Cumberland
  14. Title: Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric_II,_Earl_of_Lothian;
    Note: Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th century. He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl", but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal. Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish". He witnessed the charter of Alexander I of Scotland founding Scone Abbey.[2] Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in documentary sources. Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".[3] He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[4] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster Abbey. References Anderson, Alan Orr (ed.), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908) Macdonald, Alastair J., "King's of the Wild Frontier? The earls of Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, (Portland/Dublin, 2003), pp. 139–58 McDonald, R. Andrew, ‘Gospatric, first earl of Lothian (d. 1138)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Nov 2006 McDonald, Andrew, ‘Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 28 Nov 2006 Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar" is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald, "Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (died 1182)". McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "March, Earls of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 685–688. Anderson, Scottish Annals, p.203 and n. 4. Jones, M. (2003) England and Her Neighbours, 1066-1453: Essays in Honour of Pierre Chaplais Continuum International (via Google Books)
  15. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S845] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 504/5; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 435; Wallop Family, p. 543. [S11620] The Douglas Archives.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p163.htm#i4877;
    Note: Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley1 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #4877, b. circa 1070, d. 23 August 1138 Father Cospatrick, Earl Dunbar & Northumberland, Lord of Carlisle & Allendale b. c 1040, d. c 1075 Mother (Miss) FitzEdmund Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley married Sybil Morel, daughter of Arkil Mor, Seneschal of Lennox. Gospatrick, 2nd Earl Dunbar, Earl of March, Baron of Beanley was born circa 1070. He died on 23 August 1138 at Battle of the Standard, Cowton Moor, Northallerton, Scotland. Family Sybil Morel Children Fergus, Prince of Galloway+ d. 12 May 1161 Cospatrick, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March+ d. 1166 Edgar of Beanley de Dunbar+ d. a 1140 Uchtred of March+2 Juliana of Dunbar+ b. c 1115
  16. Title: Book - History & Antiquities of Westmoreland

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