Earl of Northumbria Gospatric MacMaldred Dunbar mac Maldred 1040

EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA
Gospatric MacMaldred Dunbar mac Maldred Sex: Male

Birth Date	1040
Death Date	1080
Father	Maldred mac CrÃnÃ¡n Earl of Dunbar	Born: 1015	Died: 1045
Mother		Born:

Gospatric MacMaldred Dunbar mac Maldred
Notes:

Gospatric or Cospatric (from the Cumbric "Servant of Saint Patrick"), was Earl of Northumbria, or of Bernicia, and later lord of sizable estates around Dunbar. While his ancestry is uncertain, his descendants held the Earldom of Dunbar, later known as the Earldom of March, in south-east Scotland until 1435. He made a pilgrimage to Rome in 1061. A story from this pilgrimage is that he saved his traveling companion, Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria, from being kidnapped. Being well-dressed, he was mistaken for Tostig and played along until his companion had time to escape. He paid William I, King of England a large fee so he could succeed as Earl of Northumberland in December 1067, although he did have a hereditary claim through his mothers family. In 1072 old charges (having taken part in a massacre at Durham) were brought against him and he was deprived of the earldom of Northumberland, fleeing to Scotland. Simeon of Durham records that he fled to Scotland and was granted "Dunbar with the lands adjacent in Lothianâ€ and in the Mercia by King Malcolm Canmore. This â€˜â€™earldom without a nameâ€™â€™ in the Scots-controlled northern part of Bernicia would later become the Earldom of Dunbar Gospatric did not long survive in exile according to Roger of Hovedens chronicle: Not long after this, being reduced to extreme infirmity, he sent for Aldwin and Turgot, the monks, who at this time were living at Meilros, in poverty and contrite in spirit for the sake of Christ, and ended his life with a full confession of his sins, and great lamentations and penitence, at Ubbanford, which is also called Northam.. Gospatric died circa 1075 and was buried in the porch of the church at Northam.

Notes:

Genealogy It is believed that Gospatric was born c.1040 in Northumberland, England. Simeon of Durham names "Cospatric son of Maldred son of Crinan" when recording that he was appointed Earl of Northumberland, a title he held from Dec 1067. This same parentage is given by Roger of Hoveden. If this is correct, Maldred was apparently not the son of CrÃnÃ¡ns known wife BethÃ³c, daughter of the Scots king Malcolm II, as Gospatrics descendants made no such claim when they submitted their pleadings in the Great Cause to determine the succession to the kingship of the Scots after the death of Alexander III in 1286. Alternatively, rather than being descended from a half-brother of King Duncan I (Donnchad mac CrÃnÃ¡in), Gospatric may have been the youngest son of Earl Uchtred the Bold (died 1016). Another reconstruction would make Gospatric the grandson of Uchtreds discarded first wife, Ecgfritha, daughter of Aldhun, Bishop of Durham, through Sigrida, her daughter with Kilvert son of Ligulf. Whatever his parentage may have been, Gospatric was clearly an important figure in Northumbria and Cumbria, with ties to the family of Earl Uchtred. Gospatric married Aethelreda, Princess of England about 1057. There were six children. Simeon of Durham and Roger of Hoveden name three sons and a daughter (Dolfin, Gospatric, Waltheof and Uchtreda) but other documents show additional children.

Children

Birth Death

Mother

Spouse

Grand Children

Gospatrick II Mac Gospatrick Earl of Dunbar

b.1062
d.1138 AUG 22

1 III Gospatrick de Dunbar 2nd Earl of Lothian b.1090

Margaret Gospatrick of Dunbar b.1115

Gille Crist 4th Earl of Angus b.1154

BethÃ³c nic Gille Crist Countess of Angus BEATRIX b.1184

2 Hucthred Dundas founder of Dundas Family b.1100

Helias de Dundas b.1130

Serle de Dundas b.1157

Helias de Dundas b.1183

3 Edgar of Dunbar b.1105

Agnes de Dunbar b.1165

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Earl of Dunbar Maldred mac CrÃnÃ¡n b.1015 d.1045 See Notes	Crinan mac Donnchad of Dunkeld b.0976 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045	Mormaer of Atholl Duncan mac Donnchad b.0949 Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.0990 See Notes	Abthane of Dule, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Mormaer of Atholl Duncan b.0920 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.0965 See Notes	Priest Thane Dule and Earl of Caithness Duncan Donnchadh b.0890 Dull, Perthshire, Scotland d.0925





Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-