DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick I
Abt 1040 - 1074 (34 years)Set As Default Person
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Albums Knights and Nobility (3)
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Nobility and Knights: Understanding Their Roles and Distinctions
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Name DUNBAR, Gospatrick I [1] Title Earl Birth Abt 1040 Northumberland, England Gender Male Misc Member of Clan Dunbar Royalty & Nobility Earl of Northumbria, Lord of Allerdale and Carlisle; 1st Earl of Dunbar Web Address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric,_Earl_of_Northumbria Web Address https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunbar-27 Religion Became a monk late in life Death 15 Dec 1074 Norham, Northumberland, England - Tomb in the crypt of Durham Cathedral
Patriarch & Matriarch DUNKELD, Crínán of, b. Abt 975, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1045, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) (Grandfather)
YORK, Elfgifu of, b. 970 d. 1002 (Age 32 years) (Great Grandmother)Person ID I17585 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father DUNKELD, Lord Maldred, b. Abt 1003, Carlisle, Cumberland, England d. Aft 1051, Winlaton, Durham, England (Age > 49 years) Relationship natural Mother NORTHUMBRIA, Edith of, b. Aft 1009, Northumberland, England d. Aft 1048, Northumberland, England (Age > 39 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1040 Family ID F12906 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WESSEX, Ethelreda of, b. Abt 1042 Children 1. DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick II, b. 1062 d. 22 Aug 1138, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F12905 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Notes - Purchased the Earldom of Northumberland from William the Conqueror at Christmas 1067, but was deprived of it in 1072. He had a grant of 'Dunbar with the adjacent lands in Lothian' from his kinsman, King Malcolm III in 1072
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Sources - [S1747] Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland; Date: 2018;), Volume II; pgs 857-858.
- [S1747] Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland; Date: 2018;), Volume II; pgs 857-858.