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DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick I

Male Abt 1040 - 1074  (34 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick I was born about 1040 in Northumberland, England; died on 15 Dec 1074 in Norham, Northumberland, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    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

    Died:
    Tomb in the crypt of Durham Cathedral

    Family/Spouse: WESSEX, Ethelreda of. Ethelreda was born about 1042. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1062; died on 22 Aug 1138 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  DUNBAR, Earl Gospatrick II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gospatrick1) was born in 1062; died on 22 Aug 1138 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Misc: Member of Clan Dunbar
    • Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Earl of Dunbar aka Earl of Lothiar
    • Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Dunbar
    • Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric_II,_Earl_of_Lothian
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunbar-157
    • Name: Cospatrick II
    • _MILT: 22 Aug 1138, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England; 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".

    Notes:

    Died:
    at the Battle of the Standard

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. DUNBAR, Juliana of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1112; died in 1160; was buried .
    2. 4. DUNBAR, Gospatrick III  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1166.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  DUNBAR, Juliana of Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatrick2, 1.Gospatrick1) was born in 1112; died in 1160; was buried .

    Family/Spouse: DE MERLAY, Lord Ralph. Ralph was born about 1118 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died before 1157 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. DE MERLAY, Roger  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1140 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died in 1188 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

  2. 4.  DUNBAR, Gospatrick III Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gospatrick2, 1.Gospatrick1) died in 1166.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  DE MERLAY, Roger Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliana3, 2.Gospatrick2, 1.Gospatrick1) was born in 1140 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died in 1188 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merlay-2

    Family/Spouse: DE STUTEVILLE, Alice. Alice was born in 1144 in Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, England; died in Apr 1202 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. DE MERLAY, Agnes  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1185 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died on 29 Dec 1230 in England.


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