Aethelreda, Princess of England, daughter of Ethelred II "The Unready", King of England and Alfgifu (Aelflaed), Queen of England. Born ± 1042 at of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, died ± 1080, approximately 38 years Married ± 1056 (approximately 18 years married) to: Gospatric, Earl of Northumberland, son of Maldred, Earl of Dunbar, King of Cumbria , King of Cumbria and Ealdgyth (Aglithia), Princess of Northumberland. Born 1040 at of, Northumberland, England, died 1074, 33 or 34 years, buried at Norham, Northumberland, England Alternate death date: abt 1075 (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) The year may be 1074/1075. Note: Gospatric; installed 1068/9 by William I the Conqueror as Earl, then predominantly an administrative post after his payment of a heavy fine or what would now be thought of as an entrance fee (though his hereditary claim through his maternal grandfather also played a part). Later (Oct or Nov 1072) deprived of the Earldom on a charge of having taken part in a massacre at Durham; fled to Scotland, where his cousin Malcolm III of Scotland granted him the Mormaership of Dunbar.[Burke's Peerage] Note: A subsequent Earl of Nothumberland was Gospatric, son and heir of Maldred, who in turn was son of Crinan, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld in what is now Perthshire. Gospatric held the Earldom from c Feb 1068/9 to 1072. Gospatric had a hereditary claim to the office of Earl of Northumberland, as did several of his successors. Disloyalty or incompetence in governing could lead to an Earls being deprived of his position, however, and when Gospatric rebelled he was ejected. [Burke's Peerage, Earldom & Dukedom of Northumberland, p. 2117] Note: Pilgrimage to Rome 1061. Note: GOSPATRIC [a] son of MALDRED,[b] by Ealdgyth, daughter and heir of Ughtred, PRINCE OF NORTHUMBERLAND (and Elgiva, daughter of ETHELRED, KING OF ENGLAND), was born between 1040 and 1048; is probably identical with the "noble youth" of that namewho visited Rome in 1061, in company with Tostig, the brother of Harold II; joined the Danes in an invasion of the north of England, but making peace with William I, was at Christmas 1067 entrusted with the government of Northumberland. Being,however, deprived of that post in October or November 1072, he fled to Scotland, receiving from Malcolm III "Dunbar with the adjacent lands in Lothian." He married. (----), sister of Edmund. He died probably about 1075, and most likely is the "Gospatricus Comes" whose monument was at Durham. He is stated in Hoveden to have died and been buried at Ubbanford [i.e. Norham], not long after his flight to Scotland. [Complete Peerage 4:504] Note: (a) "Gospatric" is Celtic for "the servant of Patrick" the word "Gwas" meaning "servant" Joseph Bain found the word as "Qwaspatricius" in an inquisition. Note: [b] Maldred was probably brother of Duncan, King of Scotland, 1034-40, who was s. of Crinan, Abbot of Dunkeld, which Crinan is conjectured (by Skene) to be the same as Crinan Tein, the father of this Maldrcd. Gospatric was thus cousin(paternally) to the Scottish and (maternally) to the English Kings. Possible marriage place: , Northumberland, England (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) Children: 1. Edgitha of NorthumberlandBorn ± 1057 at of, Northumberland, England No name (Selected Families and Individuals) Website: fabpedigree.com/s016/f389982.htm 2. Dolfin, King of CambriaBorn ± 1060 at of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 3. Gospatric of NorthumberlandBorn ± 1062 at of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, died Aug 22, 1138, approximately 76 years 4. Waltheof, Earl of DunbarBorn ± 1064 at of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, died 1138, approximately 74 years Title: Earl of Dunbar (IGI (International Genealogical Index)) 5. Ethelreda, Queen of ScotlandBorn ± 1068 at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, buried at Dunfermline Abbey,, Scotland 7. Gunnilda de DunbarBorn ± 1104 at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Alternate name: Gravelda of Dunbar (Selected Families and Individuals) Birth date and place: 1075, Norham, Northumberland, England (Selected Families and Individuals) Sealing to parents (Parents: Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar and Sigrid) | |||
Adopted child: Gunnilda de Dunbar |