Person Sheet


Name *Gospatric OR Gwas Patrick, 30G Grandfather
Birth abt 1040
Death bef Mar 1074, Perhaps 1075
Father *Malcolm (-~1045)
Mother *Ealdgyth (Edith)
Spouses:
Unmarried
Children: *Gospatric
Notes for *Gospatric OR Gwas Patrick
142Gospatric, or Gwas Patrick, meaning servant of Patrick,
was allied to noble lineage on both sides of the house,
uniting the Celtic descent of his father, Maldred, with the
royal stock of Wessex, from which his mother came. He was
made Earl of Northumberland by William the Conqueror, but
later William accused him of an alliance with the Danes and
deprived him of the earldom. Gospatric fied to the court of
the King of Scotland, Malcolm III, who made him Earl of
Dunbar. He had two sons, Dolfin and Waldene, who took the
name of Dunbar, and another son, Gospatric.
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