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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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