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____ Gospatric II
Birth: 1062 Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Death: 22 Aug 1138 Battle of the Standard
Cause of Death: killed in battle
Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospatric_II,_Earl_of_Lothian
Gospatric II (died 1138)[1] was Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar in the early 12th
century.
He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. after 1073). In the
earliest sources, occurring at dates between 1120 and 1134 he is not styled "earl",
but the "brother of Dolfin", the latter style being used in his own seal.
Later accounts say that he was granted lands by king Máel Coluim III, although it is
possible that he received them from his father, while his brother Dolfin received much
of Cumberland. As Gospatric held lands from both King David I of Scotland and King
Henry I of England it is impossible to label him either "English" or "Scottish".
Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen
in the reign of Henry I. He and his children obtained many lands in England proper,
and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties. He appears
to have attained the status of "earl" by the year 1134, when that style first appears in
documentary sources.
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".[2]
He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. His
daughter, Juliana, married Ralph de Merlay.[3] Ralph and Juliana founded Newminster
Abbey.
Parents
____ Gospatric I (1040 - ABT 1085)
____ Aethelreda (ABT 1042 - )
Siblings
____ Gospatric II (1062 - 22 Aug 1138)
OF ALLERDALE Waltheof (ABT 1082 - 1138)
Marriage To MOREL Sybil (ABT 1074 - )
m.
Notes
Parents
MOREL Arkil (ABT 1050 - 1095)
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Children by MOREL Sybil ABT 1074 -
____ Gospatric III (ABT 1090 - 1166)
DE DUNBAR Juliana (ABT 1115 - )
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