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Birth:          ABT 1125 of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Death:          1182 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltheof,_Earl_of_Dunbar

Waltheof (died 1182), Earl of Lothian or "Dunbar" and lord of Beanley, was a 12th-
century Anglo-Scottish noble. He was the eldest son of Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian 
by his Scottish wife Deirdre.

Waltheof's grandfather Gospatric II died at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, and 
Waltheof's father Gospatric III became earl. Richard of Hexham reported that in 1139 
the son of Earl Gospatric served as a hostage to King Stephen of England after the 
following peace agreement. It is generally believed, although there can be no proof, 
that this son was the young Waltheof. Exactly how long Waltheof would have stayed 
as a hostage is not known, but Waltheof's father Gospatric died in 1166 and Waltheof 
was apparently earl already in 1165. This was probably because Gospatric had retired 
to Durham as a monk some time before his actual death.

Waltheof's activities as earl included trying to persuade King William of Scotland not 
to invade England, which William did anyway in 1174; and arbitrating a dispute 
between the Abbot of Melrose and Richard de Morville. Waltheof married a woman 
named Alina, possibly Scottish, and by her fathered three children, Patrick (his 
successor), Causantín (Constantine) and Helen. He died in 1182, and is styled "Earl 
of Dunbar" by the Chronicle of Melrose. He was the first man to be called "earl of 
Dunbar" rather than "earl of Lothian".

Parents
____ Gospatric III (ABT 1090 - 1166)
____ Deirdre (ABT 1094 - )

Siblings
OF DUNBAR Waltheof (Waldeve) (ABT 1125 - 1182)

Marriage To ----- Aelina (Aline) (ABT 1129 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- Aelina (Aline) ABT 1129 - 
OF DUNBAR Patrick (1152 - 31 Dec 1232)

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