Gospatric Earl of Northumbria

✓ Gospatric ([1040/48]-[1075]), Earl of Northumbria 1067-1072, then of Dunbar, son of Maldred by Ealdgyth of Northumbria (Simeon of Durham: 'Cospatric son of Maldred son of Crinan', appointed Earl of Northumberland); bought the earldom from William I Dec 1067, having a hereditary claim through his mother; deprived 1072 and fled to Malcolm III, who granted him 'Dunbar with the lands adjacent in Lothian' (Simeon). Father of Waltheof of Allerdale and of Ethelreda (Duncan II). Wife not wired. NB not the Gospatric of Allerston (I101141). Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), read 5 Nov 2026: 'England, Anglo-Saxon nobility' (Northumbria: Uhtred, Ealdgyth, Gospatrick). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]