Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian

Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian or Earl of Dunbar, (d. 1138)^[1], was an Anglo-Saxon noble from the early 12th century.

He was the son of Gospatric I, sometime Earl of Northumbria (d. Gospatric or Cospatric (from the Cumbrian "Servant of Saint Patrick " (died after 1073 was Earl of Northumbria, or of Bernicia Earl of Northumbria was a title in the Anglo-Danish, late Anglo-Saxon, and early Anglo-Norman period in England. 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. Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh) called in most Anglicised regnal lists Malcolm III, and in later centuries 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". David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim ( Modern: Daibhidh I mac Chaluim; b Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman

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". The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton in which English forces repelled a Scottish army, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton ^[2]

He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar. Gospatric III (died 1166 was a twelfth century Anglo-Saxon noble who was Earl of Lothian later Earl of Dunbar, and feudal Lord of Beanley

Notes

^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 203, n. 4; the title "Earl of Dunbar" is not actually in use until the time of Earl Waltheof; see MacDonald, "Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. Waltheof (d 1182 Earl of Lothian or " Dunbar " and lord of Beanley, was a 12th century Anglo - Scottish noble 1182)".
^ Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 203 and n. 4.

References

Anderson, Alan Orr (ed. Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958 was a Scottish Historian and Compiler. ), Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, (London, 1908)
Macdonald, Alastair J. , "King's of the Wild Frontier? The earls of Dunbar or March, c. 1070-1435", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds. ), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, (Portland/Dublin, 2003), pp. 139-58
McDonald, R. Andrew, ‘Gospatric, first earl of Lothian (d. 1138)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Nov 2006
McDonald, Andrew, ‘Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 28 Nov 2006

Preceded by -	Earl of Lothian x1134 – 1138	Succeeded by Gospatrick III

The title Earl of Dunbar, also called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March, was a the head of a comital lordship in south-eastern Scotland between the early Gospatric III (died 1166 was a twelfth century Anglo-Saxon noble who was Earl of Lothian later Earl of Dunbar, and feudal Lord of Beanley

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