Waltheof ( born Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar ; died in 1182 ) - Anglo-Scottish Baron of the XII century , 3rd Earl of Lothian or Dunbar (1166-1822), as well as Lord Binley.
| Valteof | |||||||
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| English Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Gospatrik III | ||||||
| Successor | Patrick I | ||||||
| Birth | unknown | ||||||
| Death | 1182 | ||||||
| Rod | Dunbaras | ||||||
| Father | Gospatrik III | ||||||
| Mother | Deidra | ||||||
| Spouse | Alina | ||||||
| Children | sons : Patrick I and Constantine daughters : helen | ||||||
Biography
The representative of the Scottish clan Dunbar . The eldest son of Gospatrik III, 2nd Earl of Lothian (1138–1166), and a certain Scottish Deidra.
Walteof’s grandfather, Gospatrik II, died in the Battle of Standards in 1138 , and his father, Gospatrik III, inherited Lothian County in southern Scotland. Richard Hexham reported that in 1139 the son of Count Gospatrick became the hostage of the King of England Stephen after the conclusion of a peace treaty with Scotland. It is believed that Waltheof became this hostage, although there is no evidence that he was the one. It is not known how long Waltheof was in England as a hostage, but his father Gospatrik III died in 1166 , and Valteof, apparently, became Count of Lothian already in 1165 . It is possible that his father Gospatrik III retired to Durham as a monk before his death.
Waltheof, Earl of Lothian, persuaded King William I of Leo of Scotland not to invade England, but the king invaded England in 1174 and was captured in the battle of Alnnik by supporters of Henry II Plantagenet . Walteof was involved in resolving the dispute between Abbot Melrose and Richard de Morville .
Waltheof was married to a certain Alina, probably a Scot. From marriage to her he had three children:
- Patrick I (1152–1232), Earl of Dunbar since 1182
- Konstantin
- Helen
Walteof passed away in 1182 . According to the Melrose Chronicle , he bore the title of “ Earl of Dunbar ”. Waltheof was the first lord of the house of Dunbar, who was called the “Earl of Dunbar” and not the “Earl of Lothian”.
Literature
- Andrew McDonald "Andrew McDonald," Waltheof, third earl of Lothian (d. 1182) ", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Richard Oram Domination and Lordship. Scotland 1070-1230 The New Edinburgh History of Scotland III. Edinburgh University Press, (Edinburgh 2011) ( ISBN 9780748614974 ).
Links
- Dunbar . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. The appeal date is September 19, 2014.