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Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex 1046–1080 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1046

Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Dec 1080

Death Location: Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England

Father: Alfgar Mercia

Mother: Elfgifu Wessex

Spouse(s): Gospatric Northumbria

Children(s): Ethelreda Uhtreda, Maldred Northumbria, Sir Standard

The story of Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex began in 1046 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex married Gospatric Earl Of Northumbria, and had children including Ethelreda Dunbar Of Northumbria Possibly Queen Of Alba Conflated With Octreda Or Uhtreda, Maldred Dolfin Fitzgospatric Of Dunkeld Lord Of Carlisle Saxon Thane One Rank Below Lord Or Earl Of Kingdom Of Northumbria, Sir Gospatrick Ii Dunbar Earl Of Dunbar And Lothian Battle Of The Standard. Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex passed away in 1080 in Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England.

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  • The story of Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex began in 1046 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex married Gospatric Earl Of Northumbria, and had children including Ethelreda Dunbar Of Northumbria Possibly Queen Of Alba Conflated With Octreda Or Uhtreda, Maldred Dolfin Fitzgospatric Of Dunkeld Lord Of Carlisle Saxon Thane One Rank Below Lord Or Earl Of Kingdom Of Northumbria, Sir Gospatrick Ii Dunbar Earl Of Dunbar And Lothian Battle Of The Standard.
  • Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex passed away in 1080 in Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England.

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Aethelreda Wessex's Ancestors

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Aethelreda Wessex
1046–1080
Birth Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia
1002–1059
Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
Elfgifu (Aelgifu Princess of) Wessex
–1054
Wessex, England
Grandparents
Leofric (Leofwine III, The Great Earl of Mercia, Lord of) Coventry
–1057
Saxe, Mercia, Leicestershire, England
Godgifu ("Lady Godiva" de Lincoln de Mercia (Old English: Godgifu = god gift), rode naked thru streets of Coventry to gain a remission of oppressive) taxation
–1057
Coventry, Mercia, Anglo-Saxon England
Æthelred (II the Unready Mucel, King of England, ordered St. Brice's Day massacre of Danish settlers, following 991 Battle of Maldon, Æthelred paid) tribute
–1016
Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Ælfgifu (AElfleda of York) Thoreddottir
–1002
Wessex, England
Great-Grandparents
Leofwine Devonshire
–1028
Alwara Mercia
–1030
Thorold Mercia
–1041
Lady Malet
–1000
Edgar England
Aelfthryth England
–1000
Thored England
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edulph Devonshire
Aelfwyn Lady
–1000
Edmund England
Ælfgifu Shaftesbury

Aethelreda Wessex's Descendants

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Aethelreda (of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and) Wessex (1046–5 Dec 1080) m. Gospatric (Earl of) Northumbria (1040–15 Dec 1074)
  1. 1. Ethelreda (Dunbar of Northumbria, possibly Queen of Alba, conflated with Octreda or) Uhtreda 1068–1094 m. Duncan (II House of Dunkeld, King of) Scotland 1060–1094
    1. 1. William (fitz) Duncan 1090–1154 m. Alice (de) Rumilly 1115–1187
      1. 1. Amabel (Fitz) Duncan 1150–1201
  2. 2. Maldred (Dolfin FitzGospatric of Dunkeld, Lord of Carlisle, Saxon Thane (one rank below Lord or Earl)of Kingdom of) Northumbria 1074–
    1. 1. Swain (Uchtred FitzDolfin fitz Maldred, Lord of) Raby 1105–1140 m. Adelicia FitzWalcher 1104–
      1. 1. Dolfin (Maldred fitz Uchtred FitzSwain, Lord of) Raby –1172
        1. 1. Maldred (fitz Dolfin, Lord of) Raby 1138–1183 m. Joan (de) Stuteville –1197
  3. 3. Sir (Gospatrick II Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar and Lothian, Battle of the) Standard 1062–1138 m. Sybil (Morel, Countess of) Dunbar 1074–1117
    1. 1. Gospatrick (III de Dunbar, Earl of Lothian and later the Earl of Dunbar, and feudal Lord of) Beanley 1090–1166
      1. 1. Waltheof (Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Lothian or "Dunbar," lord of Beanley, Anglo-Scottish, hostage for release imprisoned King William I) 1175 1122–1182 m. Aline 1127–1179
        1. 1. Patrick (Dunbar, 4th Earl of Dunbar, lord of Beanley, Justiciar of Lothian as well as Warden of) Berwick-upon-Tweed 1152–1232 m. Pauline (Christina or Beatrice de) Teyden 1144–1170 m. Ada (MacCrinan nic Uilliam illegitimate) daughter 1164–1204
        2. 2. Lady (Helen "Alice" Dunbar, Baroness) Seton 1145–1240 m. Sir (Philip de Seton, Baron Seton of) Wynchburg 1135–1179
      2. 2. Sybil (Juliana de) Dunbar 1124–1179
    2. 2. Juliana (de Dunbar, founded Newminster) Abbey 1115–1201

Aethelreda Wessex's Timeline

2 Records

1046
1046
Birth of Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
1080
5 Dec 1080
Age 34
Death of Aethelreda of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and Wessex in buried Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
buried Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1046
    Event Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1080
    Event Place: buried Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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