Edgar (Dunbar) of Dunbar (bef. 1130 - aft. 1179)

Born before 1130 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1179 after age 49 in Drigg Carleton, Cumberland, England

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Biography

Edgar (Dunbar) of Dunbar is a member of Clan Dunbar.

Edgar Unnithing^[1] (living c.1130s)^[2] was an illegitimate son of Gospatric II, 2nd earl of Dunbar.^[3][4]

Parents

Gospatric, 2nd Earl of Dunbar (brother of Dolphin)^[1] and a mistress.^[3]

Spouse and Issue

He married (c.1150/62) Alice (Father: Ivo FitzForne of Greystoke).^[2][5]

Issue:

• Alexander^[1]

Research Notes

Note: Gospatric I did not have a son named Edgar, but Gospatric II did. corrected link is above in Bio.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Collectanea topographica et genealogica, Volume 3, p. 396 Northumberland Pipe Rolls 1171, 1179 A.D.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} MedLands, "Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Raine, James, ed.,"The Priory of Hexham: Prior Richard's history of the church of Hexham" (Surtees Society, 1863) p. 95, footnotes.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian
5. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004) page 49.

See also:

• Cawley, C. (2006)."Scotland, mormaers, earls, lords." Medieval Lands v.3 .
• Weis, F. L., Sheppard, W.L., Beall, W.R., & Beall, K.E. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals, (pp.49). Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.
• "XL. Charters respecting the Gospatric and other northern families, from the Newminster Chartulary and Lord Wallace's muniments; communicated by the Rev. John Hodgson, M.R.I.S., Vicar of Hartburn," (1836). Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, (Vol.3, pp.396). London: John Bowyer Nichols and son. Google Books