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Earl Henry SINCLAIR, Of Or

Earl Henry SINCLAIR, Of Or

Male 1373 - 1421  (47 years)

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  • Name Henry SINCLAIR 
    Prefix Earl 
    Suffix Of Or 
    Born 24 May 1373  Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID MF13-35Q 
    MilitaryService   [1
    captured following the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402, 
    TitleOfNobility   [1
    10th Baron Of Roslin 
    TitleOfNobility   [1
    2nd Earl of Orkney 
    Occupation   [1
    Chief Justice of Scotland 
    Occupation   [1
    Pantler of Scotland 
    _UID 4D35D17117344B008864C1356354C788427D 
    Died 1 Feb 1421  Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I25499  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Father Henry SINCLAIR,   b. Abt 1340,   d. Abt 1400  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Jean HALYBURTON,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Egidia (Jill) DOUGLAS,   b. Abt 1375, Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1438, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1407  Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Beatrice SINCLAIR, Countess of Douglas,   b. Aft 1404, Brechin, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1463, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     2. Katherine SINCLAIR,   b. 1405, Herdmanston, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1449, Seton, East Lothian, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     3. William SINCLAIR,   b. 1408, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1484, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Elizabeth SINCLAIR,   b. 1410, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1462, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     5. Margaret SINCLAIR,   b. 1418, Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1462, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F11527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Life Summary of Henry
      When Sir Henry Sinclair II, Baron Of Roslin, 2nd Earl Of Orkney was born in 1389, in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Henry 1st Earl of Orkney Baron of Rosslyn Sinclair, was 37 and his mother, Jean Haliburton, was 39. He married Countess Egidia Jill Douglas of Orkney on 17 February 1404, in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 1 February 1422, in Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, at the age of 33, and was buried in Midlothian, Scotland.


      Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney (c. 1375 ? 1420) was a Norwegian nobleman and Planter of Scotland.

      He was son of Henry Sinclair, the Earl of Orkney, by his wife Jean, daughter of John Halyburton of Dirleton. Sinclair was one of those captured following the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402, but released on ransom. He had succeeded his father, de facto, as Earl by 1404; there is no record that he was ever officially installed as Earl, and no certain record that he ever visited his Earldom.

      He was one of those who accompanied James Duke of Rothesay on his journey to France aboard the Maryenknyght, which was captured by English pirates off Flamborough Head in 1406. He followed the prince into captivity, but was soon released. Subsequently he was often in England on business connected with the king's imprisonment. He also spent some time in the service of the Duke of Burgundy.
      In about 1407 he married Egidia Douglas, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale and maternal granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland.

      *William Sinclair, last Jarl of Orkney, and first Earl of Caithness
      *Beatrix Sinclair, who married James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.
      Henry Sinclair died of influenza c. 1420.

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      additional information:
      The son: William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 3rd Earl of Orkney and founder of Rosslyn Chapel married three times - Elizabeth Douglass Dowager Countess of Buchan (who was also a wife of a Douglas previously) Marjory Sutherland of Dunbeath (the wife which shows up in the genealogy here) and Janet Yeman.



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Henry SINCLAIR, person ID MF13-35Q. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Egidia (Jill) DOUGLAS, person ID LRPD-JTK. (Reliability: 3).