Earl Henry SINCLAIR, Of Or

1373 - 1421  (47 years)

• Name	Henry SINCLAIR
  Prefix	Earl
  Suffix	Of Or
  Birth	24 May 1373	Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland   [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
  Death	1 Feb 1421	Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland   [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 d. Abt 1438, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1407	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Beatrice SINCLAIR, Countess of Douglas,   b. Aft 1404, Brechin, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1463, Lanarkshire, Scotland, (Age ~ 58 years)   2. Katherine SINCLAIR,   b. 1405, Herdmanston, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1449, Seton, East Lothian, , Scotland (Age 44 years)   3. William SINCLAIR,   b. 1408, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland d. 29 Mar 1484, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland (Age 76 years)   4. Elizabeth SINCLAIR,   b. 1410, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland d. 8 Feb 1462, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)   5. Margaret SINCLAIR,   b. 1418, Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland d. 8 Feb 1462, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F11527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• 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. === 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

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