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Personal data William Sinclair 1st Earl Caithness 

  • He was born in the year 1408 in Roslin Castle, Caithness, Scotland.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was older than 65 years (72) when child (Robert Sinclair) was born (??-??-1480).

  • He died on March 29, 1482 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 74 years old.
  • He is buried in Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Churchyard, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
  • A child of Henry Sinclair and Egidia Douglas
  • This information was last updated on October 19, 2023.

Household of William Sinclair 1st Earl Caithness

(1) He is married to Marjory Sutherland.

They got married on August 12, 1432, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eleanor Sinclair  1457-1518 
  2. George Sinclair  1453-1520
  5. Arthur Sinclair  ± 1462-1520
  6. William Sinclair  1463-1513
  7. Alexander Sinclair  1464-????
  8. Robert Sinclair  ± 1465-± 1506
  9. Robert Sinclair  1480-1507


(2) He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Douglas.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Sinclair

Henry Sinclair
1347-1404
Jean Haliburton
1358-1400
William Douglas
± 1370-????
Lady Egidia Stewart
1355-1388
Egidia Douglas
1387-> 1438

William Sinclair
1408-1482

(1) 1432

Marjory Sutherland
1424-1476

Eleanor Sinclair
1457-1518
George Sinclair
1453-1520
Lady Mariota Sinclair
1455-????
Sir Oliver Sinclair of Roslin
1460-1509
Arthur Sinclair
± 1462-1520
William Sinclair
1463-1513
Alexander Sinclair
1464-????
Robert Sinclair
± 1465-± 1506
Robert Sinclair
1480-1507
(2) 

Elizabeth Douglas
± 1394-1451


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Day of marriage August 12, 1432

  • Gravin Jacoba (Beiers Huis) was from 1417 till 1433 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1432: Source: Wikipedia
    • December 8 » The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.

Day of death March 29, 1482

  • Gravin Maria de Rijke (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1477 till 1482 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1482: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 15 » Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
    • August 24 » The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army.


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