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SINCLAIR, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair
(About 1408-1482) |
SINCLAIR, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair 1 2
User ID: Y720. General Notes: "William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, was apparently the first to be styled Lord Sinclair." William married Elizabeth DOUGLAS, daughter of Archibald DOUGLAS 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine and Margaret STEWART, about 1435.1 2 (Elizabeth DOUGLAS was born about 1399 and died about 1451 2.) Marriage Notes: "Earl William died sometime between the date of the charter and 29 March 1482. He was three times married; first, to Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas, by Lady Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert III. She was already the widow of John, Earl of Buchan, Constable of France, and of Sir Thomas Stewart, son of Alexander, Earl of Mar." William next married Marjory SUTHERLAND, daughter of Alexander SUTHERLAND of Dunbeath and Mariota MACDONALD, after 1451.2 (Marjory SUTHERLAND was born about 1439.) Marriage Notes: "William, Earl of Caithness, married, secondly, before 15 November 1456, Marjory Sutherland, daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, sometimes, but wrongly, called Master of Sutherland. By her he had many children ..." |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).
4 Internet Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Sinclair.
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