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    Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin (c. 1345 – c. 1400) was a Scottish nobleman. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar...
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  • granddaughter of Robert II of Scotland. He was also the grandson of Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney. His father Henry, who had been a de facto Jarl of Orkney, died...
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  • Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (c. 1375 – 1420) was the Jarl (Earl) of Orkney, Baron of Roslin and Pantler of Scotland. According to Roland Saint-Clair...
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  • Henry Sinclair may refer to: Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (1345–1400), Norwegian nobleman Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (c. 1375–1422), Norwegian...
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    Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness. The Sinclairs are believed to have come...
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    Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern...
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    Frisland (category Phantom islands of the Atlantic Ocean)
    between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands in his book arguing the case that Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney visited North America. Even in the...
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    James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell (c. 1534 – 14 April 1578), better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was a prominent Scottish nobleman...
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    The Earldom of Orkney was a Norse territory ruled by the earls (or jarls) of Orkney from the ninth century until 1472. It was founded during the Viking...
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  • by their emperors. Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, takes control of the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands. The University of Ferrara is founded...
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  • baron Henry St. Clair (American politician), politician who represented Macon County, Alabama in 1872 Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney Henry II Sinclair, Earl...
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    Orcadians (category History of Orkney)
    Rognvald) (c. 1103–1158), Earl of Orkney 1136–1158 Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (c. 1345–1400), Earl of Orkney Julyan Sinclair, television presenter Bessie...
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  • the Scottish explorer Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, reaches North America. August 19 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet...
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    the sole heiress of Malise V, Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness. They had a son, Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, who was in minority...
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    century, perhaps begun by Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin (c. 1345–1400). The Sinclair, or St Clare, family were of French origin, and have...
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  • Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland...
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    son, Henry Sinclair, 4th Lord Sinclair, was made Lord Sinclair based on his descent from his great-grandfather, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, the...
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    Ravenscraig Castle (category Districts of Scotland)
    ancestors lie buried, while Rosabelle herself lies drowned. Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, who built the first Rosslyn castle in the 11th century, was...
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    Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/), also known as the Orkney Islands or, the often deprecated, Orkneys, is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Part of the...
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    Eday (redirect from Eday, Orkney)
    Africans adhering to Judaism". The Sinclair's, descendants of Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, were a powerful force in Orkney from the 14th to the 16th century...
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  • Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Lady Eleanor Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. They had issue: Matthew...
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    "Drosteness" by the Earl of Bothwell, who was briefly Duke of Orkney. Sinclair employed a legal clerk or writer called Peter Hog who was the scribe of his official...
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  • (eldest brothers of Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney), Sir Alan Cathcart (Clan Cathcart) and the brothers Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig and Sir Walter Logan...
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  • Hector de Valois. He is a direct descendant of Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney. John Sinclair is described as 1.90m tall, blond in his middle thirties...
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  • by their emperors. Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, takes control of the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands. The University of Ferrara is founded...
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    genuinely buried post-Classic offering at Calixtlahuaca. Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and feudal baron of Roslin (c. 1345 – c. 1400), was a Scottish nobleman...
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    included Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Alexander Seaton, the nephew of Sir David Fleming, and Orkney's brother John Sinclair, following the earl's return...
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    married to Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney He is also said to be the second husband of Marjorie Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas...
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    1390s, Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, took possession of the islands (as vassal of Norway, however) and for some time they were part of the Sinclair principality...
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    voyage in 1398 by a captain named Zichmni, believed to be Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, is also claimed to have reached Atlantic Canada as well as...
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