Person:Henry Sinclair (32)
Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney
b.Abt 1345
d.Abt 1400
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of OrkneyAbt 1345 - Abt 1400
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of OrkneyAbt 1345 - Abt 1400
  • W.  Jean Halyburton
  1. Lady Elizabeth Sinclair1363 -
  2. Henry II Sinclair, Earl of OrkneyAbt 1375 - 1422
  3. Beatrice Sinclair1402 -
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Facts and Events
Name Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney
Alt Name Henry St. Clair, 1st Earl of Orkney
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1345
Marriage to Jean Halyburton
Death[1] Abt 1400
Reference Number? Q1233728?


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Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin was a Scottish and a Norwegian nobleman. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar rather than just the islands of Orkney) and was Lord High Admiral of Scotland under the King of Scotland. He was sometimes identified by another spelling of his surname, St. Clair. He was the grandfather of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, the builder of Rosslyn Chapel. He was best known today because of a modern legend that he took part in explorations of Greenland and North America almost 100 years before Christopher Columbus. William Thomson, in his book The New History of Orkney, wrote: "It has been Earl Henry's singular fate to enjoy an ever-expanding posthumous reputation which has very little to do with anything he achieved in his lifetime."

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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