Person:William Sinclair (55)
William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness
b.1459 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
d.9 Sep 1513 Branxton, Northumberland, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Nov 1456
  1. Lady Eleanor Sinclair1457 - 1518
  2. William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness1459 - 1513
  3. Sir Oliver Sinclair - Bef 1523
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness1459 - 1513
  • W.  Mary Keith
  1. John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness - 1529
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Facts and Events
Name William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1459 Kirkcaldy, Fife, ScotlandRavenscraig Castle
Marriage to Mary Keith
Death[1] 9 Sep 1513 Branxton, Northumberland, England Combatant of Flodden
Reference Number? Q8018461?
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William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness

  • Henderson, John. Caithness family history. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1884), Pages 4, 5.
II. William, Second Earl, obtained a charter from King James III., on his father’s resignation in 1476, of the earldom, including the patronage of the Hospital of St. Magnus, at Spittal. In 1505 he sat in Parliament as Earl of Caithness, and in 1513 he fell at Flodden.
By his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Keith of Inveruggie, he had –
1. John, his successor.
2. Alexander, ancestor of the first family of Sinclair of Stemster and Dunbeath.
He had also a natural son, William, who was legitimized in 1543, but of whose descendants, if any, no account has been discovered.


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William Sinclair (1459 – 9 September 1513) was a nobleman, the 2nd Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Henderson, John. Caithness family history. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1884)
    Pages 4, 5.

    II. William, Second Earl, obtained a charter from King James III., on his father’s resignation in 1476, of the earldom, including the patronage of the Hospital of St. Magnus, at Spittal. In 1505 he sat in Parliament as Earl of Caithness, and in 1513 he fell at Flodden.

    By his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Keith of Inveruggie, he had –

    1. John, his successor.
    2. Alexander, ancestor of the first family of Sinclair of Stemster and Dunbeath.

    He had also a natural son, William, who was legitimized in 1543, but of whose descendants, if any, no account has been discovered.

  3.   William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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