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Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas 1388–1438 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1388

Birth Location: Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1438

Death Location: Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Father: Willem Nithsdale

Mother: Egidia Nithsdale

Spouse(s): Henry Sinclair

Children(s): William Orkney

The story of Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas began in 1388 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas married Henry Knight Templar 2Nd Earl Of Orkney Sinclair, and had children including William 1St Earl Of Caithness St Clair Sinclair 3Rd Earl Of Orkney. Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas passed away in 1438 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas began in 1388 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas married Henry Knight Templar 2Nd Earl Of Orkney Sinclair, and had children including William 1St Earl Of Caithness St Clair Sinclair 3Rd Earl Of Orkney.
  • Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas passed away in 1438 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willem Nithsdale
1365–1392
Birth Location: –
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Egidia Nithsdale
1358–1395
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Henry Sinclair
1375–1420
Birth Location: Rosslyn Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Orkney
1408–1482
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Countess Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Countess Douglas
1388–1438
Birth Place: Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Willem Douglas Lord van Galloway en Nithsdale
1365–1392
Egidia (Lady Stuart van) Nithsdale
1358–1395
Grandparents
Archibald (Earl Douglas) III
1328–1400
Hermiston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
Johanna Murray
1345–1409
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Robert (II Stuart Koning van) Schotland
1316–1390
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Schotland
Euphemia Dunkeld
1325–1387
Fearn, Ross en Cromarty, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1300–1330
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1255–1298

Countess Douglas's Descendants

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Countess (Egidia Jill Orkney) Douglas (1388–1438) m. Henry (Knight Templar, 2nd Earl of Orkney) Sinclair (1375–1 Feb 1420)
  1. 1. William (1st Earl of Caithness St Clair\Sinclair 3rd Earl of) Orkney 1408–1482 m. Marjory (Leslie, Lady Marjory, Countess of Caithness and Orkney Sutherland of Dunbeath William's 2nd) wife 1436–1480
    1. 1. Lady (Eleanor Countess Atholl) Sinclair 1457–1518 m. Sir (John I "Balveny" Stewart, Prince of Scotland, 1st Earl of) Atholl 1437–1512
      1. 1. Agnes (Elizabeth) Stewart 1500–1557 m. John (Wallace*) Sir 1497–1586 m. James (IV Stewart) (SCOTLAND) 1472–1513 m. Malcolm Fleming 1494–1547
        1. 1. James Wallace 1525–1600 m. Nancy (Jane Sickles-) Wallace 1525–1545 m. Nancy Sickles 1893–1545

Countess Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1388
1388
Birth of Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas in Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1438
1438
Age 50
Death of Countess Egidia Jill Orkney Douglas in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland
Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1388
    Event Place: Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1438
    Event Place: Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland
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