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Countess Eleanor Sinclair 1457–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Spouse(s): John Stewart

Children(s): Agnes Stewart, John Stuart, Elizabeth Stewart

Countess Eleanor Sinclair was born in 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Earl William Sinclair Of Orkney And Caithneas And Marjory Sutherland Of Dunbeath. Countess Eleanor Sinclair married John Stewart, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, John Stuart. Countess Eleanor Sinclair passed away in 1590 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Countess Eleanor Sinclair was born in 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Earl William Sinclair Of Orkney And Caithneas And Marjory Sutherland Of Dunbeath.
  • Countess Eleanor Sinclair married John Stewart, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, John Stuart.
  • Countess Eleanor Sinclair passed away in 1590 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

John Stewart
1442–1499
Birth Location: Lorne Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Agnes Stewart
1494–1590
Birth Location: Rawkerayne, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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John Stuart
1478–1521
Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, Schotland
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Elizabeth Stewart
1465–1529
Birth Location: Darnley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
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Countess Sinclair's Ancestors

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Countess Sinclair
1457–1590
Birth Place: Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Countess Sinclair's Descendants

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Countess (Eleanor) Sinclair (1457–1590) m. John Stewart (1442–1499)
  1. 1. Agnes Stewart 1494–1590 m. John Michell 1490–1539
    1. 1. Agnes Mitchell 1511–1553 m. George Woodward 1507–1552
      1. 1. Margaret Woodward 1535–1622 m. William Pope 1529–1593
        1. 1. Pope, (Alice) Pope 1549–1576 m. Edward Love 1548–1607
      2. 2. John Woodward 1538–1566
  2. 2. John Stuart 1478–1521 m. Jeanette Campbell 1480–1546 m. Janet (Mary) Campbell 1486–1546
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Elisabeth Stewart of) Knockie 1509–1555 m. John (III "The Gentle" Grant (4th Earl van Freuchie; 12th Earl of Grant)) III 1507–1585
      1. 1. Lady (Barbara Grant. Lady of Freuchie, Baroness) Kintail 1551– m. Colin (('Cam Or One Eyed) MacKenzie Baron of) Kintail 1536–1594
        1. 1. Kenneth (I, Sir 1st Lord MacKenzie, 12th Baron of Kintail Baron of) Kintail 1569–1611 m. Lady (Jean "Anne" Ross of) Balnagowan 1572–1604
        2. 2. Katherine (Mackenzie Of) Kintail 1574–1593 m. Simon Fraser 1569–1633
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Isabel) Stewart 1519–1525 m. Kenneth (Mackenzie Laird of) Kintail 1513–1561
      1. 1. Colin (('Cam Or One Eyed) MacKenzie Baron of) Kintail 1536–1594 m. Lady (Barbara Grant. Lady of Freuchie, Baroness) Kintail 1551–
      2. 2. Janet (MacKenzie Of) Kintail 1533–1562
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Chisholm of Stratglass) XV 1550–1590 m. Janet (of Guisachan) Fraser 1561–1608
        2. 2. Elizabeth (MacKenzie Of) Kintail 1550–
    3. 3. John (Stewart 3rd Of) Atholl 1507–1542 m. Grizel Rattray 1511–1542
      1. 1. John (Stewart 4th Earl Of) Atholl 1535–1579 m. Margaret (Bridget) Fleming 1530–1586 m. Elizabeth Gordon –1557
        1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart 1555–1595 m. Hugh Fraser* 1544–1576
      2. 2. Isabelle Stewart 1540–
  3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1465–1529 m. Gillespie (Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Of) Argyll 1460–1513 m. Sir (Andrew) Gray 1465–1514
    1. 1. Matthew (Stewart Earl Van) Lennox 1472–1513 m. Elizabeth (Hamilton Countess Of) Lennox 1475–1531
      1. 1. Margaret (Isabella) Stewart 1505–1543 m. Sir (Hugo\Hugh Campbell, Laird of) Loudoun 1502–1560 m. John (James Drummond, of Innerpeffrey, Sir,) Knight* 1500–1531
        1. 1. Matthew (Ayr) Campbell 1531–1593 m. Isabell Campbell 1532–1568
        2. 2. Marion Campbell 1528–1581
        3. 3. Sir (Knight Matthew) Campbell 1531–1593
    2. 2. Colin Campbell 1482–1529 m. Lady (Janet "Jean" Gordon of) Huntly 1479–1530
      1. 1. Sir (Gillespic Roy Archibald Campbell, Master of The King's) Household 1508–1558 m. Margaretha Graham 1522–1545 m. Lady (Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver) Cunningham 1528–1576 m. Helen Hamilton 1515–1540
        1. 1. Margaretha Campbell 1550–1597 m. Thomas (IV Lord Boyd Van) Kilmarnock 1545–1610 m. Lord (James Stewart Of) Doune 1529–1590
        2. 2. Janet (of Argyll) Campbell 1540–1577 m. Hector (Mac-Lean Laird van) Duart 1535–1573
        3. 3. Colin Campbell 1542–
    3. 3. Margaret Campbell 1485–1555 m. John Erskine 1487–1552
      1. 1. Margaret Erskine 1515–1572 m. King (James Stewart) V 1512–1542 m. Robert Douglas 1515–1547
        1. 1. Janet Douglas 1536–1582 m. James (Colville Of Easter) Wemyss 1532–1562
        2. 2. James Stewart 1532–1568 m. Lady (Agnes) Keith 1530–1588
        3. 3. Catherine Douglas 1530–
        4. 4. George Douglas 1544–1625
        5. 5. Jean Stewart 1528–1586
        6. 6. Sir (William Douglas, 6th Earl of) Morton 1540–1606 m. Lady (Agnes Leslie) Rothes 1537–1606
        7. 7. Margaret Stewart 1539–
        8. 8. Euphemia Douglas 1547–
        9. 9. Euphemia Douglas 1533–1580
        10. 10. Janet Douglas 1535–
        11. 11. Arthur (of) Scotland 1541–1541
        12. 12. Robert (IV Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1535–1580 m. Christiana (- 4th Countess of Buchan) Stewart 1544–1580
      2. 2. Thomas (Erskine Master van) Mar 1520–1551 m. Margaret (Bridget) Fleming 1530–1586
      3. 3. Catharina Erskine 1510–1572 m. Alexander (2nd Lord of) Elphinstone 1510–1547
        1. 1. Margaret Elphinstone 1528–
        2. 2. Robert (3rd Lord) Elphinstone 1530–1602
        3. 3. Marjory Elphinstone 1560–
        4. 4. Isobel Elphinstone 1532–1584
      4. 4. John (Erskine) II 1525–1572
    4. 4. Lady (Janet) Gray 1500–1539 m. Sir (William Alexander of Inverugie) Keith* 1500–1522 m. David Wemyss 1490–
      1. 1. Margaret Keith 1510–1556 m. Sir (William) Keith 1506–1581
        1. 1. Lord (William) Keith 1527–1580 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hay 1531–1553
        2. 2. Joneta\Johanna\Janet Keith 1545–1596 m. James Crichton 1541–1612
      2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith 1520–1604
    5. 5. Jeanette Campbell 1480–1546 m. John Stuart 1478–1521
    6. 6. John (Campbell Of) Calder 1490–1546 m. Morella (Muriel) Calder 1498–1575
      1. 1. Lady (Janet Campbell, Lady of) Cawdor 1531–1561 m. Lord (Alexander Frazier, 4th Lord Fraser of) Lovat 1527–1557
        1. 1. James (Alexander) Fraser 1544–1620 m. Catherine Bayne 1548–
        2. 2. Thomas (Alexander) Fraser 1545–1613
        3. 3. Anne Fraser 1556–
        4. 4. Hugh Fraser* 1544–1576 m. Elizabeth Stewart 1555–1595

Countess Sinclair's Timeline

4 Records

1457
19 April 1457
Birth of Countess Eleanor Sinclair in Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1457
1457
Birth of Countess Eleanor Sinclair
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1518
21 March 1518
Age 61
Death of Countess Eleanor Sinclair in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 133
Death of Countess Eleanor Sinclair
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 April 1457
    Event Place: Ravenscraig Castle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 March 1518
    Event Place: Dunkeld, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
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