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Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl 1457–1518 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Apr 1457

Birth Location: Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Mar 1518

Death Location: Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: William Caithness

Mother: Countess Orkney

Spouse(s): Sir Atholl

Children(s): Marjory Stewart

The story of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl began in 1457 in Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland. Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl married Sir John I The Hearty Stewart Knight Of Balveny Earlshill Lord Of Lorn Lord Of Balveny Lord Of Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Atholl, and had children including Marjory Stewart. Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl passed away in 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl began in 1457 in Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland.
  • Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl married Sir John I The Hearty Stewart Knight Of Balveny Earlshill Lord Of Lorn Lord Of Balveny Lord Of Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Atholl, and had children including Marjory Stewart.
  • Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl passed away in 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Eleanor Atholl's Ancestors

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Eleanor Atholl
1457–1518
Birth Place: Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Earl of Caithness
1404–1480
Roslin, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Countess (Marjory Sutherland of) Orkney
1424–1480
Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Grandparents
Henry (Sinclair, 2nd Earl of) Orkney
1375–1463
Brechin, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Egidia (Jill) Douglas
1391–1438
Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Orkney
1345–1400
Jean Halyburton
1350–1400
Sir Nithsdale
1362–1392
Egidia Stewart
–1391
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Roslin
1328–1358
John Haliburton
1356–1402
Margaret Cameron
1320–1380
Sir Nithsdale
1328–1400

Eleanor Atholl's Descendants

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Eleanor (Sinclair Countess of) Atholl (19 Apr 1457–21 Mar 1518) m. Sir (John I "the Hearty" Stewart Knight of Balveny & Earlshill, Lord of Lorn, Lord of Balveny, Lord of Auchterhouse, 1st Earl of) Atholl (21 Sep 1440–15 Sep 1512)
  1. 1. Marjory Stewart 1490–1524 m. William (Murray, Earl of) Castleton 1470–1513
    1. 1. Sir (William, Earl of Tullibardine and Montrose) Murray 1505–1562 m. Lady (Catherine (Countess of Montrose)) Campbell 1498–1577
      1. 1. Margaret Murray 1532–1618 m. James (Henry) Huttoun 1532–1618
        1. 1. Lady (Marion Helen) Hutton 1570–1620 m. Nicolas Hunter 1562–1620
    2. 2. Margaretha Murray 1489–
    3. 3. Andrew Murray 1500–
    4. 4. David Murray 1496–1551
    5. 5. Helen Murray 1502–
    6. 6. Mariotta Murray 1498–

Eleanor Atholl's Timeline

4 Records

1457
19 Apr 1457
Birth of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl in Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
1457
19 Apr 1457
Birth of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl in Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
1516
21 Mar 1516
Age 59
Death of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl in Laighwood Castle. Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Laighwood Castle. Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
1518
21 Mar 1518
Age 61
Death of Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl in Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1457
    Event Place: Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1457
    Event Place: Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1516
    Event Place: Laighwood Castle. Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1518
    Event Place: Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

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