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Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle 1355–1400 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1355

Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1400

Death Location: Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Father: Sir Dirleton

Mother: Margaret Ballegarno

Spouse(s): Henry Cousland, Henry Shetland

Children(s): Henry Orkney, Jean Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Mary Sinclair, William Sinclair, Henry Sinclair, Beatrix SINCLAIR, Helen Sinclair, Lord Shetland, Marjory Sinclair, King Sinclair, Beatrice Sinclair, Beatrix Sinclair, Lady Douglas, Margaret Sinclair, Jean Sinclair, Henry Orkney, Elizabeth Sinclair, William Sinclair, John Shetland, Margaret Sinclair, Helen Sinclair, Lady Borthwick, Mary Sinclair, Henry Orkney, Lady Sinclair, Sir Sinclair

In 1355, Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle entered the world in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir William John Halyburton Haliburton Earl Of Dirleton And Margaret Cameron Of Ballegarno. Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle married Henry I Knight Templar Sinclair Earl Of Orkney Baron Of Roslin Pentland And Cousland, Henry Sinclair St Clair 1St Earl Of Orkney Lord Prince Of Shetland, and had children including Beatrice Sinclair, Beatrix Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Helen Sinclair, Henry Ii Sinclair Knight Templar 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Henry Sinclair 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Henry Sinclair, Henry Sinclair St Clair Orkney, Jean Sinclair, John Sinclair Lord Shetland, King Henryii Of Orkney Sinclair, Lady Beatrix Desinclair Countess Douglas, Lady Catherine Baroness Borthwick, Lady Jean De St Clair Sinclair, Lord Shetland, Margaret Sinclair, Marjory Sinclair, Mary Sinclair, Sir John De St Clair Sinclair, William Sinclair. Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle passed away in 1400 in Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1355, Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle entered the world in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir William John Halyburton Haliburton Earl Of Dirleton And Margaret Cameron Of Ballegarno.
  • Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle married Henry I Knight Templar Sinclair Earl Of Orkney Baron Of Roslin Pentland And Cousland, Henry Sinclair St Clair 1St Earl Of Orkney Lord Prince Of Shetland, and had children including Beatrice Sinclair, Beatrix Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Helen Sinclair, Henry Ii Sinclair Knight Templar 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Henry Sinclair 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Henry Sinclair, Henry Sinclair St Clair Orkney, Jean Sinclair, John Sinclair Lord Shetland, King Henryii Of Orkney Sinclair, Lady Beatrix Desinclair Countess Douglas, Lady Catherine Baroness Borthwick, Lady Jean De St Clair Sinclair, Lord Shetland, Margaret Sinclair, Marjory Sinclair, Mary Sinclair, Sir John De St Clair Sinclair, William Sinclair.
  • Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle passed away in 1400 in Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

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Jean Castle's Ancestors

Self
Jean Castle
1355–1400
Birth Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir William John Halyburton (Haliburton) Earl of Dirleton
1335–1402
Dirleton, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret (Cameron of) Ballegarno
1338–1360
Ballegarno Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Haliburton Lord of) Dirleton
1313–1355
Haliburton, Berwick, Scotland
Johannes (De) Vaux
1312–1355
Dirleton, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Castle's Descendants

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Jean (Janet Halyburton of Direlton) Castle (1355–1400) m. Henry (I* Knight Templar Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin,Pentland and) Cousland (1345–1404, killed by English seamen while defending the Orkney Islands) m. Henry (Sinclair\St. Clair 1st Earl of Orkney Lord Prince of) Shetland (1345–1404)
  1. 1. Henry (II Sinclair Knight Templar, 2nd Earl of) Orkney 1375–1421 m. Egidia Douglas 1391–1438 m. Elizabeth Douglas 1415–2002
    1. 1. Lady (Beatrix Beatrice Sinclair, Countess) Douglas 1407–1462
    2. 2. Henry Sinclair 1388–1404
    3. 3. Beatrix (Sinclair Clair Countess) Orkney 1398–1461
    4. 4. Helen Sinclair 1369–
    5. 5. Margaret Sinclair 1419–
    6. 6. LORD (WILLIAM 3rd EARL OF ORKNEY) SINCLAIR 1404–1480 m. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Countess of) Buchan 1394–1451 m. Jane Edmonston 1407–1483 m. Marjory Sutherland 1436–1480 m. Marjory Leslie 1410–
      1. 1. Catherine (Sinclair Duchess) Albany 1453–1486 m. Alexander, (1st Duke of Albany,) Stewart 1454–1485
        1. 1. Margaret Stewart 1476–1542
        2. 2. Andrew Stewart 1492–1504
        3. 3. John Stewart 1484–1536
        4. 4. Alexander ((of Pitcairn) Stewart) ** 1478–1537 m. Margaret Crichton 1480–1546
        5. 5. Andrew Stewart 1477–1479
      2. 2. William (2nd Lord of St Clare) Sinclair 1430–1487
      3. 3. Elizabeth SINCLAIR 1460–1498
      4. 4. ELEANOR SINCLAIR 1457–1517
      5. 5. Mariota Sinclair 1435–1496
      6. 6. Catherine SINCLAIR 1442–1479
      7. 7. Robert Sinclair 1461–
      8. 8. Oliver Sinclair 1457–1520
      9. 9. Margaret Sinclair 1465–
      10. 10. William, (2nd Earl of Caithness,) Sinclair 1459–1513
      11. 11. Marjory Sinclair 1460–1480
      12. 12. John Sinclair 1458–
      13. 13. Arthur Sinclair 1462–
      14. 14. Sir (Oliver Sinclair) Roslin 1475–1509
      15. 15. Catherine Sinclair 1461–1486
      16. 16. Elizabeth Sinclair 1456–1498
      17. 17. Mariot sinclair 1455–
      18. 18. George Sinclair 1460–
      19. 19. Alexander Sinclair 1459–
      20. 20. William Sinclair 1459–1513
      21. 21. Marjory Sinclair 1455–1480
      22. 22. Susan Sinclair 1442–1486
      23. 23. Catherine SINCLAIR 1476–1486
      24. 24. Elizabeth Sinclair 1456–1498
      25. 25. Margaret Stewart 1406–
      26. 26. Sir (Oliver Sinclair) Roslin 1450–1520
      27. 27. Margaret Sinclair 1465–
    7. 7. Sir (William Sinclair) Orkney 1404–1480 m. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Countess of) Buchan 1394–1451
    8. 8. Sir (William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 3rd Earl of Orkney, Knight) Templar 1404–1482
  2. 2. Jean Sinclair 1370–1406
  3. 3. Elizabeth Sinclair 1363–1460
  4. 4. Mary Sinclair 1370–1415
  5. 5. William Sinclair 1392–1481
  6. 6. Henry Sinclair 1389–1422 m. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Countess of) Buchan 1394–1451
  7. 7. Beatrix SINCLAIR 1377–1463
  8. 8. Helen Sinclair 1387–
  9. 9. Lord Shetland 1376–
  10. 10. Marjory Sinclair 1391–
  11. 11. King (HenryII Of Orkney) Sinclair 1375–1421
  12. 12. Beatrice Sinclair 1400–1461
  13. 13. Beatrix Sinclair 1390–1428
  14. 14. Lady (Beatrix deSinclair Countess) Douglas 1391–1462
  15. 15. Margaret Sinclair 1385–
  16. 16. Jean Sinclair 1383–
  17. 17. Henry (Sinclair 2nd Earl of) Orkney 1366–1421 m. Egidia Douglas 1391–1438
    1. 1. Sir (William Sinclair 3rd Earl of Orkney; 1st Earl of Caithness; Baron of Roslin; Knight Templar; Builder of Roslyn) Chapel 1410–1484 m. Jane Edmonston 1407–1483 m. Marion Sutherland* 1438–1488 m. Elizabeth Douglas 1415–2002
      1. 1. Lady (Eleanor Sinclair Countess of) Atholl 1457–1519 m. Lord (High Sir Archibald Gillispe Second Earl of Argyll Campbell 2nd Earl of) Argyll 1466–1513 m. Sir (John Atholl) Stewart 1440–1512
        1. 1. Marjorie (Stewart** Baroness) Campbell 1469–1524 m. Colin (Richard 3rd Laird of Glenorchy) Campbell 1480–1523
        2. 2. Marjory Stewart 1490–1524 m. Colin (Richard 3rd Laird of Glenorchy) Campbell 1480–1523
        3. 3. Christian (Stewart) Sinclair 1476–1538
        4. 4. Lady (Catherine) Stewart 1473–1538
        5. 5. Elizabeth Stewart 1465–1529
        6. 6. Margaret Stewart 1466–
        7. 7. Katherine STEWART 1461–1510
        8. 8. Isabel Stewart 1460–1516
        9. 9. Lady (Anne) Stewart 1475–
        10. 10. Andrew Stewart 1485–1542
        11. 11. John (2nd Earl of Atholl) Stewart 1478–1521 m. Mary (Jane "Janet" Campbell ( Lady) Argyll) 1486–1546
        12. 12. Elspeth (Elizabeth) Stewart 1494–1564
        13. 13. Agnes Stewart 1494–1590
        14. 14. Joanna Stewart 1450–1510
        15. 15. Elizabeth Gordon 1499–1529
        16. 16. Jean STEWART 1481–1550
        17. 17. Jean (Atholl) Stewart 1479–1522
        18. 18. Anne (Atholl) Stewart 1499–1529
        19. 19. Lady (Agnes) Stewart 1495–1557
        20. 20. Anne Stewart 1492–1564
        21. 21. Lady (Margaret Stewart Atholl Countess) Castletown 1476–1543
        22. 22. Elspeth Stewart 1492–1516
      2. 2. Arthur Sinclair 1462–1513
      3. 3. Catherine Sinclair 1442–1479
      4. 4. Alexander Sinclair 1459–1518
      5. 5. Elizabeth Sinclair 1460–1498
      6. 6. Marjory Sinclair 1460–1480
      7. 7. George Sinclair 1460–1520
      8. 8. Sir (Oliver) Sinclair 1457–1509
      9. 9. Mariota Sinclair 1435–1496
      10. 10. Robert SINCLAIR 1442–
      11. 11. Catherine Sinclair 1453–
      12. 12. William (Sinclair 2nd Lord of St.) Clair 1451–
      13. 13. Katherine Sinclair 1461–
    2. 2. Beatrice Sinclair 1398–1462 m. James Douglas 1386–1443
  18. 18. Elizabeth Sinclair 1376–1396
  19. 19. William Sinclair 1389–1411
  20. 20. John (Sinclair Lord) Shetland 1376–1418
  21. 21. Margaret Sinclair 1385–
  22. 22. Helen Sinclair 1387–1415
  23. 23. Lady (Catherine Baroness) Borthwick 1383–1473
  24. 24. Mary Sinclair 1380–1410
  25. 25. Henry (Sinclair (St. Clair)) Orkney 1389–1422
  26. 26. Lady (Jean de St Clair) Sinclair 1382–1415
  27. 27. Sir (John de St Clair) Sinclair 1375–1420

Jean Castle's Timeline

4 Records

1355
1355
Birth of Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
1357
1357
Age 2
Birth of Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle in Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
1400
1400
Age 45
Death of Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle in Roslin Castle, Caithness, Midlothian, Scotland
Roslin Castle, Caithness, Midlothian, Scotland
1400
1400
Age 45
Death of Jean Janet Halyburton of Direlton Castle in Islands, Orkney, Scotland
Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1357
    Event Place: Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1355
    Event Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Roslin Castle, Caithness, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Islands, Orkney, Scotland

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