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Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan 1457–1518 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Apr 1457

Birth Location: Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 21 March 1518

Death Location: Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland

Father: William Caithness

Mother: Lady Innes

Spouse(s): Sir Scotland

Children(s): Lady Bothwell

In 1457, Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan entered the world in Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland, born to William Henry Marishal Sinclair Second Earl Of Caithness And Lady Elizabeth Innes. Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan married Sir Lord John I The Hearty Stewart Knight Of Balveny Amp Earlshill Lord Of Lorn Balveny Amp Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Atholl Earl Of Balveny Amp Buchan Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotland, and had children including Lady Agnes Isabella Isabel Stewart Lady Of Traquhair Countess Of Bothwell. Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan passed away in 1518 in Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland.

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  • In 1457, Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan entered the world in Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland, born to William Henry Marishal Sinclair Second Earl Of Caithness And Lady Elizabeth Innes.
  • Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan married Sir Lord John I The Hearty Stewart Knight Of Balveny Amp Earlshill Lord Of Lorn Balveny Amp Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Atholl Earl Of Balveny Amp Buchan Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotland, and had children including Lady Agnes Isabella Isabel Stewart Lady Of Traquhair Countess Of Bothwell.
  • Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan passed away in 1518 in Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland.

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Lady Buchan's Ancestors

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Lady Buchan
1457–1518
Birth Place: Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
Parents
William Henry Marishal Sinclair, Second Earl of Caithness
1459–1513
Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Innes
1485–1557
Innes, Moray, Scotland
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Lady Buchan's Descendants

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Lady (Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl &) Buchan (19 Apr 1457–21 March 1518) m. Sir (Lord John I "The Hearty" Stewart, Knight of Balveny & Earlshill, Lord of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 1st Earl of Atholl, Earl of Balveny & Buchan, Lord Great Chamberlain of) Scotland (21 Sep 1439–15 Sep 1512)
  1. 1. Lady (Agnes Isabella "Isabel" Stewart, Lady of Traquhair, Countess of) Bothwell 1475–1557 m. Adam (Hepburn Earl van Bothwell Lord) Hailes 1457–1513
    1. 1. Patrick (II The Fair Hepburn Earl van Bothwell Earl of) Bothwell 1512–1556 m. Agnes Sinclair 1495–1572
      1. 1. Lady (JEAN \ Janet of Aubigny (xxx) Lady Bothwell HEPBURN (m1. Stewart) (m2. Sinclair) (m3.) Douglas) 1543–1599 m. JOHN ("Garrow" (Graham) Lord Berriedale, Master of Caithness SINCLAIR \ St. Clair \ Saint) Clair 1543–1576
        1. 1. George (Fifth Earl of Caithness The Wicked") Sinclair 1566–1643 m. Lady (Jean Gordon of) Huntly 1560–1615

Lady Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1457
19 Apr 1457
Birth of Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan in Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
Argyll, Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
1518
21 March 1518
Age 61
Death of Lady Eleanor Sinclair, Lady of Orkney & Fife, Baroness of Lorn, Balveny & Auchterhouse, 2nd Countess of Balveny, Countess of Atholl & Buchan in Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland
Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 March 1518
    Event Place: Laighwood, Perth, Atholl (now northern Perthshire), Scotland

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