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Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar 1220–1248 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1220

Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: Apr 1248

Death Location: Orkney, Scotland

Father: Duncan Mar

Mother: Orabile Mar

Spouse(s): Henry Sinclair

Children(s): Amicia Sinclair, William Sinclair, Mary Sinclair

Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar was born in 1220 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Duncan Mac Mormaer 4Th Earl Of Mar And Orabile Lady Of Mar. Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar married Henry V Laird Of Rosslyn Sinclair, and had children including Amicia Lady Of Rosslyn Castle Sinclair, Mary Sinclair, William Sinclair. Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar passed away in 1248 in Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar was born in 1220 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Duncan Mac Mormaer 4Th Earl Of Mar And Orabile Lady Of Mar.
  • Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar married Henry V Laird Of Rosslyn Sinclair, and had children including Amicia Lady Of Rosslyn Castle Sinclair, Mary Sinclair, William Sinclair.
  • Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar passed away in 1248 in Orkney, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duncan Mar
1153–1242
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
DM
Orabile Mar
1152–
Birth Location: Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
OM

Spouses(s)

Henry Sinclair
1214–1270
Birth Location: Roslin, Midlothian, , Scotland
HS

Children(s)

Amicia Sinclair
1237–1299
Birth Location: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
AS
William Sinclair
1245–1297
Birth Location: Roslin Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
WS
Mary Sinclair
1236–1271
Birth Location: Dunnyglass, Scotland
MS

Margaret Mar's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Mar
1220–1248
Birth Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Duncan Mac Mormaer 4th Earl of Mar
1153–1242
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Orabile (Lady of) Mar
1152–
Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Morgund (MacGylocher 2nd Earl Of) Mar
1115–1183
Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
Lady (Agnes of) Mar
1120–1204
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Robert (de Quincy Lord of) Buckley
1127–1197
Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England
Orabella (de Leuchars de) Nessius
1133–1181
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
GILLocher Mar
1090–1131
Lady Mar
1109–
William Warenne
1081–1138
Isabel DEVERMANDOIS
1081–1131
Saher Quincy
1066–1219
Maud Elizabeth
1095–1140
Ness Leuchars
1100–1180
NES LACIE
1107–1180
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Scots
1080–1153
Matilda Northumbria
1072–1130
Robert Quincy
1050–1120
Orabilis Lauchars
1065–1130
William I
1055–1088
Gundred Flanders
1052–1085
Hugh deCrepi
1057–1102
Adelaide deVermandois
1050–1120
Richard Quincy
1040–1101
Lady Scotland
1074–1130
Sir Northampton
1046–1109
Matilda\Maud Huntingdon
1074–1130
William Lord
1075–
Leuchars
1080–
William DeLeuchars
1080–
Maud Elizabeth
1096–1140

Margaret Mar's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Lady Aberdeenshire de) Mar (1220–Apr 1248) m. Henry (V Laird of Rosslyn) Sinclair (1214–1270)
  1. 1. Amicia (Lady of Rosslyn Castle) Sinclair 1237–1299 m. Sir (William Sinclair Baron Laird of Rosslyn Sheriff of Edinburgh) VI 1230–1297
    1. 1. Henry (VII Baron of Roslin) Sinclair 1283–1335 m. Alice Fenton 1260–1336
      1. 1. John (St Clair) Sinclair 1302–1330
      2. 2. Margaret (deClair) Sinclair 1324–1361 m. Thomas Stewart 1330–1361
      3. 3. Sir (John Herdmanston) Sinclair 1323–1377
      4. 4. Margaret Clare 1305–
      5. 5. William (I Roslin- Sir William the younger Sinclair - St Clair, Laird of) Rosslyn 1270–1330 m. Isabella (Orkney) Strathearn 1338–1391 m. Rosabell Rosabelle 1285–1361 m. Margaret (Lady Mar) Gartney 1300– m. Amicia 1240–
        1. 1. William (II, St.Clair (Sinclair) Knight Templar, 3rd Laird of) Rosslyn 1327–1358 m. Isabella (Strathern of) Orkney 1338–1391 m. Elizabeth Polwarth 1356–
        2. 2. John Sinclair 1323–1377
        3. 3. Margaret (Countess Angus) Stewart 1330–1417
        4. 4. William (lord Roslin) Sinclair 1328–1358
        5. 5. Sir (Henry Pentland) SINCLAIR 1276–1335
        6. 6. Henry (Sinclair) Orkney 1345–1404
        7. 7. William (II St Clair Sinclair Knight Templar, Laird) Rosslyn 1328–1358 m. Isabella (Strathern de) Moray 1325–1391 m. Mary (MacDonald, Countess of) Ross 1318–1370
        8. 8. Henry Sinclair 1330–1404
        9. 9. Sir (Henry Pentland) Sinclair 1276–1335
        10. 10. John Sinclair 1323–1377
        11. 11. William. StClair 1328–1358
        12. 12. Margaret Sinclair 1330–1418 m. Thomas Stewart 1330–1361
        13. 13. William (lord Roslin) Sinclair 1328–1358
        14. 14. Margaret Sinclair 1324–1361
        15. 15. William (Sinclair 3rd Laird of Rosalyn 8th Baron of Roslin) II 1303–1358 m. Isabella (Strathern de) Moray 1325–1391
        16. 16. Thomas Sinclair –1371
      6. 6. Margaret Sinclair 1281–1338
    2. 2. William Sinclair 1263–1357
    3. 3. Gregory Sinclair 1274–1337
    4. 4. Henry (StEarl Orkney) Sinclair –1404
    5. 5. Annabel Sinclair 1268–1304
    6. 6. William (Bishop Dunkeld) Sinclair 1272–1337
  2. 2. William Sinclair 1245–1297
  3. 3. Mary Sinclair 1236–1271

Margaret Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1220
1220
Birth of Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1248
Apr 1248
Age 28
Death of Margaret Lady Aberdeenshire de Mar in Orkney, Scotland
Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1220
    Event Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1248
    Event Place: Orkney, Scotland
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