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Margaret Sinclair 1518–1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Death Date: 7 March 1569

Death Location: Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Roslin

Mother: ELIZABETH Caithness

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In 1518, Margaret Sinclair entered the world in Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, born to Sir John Sinclair 3Rd Earl Of Caithness 13Th Earl Roslin And Elizabeth Sutherland Countess Of Caithness. Margaret Sinclair passed away in 1569 in Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1518, Margaret Sinclair entered the world in Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, born to Sir John Sinclair 3Rd Earl Of Caithness 13Th Earl Roslin And Elizabeth Sutherland Countess Of Caithness.
  • Margaret Sinclair passed away in 1569 in Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Sinclair's Ancestors

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Margaret Sinclair
1518–1569
Birth Place: Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Parents
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, 3rd Earl of Caithness, 13th Earl Roslin
1475–1529
Branxton, Northumberland, England
ELIZABETH (SUTHERLAND, Countess of) Caithness
1488–1535
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Sinclair* 2nd Earl of) Caithness
1459–1513
Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Mary Keith* of) Inverugie
1477–1569
Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Roslin
1410–1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Orkney
1375–1420

Margaret Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Margaret Sinclair in Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland
1569
7 March 1569
Age 51
Death of Margaret Sinclair in Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland
Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Girnigoe Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 March 1569
    Event Place: Herdmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland

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