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Oliver Sinclair 1457–1520 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1520

Death Location: Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field)

Father: William, Orkney

Mother: Lady Sutherland

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Oliver Sinclair was born in 1457 in Scotland, the child of William 2Nd Lord St Clair 3Rd Earl Of Orkney And Lady Marjory Sutherland. Oliver Sinclair passed away in 1520 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field).

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Biography

  • Oliver Sinclair was born in 1457 in Scotland, the child of William 2Nd Lord St Clair 3Rd Earl Of Orkney And Lady Marjory Sutherland.
  • Oliver Sinclair passed away in 1520 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field).

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Oliver Sinclair's Ancestors

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Oliver Sinclair
1457–1520
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
William, 2nd Lord St. Clair, 3rd Earl of Orkney
1430–1487
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Lady (Marjory) Sutherland
1436–1488
Dunbeath Castle, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland
Grandparents
William Sinclair
1408–1484
Roslin Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Baroness (Mary Elizabeth, Countess of Buchan, Orkney and Caithness Douglas av) Angus
1405–1451
Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Lady Countess BAILLIE * 14th) great-grandmother
1410–1504
Isles, , , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Orkney
1389–1422
Countess Douglas
1391–1438
ARCHIBALD Iv
1365–1424
MARGARETGA STUART
1370–1455
William *
1399–1432
Marion Seton
1406–1470
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Oliver Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1457
1457
Birth of Oliver Sinclair in Scotland
Scotland
1520
1520
Age 63
Death of Oliver Sinclair in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field)
Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England (Killed at the battle of Flodden Field)

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