Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (c. 1375 – 1420) was the Jarl (Earl) of Orkney,

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and

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. According to Roland Saint-Clair writing in the late 19th century, Henry Sinclair was also the first of his family to hold the title of

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Early life

He was son of

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, by his wife Jean, daughter of John Halyburton of

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. He married Egida Douglas, daughter of

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and maternal granddaughter of King

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. Sir William Douglas was murdered by a group of assassins who had been employed by Lord Clifford and as a result Sinclair inherited through his wife the whole of the Lordship of

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Earl of Orkney

Sinclair was one of those captured following the

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in 1402, but released on ransom. He had succeeded his father,

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, as

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by 1404; there is no record that he was ever officially installed as Jarl, and no certain record that he ever visited his jarldom. He was one of those who accompanied James Duke of Rothesay on his journey to France aboard the ''Maryenknyght'', which was captured by English pirates off

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in 1406. He followed the prince into captivity, but was soon released. Subsequently he was often in England on business connected with the king's imprisonment. Henry Sinclair died of

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on 1 February 1420.

Marriage and issue

In about 1407 he married Egidia Douglas, daughter of

and maternal granddaughter of King

. # William Sinclair, last Jarl of Orkney, and first

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#Beatrix Sinclair, who married

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References

Sources

* Fraser, Sir William
''The Douglas Book''
4 vols, Edinburgh, 1885. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Henry Ii, Earl Of Orkney

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Earls of Orkney Year of birth uncertain 1422 deaths

Early life

Earl of Orkney

Marriage and issue

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