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SIR WILLIAM SINCLAIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:WILLIAM See also:SINCLAIR , Or See also:SAINT CLAIR (e. I260-c. 1303), was the descendant of a See also:line of Anglo-See also:Norman barons, one of whom obtained the See also:barony of See also:Rosslyn from See also:King See also:David I. in the 12th See also:century. Sir William took See also:part in the dispute over the See also:succession to the See also:crown of See also:Scotland in 1292, and was one of the leaders of the Scots in their revolt against See also:Edward I. One of his sons was William Sinclair (d. 1337), See also:bishop of See also:Dunkeld, who was responsible for the defeat of an See also:English force at Donibristle in See also:Fife in 1317. Sir William's eldest son was Sir See also:Henry Sinclair (d. 1330), the friend of See also:Robert the See also:Bruce; and Sir Henry's son was Sir William Sinclair, who was slain by the See also:Saracens in See also:August 1330, while journeying through See also:Spain to See also:Palestine with Sir See also:James See also:Douglas, the See also:bearer of the See also:heart of Bruce. This Sir William Sinclair married See also:Isabel, daughter of Malise, See also:earl of Strathearn, See also:Caithness and See also:Orkney (d. c. 1350), and their son Sir Henry Sinclair (d. c. 1400) obtained the earldom of Orkney by a See also:judgment of the See also:Norwegian kingHaakon VI. in 1379. He then helped to conquer the See also:Faeroe Islands, and took into his service the Venetian Travellers, Niccolo and See also:Antonio See also:Zeno, sailing with Antonio to See also:Greenland.

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prince of Orkney, as he is sometimes called, was succeeded by his son Henry (d. 1418), who was See also:admiral of Scotland, and then by his See also:grandson William (c. 1404-1480), the founder of the beautiful See also:chapel at Rosslyn.

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