Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
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Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney (circa 1375 – 1422) was a Scottish nobleman and Pantler of Scotland
Pantler of Scotland
The office of Pantler of Scotland, was a court position in the Kingdom of Scotland during the High Middle Ages. The now historical term pantler or panter designated an officer responsible for the pantry or food supplies in general in a royal court.-Office holders:* Henry Sinclair, 7th Baron of...

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Life

He was son of Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney by his wife Jean, daughter of John Halyburton of Dirleton
Dirleton Castle
Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. It lies around west of North Berwick, and around east of Edinburgh...

. Sinclair was one of those captured following the Battle of Homildon Hill, but released on ransom. He had succeeded his father by 1404, and was one of those who accompanied James Duke of Rothesay
James I of Scotland
James I, King of Scots , was the son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline as youngest of three sons...

 on his journey to France aboard the Maryenknyght, which was captured by English pirates off Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head is a promontory of on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, and the resistance it offers to coastal erosion may be contrasted with the low coast of Holderness to the south...

. He followed the Prince into captivity, but was soon released.

Henry Sinclair died of Influenza c1420.

Marriage and Issue

In about 1407 he married Egidia Douglas, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale and maternal granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II became King of Scots in 1371 as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. He was the son of Walter Stewart, hereditary High Steward of Scotland and of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I and of his first wife Isabella of Mar...

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  • William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney
  • Beatrix Sinclair, who married James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale , known as "the Gross", was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard , d...

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