Eleanor Sinclair, Countess of Atholl

Eleanor Sinclair

• Born: ABT 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkaldy, Fifeshire, Yr Alban
• Died: 21 March 1518. Buried: Dunkeld Cathedral, Scotland 1
• Parents: William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 3rd Earl of Orkney (1410 - 1482) & Marjory Sutherland of Dunbeath (1436 - d.)

Married:

1. BEF 19 Apr 1475 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Perth 9 to Sir John STEWART of Balvenie, 1st Earl of Atholl, son of James STEWART Black Knight of Lorn and Lady Joan BEAUFORT Cousin of Henry VI of England.

Children

1. John Stewart 2nd Earl of Atholl b: ABT 1475 in Atholl, Perthshire, Yr Alban
2. Christian of Atholl Stewart b: ABT 1476
3. Jean Stewart of Atholl b: ABT 1481
4. Isobel Stewart b: 1486
5. Andrew Stewart Bishop of Caithness b: ABT 1485 in Earlshill, Aberdeenshire, Yr Alban
6. Elspeth Stewart b: ABT 1487 in Earlshill, Aberdeenshire, Yr Alban
7. Stewart
8. Marjory Stewart of Atholl b: ABT 1490 in Balveny, Fifeshire, Yr Alban
9. John Stewart b: BEF 1498
10. Anne Stewart b: ABT 1499
11. Jane Stewart

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This person and their pedigree are currently documented from "The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families together with Their Paternal Ancestry" Compiled by Joseph Foster, 1885

[Source: http://www.archive.org/details/royallineageofou02fost ]

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• Eleanor Sinclair1
• F, d. 21 March 1519
• Father William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney & 1st Earl Caithness d. 1480
• Mother Marjory (Mary) Sutherland b. c 1430
• Eleanor Sinclair married Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl Atholl, son of Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn and Joan Beaufort, before 19 April 1475; They had 2 sons (John & Andrew) and 9 daughters (Katherine, Elizabeth, Christian, Margaret, Jean, Elizabeth, Margaret, Marjory, & Elizabeth/Elspeth). Eleanor Sinclair died on 21 March 1519; Buried at Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire.
• Family Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl Atholl b. c 1440, d. 15 Sep 1512
• Children
  • ◦Elizabeth III Stewart+
  • ◦Margaret II Stewart+
  • ◦Elspeth Stewart+
  • ◦Marjory Stewart+2 d. 26 Jul 1524
  • ◦Elizabeth II Stewart+3,2 b. a 1476
• Citations
• 1.[S174] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, p. 206.
• 2.[S11563] The Scots Peerage, Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 442.
• 3.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 597.
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• Eleanor Sinclair1
• F, #105949, d. 21 March 1518/19
• Last Edited=25 Apr 2008
• Eleanor Sinclair was the daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Marjory Sutherland.2,3 She married John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, son of Sir James Stewart of Lorn and Lady Joan Beaufort, before 19 April 1475.3 She died on 21 March 1518/19.3 She was buried at Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.3
• As a result of her marriage, Eleanor Sinclair was styled as Countess of Atholl before 19 April 1475. From before 19 April 1475, her married name became Stewart.
• Children of Eleanor Sinclair and John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
  • 1.Lady Elizabeth Stewart+
  • 2.John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl+3 b. a 1475, d. 1521

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https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm JOHN Stewart, son of JAMES Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn & his wife Joan Beaufort ([1440]-the Laighwood 15 Sep 1512, bur Dunkeld Cathedral). Earl of Atholl 1457.

m firstly ([1459/60]%29 as her third husband, MARGARET Douglas "the Fair Maid of Galloway", widow of WILLIAM Douglas Earl of Douglas and divorced wife (secondly) of JAMES Douglas Earl of Douglas, daughter of ARCHIBALD Douglas Earl of Douglas & his second wife Eupheme Graham of Strathearn (-[21 Jan 1473/early 1475]).

m secondly (before 19 Apr 1475) ELEANOR Sinclair, daughter of WILLIAM Sinclair Earl of Caithness & his second wife Marjory Sutherland of Dunbeath (-21 Mar 1518, bur Dunkeld Cathedral).

Earl John & his first wife had six children:

1. JANET (-Strathbogie 27 Oct 1510). m (contract 14 Oct 1474) as his first wife, ALEXANDER Gordon Master of Huntly, son of GEORGE Gordon Earl of Huntly & his first wife Elizabeth Douglas Dowager Ctss of Moray née Dunbar of the Earls of Moray (-Perth 21 Jan 1524, bur Perth Dominican Friars). He succeeded his father in 1501 as Earl of Huntly.
2. CATHERINE . m as his first wife, JOHN Forbes, son of WILLIAM Forbes Lord Forbes & his wife Christian Gordon of the Earls of Huntly (-1547).
3. three daughters .
4. ELIZABETH . m (before 1483) as his second wife, ANDREW Gray Lord Gray, son of PATRICK Gray Master of Gray & his second wife Annabel Forbes (-Feb 1514).

Earl John & his second wife had eleven children:

5. JOHN (-1521). Earl of Atholl. - see below.
6. ANDREW (-1542). Bishop of Caithness 1518.
7. JEAN . m as his first wife, ROBERT Gordon of Pitlurgo, son of ---.
8. ELSPETH . m ([1510]) ROBERT Innes of Innermarky, son of ---.
9. MARJORY (-1524). m COLIN Campbell of Glenurchy, son of --- (-1523).
10. MARGARET . m WILLIAM Murray of Tullibardine, son of --- (-killed in battle 1513).
11. ISABEL . m as his second wife, ALEXANDER Robertson of Struan, son of ---.
12. ELISABETH . m firstly (contract 19 Jan 1511, Papal dispensation 29 Jan 1511) JOHN Stuart Earl of Lennox, son of MATTHEW Stuart Earl of Lennox & his second wife Elizabeth Hamilton (-murdered [Linlithgow] 4 Sep 1526). m secondly (1529) as his second wife, NINIAN Lord Ross, son of --- (-1556).
13. CHRISTIAN (-1538). m as his first wife, NEIL Stuart of Garth, son of --- (-1554).
14. MARGARET [Isabel]. m ROBERT Robertson of Struan, son of ---.

References

• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 644. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 2.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 3.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 313. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• This person and their pedigree are currently documented from "The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families together with Their Paternal Ancestry" Compiled by Joseph Foster, 1885 [Source: http://www.archive.org/details/royallineageofou02fost ]