Paternal Family Tree: Sinclair
Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney succeeded 2nd Earl Orkney.
Around 1375 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney was born.
Around 1398 [his daughter] Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale was born to Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 23] and [his future wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney [aged 18]. She married in or after 1425 her great uncle James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale, son of Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas and Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas, and had issue.
On 14th September 1402 Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland [aged 60] and his son Henry "Hotspur" Percy [aged 38] lay in wait at Homildon Hill, Northumberland [Map] for the Scots to return from their laying waste to Northumberland. The Battle of Homildon Hill was a victory for the English forces whose longbowmen decimated the Scottish schiltrons. Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 44] fought for the English.
John Swinton was killed.
Thomas Dunbar 2nd Earl of Moray [aged 31] and Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 27] were captured.
Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 30] was wounded. King Henry IV of England [aged 35] forbade the ransoming of Scottish prisoners so that he could concentrate on the Welsh. By doing so he created a rift with the Percy family who subsequently defected to Owain ap Gruffudd Glyndŵr [aged 43].
William Stewart of Jedworth and Teviotdale [aged 46] was executed by Henry "Hotspur" Percy having been captured.
John Stewart 1st of Dalswinton and Garlies [aged 32] fought at the Battle of Homildon Hill.
In 1406 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 31] was captured.
In 1407 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 32] and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Orkney.
In 1410 [his son] William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness was born to Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 35] and [his wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney [aged 30]. He married (1) Janet Yeman Countess Orkney and Caithness (2) his half first cousin once removed Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney, daughter of Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine and Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine, and had issue (3) before 1448 Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness and had issue.
Around 1420 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney [aged 45] died. His son William [aged 10] succeeded 3rd Earl Orkney.
Around 1438 [his former wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney [aged 58] died.
Alexander Stewart and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney were married. He the son of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany. They were half first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.