William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
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William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
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William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney, 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin was a Norwegian and Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian. In The Scots Peerage by James Balfour Paul he is designated as the 1st Lord Sinclair, but historian Roland Saint-Clair designates him the 2nd Lord Sinclair in reference to his father, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, being the first person recorded as Lord Sinclair by publi
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Norwegian-Scottish nobleman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness
date created:
2004-01-16T23:11:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:42:03Z
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