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ROSSLYN BARONY
(ST. CLAIR)

Two other versions exist of the early ancestry. This one seems the most plausible

[CORL401] Lord Walderne/Waldo of St Clair m. [NORM325] Helen of Normandy
. [SINC411] Baron William of Rosslyn m. Dorothy Agnes Dunbar
. . [SINC421] Baron Henry of Rosslyn m. [STRA422] Rosabel Forteith of Strathearn
. . . [SINC431] Baron Henry of Rosslyn m. Margaret Grathenay
. . . . [SINC441] Baron William of Rosslyn m. [DUNB392] Agnes of Dunbar
. . . . . [SINC451] Baron Henry of Rosslyn m. [STRA452] Katherine Forteith
. . . . . . [SINC461] Baron Henry of Rosslyn m. [MARR462] Margaret de Mar
. . . . . . . [SINC471] Baron William of Rosslyn m1. [ANGX522] Matilda of Orkney
. . . . . . . . [SINC481] Baron Henry of Rosslyn m. Alice de Fenton
. . . . . . . . . [SINC491] Baron William of Rosslyn m. Rosabella
. . . . . . . . . . [SINC502] Margaret Sinclair m. [STEW531] Earl Thomas of Argyll

29[SINC411] William the seemly Sinclair (born c.1028, son of [CORL401] Walderne, see CORBEIL COUNTY), 1st Baron of Rosslyn, married Dorothy of Dunbar.

28.  [SINC421] Henry the crusader Sinclair (born c.1060 1100), 2nd Baron of Rosslyn, married [STRA422] Rosabel Forteith of Strathearn (born c.1082, daughter of Earl Malise, see STRATHEARN EARLDOM).

27.  [SINC431] Henry the counsellor Sinclair (born c.1131), 3rd Baron of Rosslyn, married Margaret Grathenay. He died c.1180.

26.  [SINC441] William Sinclair (born c.1162), 4th Baron of Rosslyn, married [DUNB392] Agnes of Dunbar (daughter of Earl Waltheof see DUNBAR EARLDOM). He died 1214.

25.  [SINC451] Henry Sinclair (born c.1192), married [STRA452] Katherine Forteith (daughter of Earl Robert, see STRATHEARN EARLDOM). He predeceased his father.

24.  [SINC461] Henry Sinclair ([born c.1213]), 5th Baron of Rosslyn, married [MARR462] Margaret (daughter of Earl Duncan, see MAR EARLDOM). He died 1270.

23.  [SINC471] William Sinclair (born c.1234), 6th Baron of Rosslyn, married 1. [ANGX522] Matilda of Orkney (daughter of Earl Magnus of Orkney, see ORKNEY JARLS); then 2. Amicia de Roskelyn. In 1265 King Alexander III of Scotland ordered William Sinclair of Roslin to assist the King of England. In March 1290 William Sinclair of Roslin attended Parliament at Brigham. In 1292 William and his son Henry swore allegiance to King Edward I of England. William and his son Henry were captured at the Battle of Dunbar (1296). William was sent to the Tower of London, where he later died (1297).

22.  [SINC481] Henry Sinclair (born c.1280, son of William & Matilda), 7th Baron of Rosslyn, Commander of Knights Templar at the Battle of Bannockburn (24th June 1314), married Alice de Fenton (daughter of 23. John de Fenton). He died 28th January 1336.

21.  [SINC491] William Sinclair (born c.1307), married Rosabella. He died at the Battle of Teba, Spain, (25th August 1330), predeceasing his father.