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About Katherine Sinclair
- 'Catherine Sinclair1
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- Father William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Earl Caithness, Lord Sinclair d. 1480
- Mother Elizabeth Douglas d. c 1451
- ' Catherine Sinclair married Alexander Stewart, Earl of March, Mar, Garioch; Duke of Albany, son of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie of Guelders. Catherine Sinclair and Alexander Stewart, Earl of March, Mar, Garioch; Duke of Albany were divorced on 2 March 1478.2
- 'Family Alexander Stewart, Earl of March, Mar, Garioch; Duke of Albany b. c 1454, d. 1485
- Child
- ◦Alexander Stewart, Bishop of Moray+3 d. 19 Dec 1537
- Citations
- 1.[S8391] Unknown author, The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, by Gerald Paget, Vol. 1, p. 161.
- 2.[S11563] The Scots Peerage, Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 152.
- 3.[S11563] The Scots Peerage, Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 152-153.
- http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p900.htm#i...
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- 'Catherine Sinclair1
- F, #102125
- Last Edited=9 Feb 2011
- ' Catherine Sinclair was the daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Marjory Sutherland.2,3,4 She married Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, son of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie von Geldern, before 1477.4 She and Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany were divorced on 2 March 1477/78 on the grounds of 'propinquity of blood' (consanguinity).5
- ' From before 1477, her married name became Stewart.5 As a result of her marriage, Catherine Sinclair was styled as Duchess of Albany.6
- 'Child of Catherine Sinclair and Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany
- 1.Alexander Stewart+ b. c 1477, d. 19 Dec 1537
- Citations
- 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
- 2.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 219, says she is daughter of William's first wife, Elizabeth Douglas, but Cokayne, vol I, page 79 also states this and vol XIV page 15 corrects this.
- 3.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 15. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
- 4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 234.
- 5.[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 79. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- 6.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 220.
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p10213.htm#i102125
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Katherine Sinclair's Timeline
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1458
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Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1475
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reportedly illegitimate
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1476
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1477
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1479
Age 21
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