Lady Isabella de Strathearn - Countess of Caithness

Isabella Strathearn de Moray Lady of Orkney

1338 - 13 Apr 1391

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MALISE, son of ROBERT Earl of Strathearn & his wife --- (-[in France] [before 23 Nov] 1271, bur Dunblane). He succeeded his father in 1244 as Earl of Strathearn. He was one of the Regents of Scotland from 14 Sep 1255 to 1262. Married firstly (1244 or before) to MARJORY de Muschamp, daughter of ROBERT de Muschamp of Wooler & his wife Isabel --- ([1226]-[12 Oct 1251/20 Mar 1255]). Married secondly (before 12 Dec 1257) to MAUD of Caithness, daughter of GILBERT Earl of Caithness and Orkney. Married thirdly ([1261/62] or before) to EMMA, daughter of ---. Married fourthly ([1268]), as her second husband, to MARY of Argyll, widow of MAGNUS King of Man, daughter of EWEN of Argyll & his wife --- (-[28 Sep 1300/10 Oct 1303], buried in London, Grey Friars Church).
The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage of "regulus Manniæ…viduam…filiam domini de Arcadia" and "comes de Strathern Malisius" [156]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She married thirdly (before 5 Apr 1281) Sir Hugh Abernethy of that Ilk, and fourthly (before 10 Apr 1299) as his second wife, William FitzWarin. Earl Malise & his first wife had one child: 1. MURIEL ([1244]-[16 May/12 Nov] 1291). m (after 1267) as his second wife, WILLIAM Earl of Mar, son of DUNCAN Earl of Mar & his wife --- (-1281 before 25 Jul). Earl Malise & his second wife had one child: 2.

MALISE ([1257]-[28 Jan/25 Mar] 1313, buried in Inchaffray Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1271 as Earl of Strathearn. He swore fealty to Edward I King of England at Stirling 12 Jul 1291, and did homage to King Edward in 1296. He was imprisoned in Rochester Castle in Nov 1306 for his alleged submission to Robert Bruce, but freed in Dec 1308 provided he lived in England.
He is said to have been captured by his son, who fought for the Scots, at Perth 28 Jan 1313. Married (1275 or before) AGNES Comyn, daughter of ALEXANDER Comyn Earl of Buchan & his wife Elizabeth de Quincy of Winchester (-after [28 Jan/25 Mar] 1313). Malise & his wife had two children:

a) MALISE ([1275/80]-before 1329). He succeeded his father in 1313 as Earl of Strathearn. Married firstly AGNES --- (-after 1311). Married secondly ([1323]), as her first husband,JOAN Menteith, daughter of Sir JOHN Menteith of Rusky & his wife --- (-after 20 Mar 1367). She married secondly John Campbell Earl of Atholl, thirdly Maurice Moray Earl of Strathearn, and fourthly (before 9 Nov 1347) as his second wife, William Sutherland 5th Earl of Sutherland.

Earl Malise & his first wife had two children: 

i) MALISE (-killed in battle Neville´s Cross 17 Oct 1346). He succeeded his father as Earl of Strathearn. He succeeded his cousin Magnus as Earl of Caithness and Orkney in [1323/29]. He resigned the earldom of Strathearn [24 Sep/16 Dec] 1332 into the hands of Edward Balliol, was tried for treason in 1344 for so doing, but found innocent [157]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun (Continuator - Annals) records that "the Earl of Stratherne" was killed in battle "at Durham" 17 Oct 1346 [158]. [159] Married firstly MARY, daughter of ---. Married secondly ([1325/28]%29 MAUD [Marjory] of Ross, daughter of HUGH Earl of Ross & his first wife Maud Bruce (-after 1350).
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Earl Malise & his first wife had four children:
(a) MAUD . Married --- de la Arde .
(b) EUPHEME .
(c) AGNES . Married ERNGILS ---. He was granted the title of Earl of Orkney by the king of Norway in right of his wife but forfeited it in 1375 [160].
(d) ISABEL . Married Sir WILLIAM St Clair.

ii)        MARY .  [161] Married ([1319/22]) as his second wife, Sir JOHN Moray of Drumsagard, co. Lanark, son of ---.  

b) MAUD (-before 1348). m (1293) ROBERT de Tosny Lord Tosny (1276-1309).

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Isabella Strathern http://histfam.familysearch. org/getperson.php?personID=I481&tree=Dodge

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Isabella of Strathearn Abt 1332 - Yes, date unknown

• Birth Abt 1332 of, Strathearn, Orkney And Caithness, Scotland Gender Female Name AKA Isabel of Strathearn. Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France) Father Malise, Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Caithness & of Orkney, b. Abt 1305, d. 17 Oct 1346, Battle Neville's Cross Mother Maud de Ross, b. Abt 1312, d. Jun 1344-11 Nov 1357 Married 1325/1328. Family William Sinclair, [Laird] of Roslin, b. Abt 1328, of, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland , d. Abt 1358 Married 28 May 1344 Children

1. Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, b. Abt 1355, of, , Orkney Islands, Scotland , d. Abt 1400, , , Orkney

Last Modified 31 Dec 2007 Family ID F292 • Sources 1. [S3358] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 3 p. 706, 739. 2. [ S3] #11232 The Genealogist (1980-), Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, (New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-), FHL book 929.105 G286n., Fall 1998, vol. 12 no. 2 p. 255:1073. 3. [ S3706] Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Cawley, Charles, (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands), SCOTLAND NOBILITY; http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SC OTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm [Accessed Nov 2009].

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Isabel Of Strathearn - 1312 http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I481&tree=Dodge Isabella of Strathearn[ 1, 2] Abt 1332 - Yes, date unknown • Birth Abt 1332 of, Strathearn, Orkney And Caithness, Scotland Gender Female Name AKA Isabel of Strathearn [3] Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I481 Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France) Last Modified 16 Nov 2009 Father Malise, Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Caithness & of Orkney, b. Abt 1305, d. 17 Oct 1346, Battle Neville's Cross Mother Maud de Ross, b. Abt 1312, d. Jun 1344-11 Nov 1357 Married 1325/1328 Family ID F438 Group Sheet Family William Sinclair, [Laird] of Roslin, b. Abt 1328, of, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland , d. Abt 1358 Married 28 May 1344 Children

	1. Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney,   b. Abt 1355, of, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1400, , , Orkney •	Last Modified  31 Dec 2007  Family ID  F292  Group Sheet •	Sources  1.	 [S3358] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 3 p. 706, 739. 2.	[ S3] #11232 The Genealogist (1980-), Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, (New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-), FHL book 929.105 G286n., Fall 1998, vol. 12 no. 2 p. 255:1073. 3.	[ S3706] Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Cawley, Charles, (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands), SCOTLAND NOBILITY;http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SC OTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm [Accessed Nov 2009].

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4253637/person/25344128696/media/9?p... Notes V. William Sinclair of Roslin was a minor when his father died, and succeeded to the pensions of his father and his Uncle John. He had a Charter from King David II of the lands of Morton and Merchamyston in Midlothian, on the resignation of William Bisset on February 10, 1357/58. He had a safe conduct to go to England on May 6, 1358 on his way abroad to Prussia to fight in foreign wars. On September 17, 1358 King David II confirmed to him an annuity granted to his grandfather Sir Henry S. Clair. William married Isabella, second daughter of Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Caithness and his wife Marjorie, a daughter of Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross and Lady Maud Bruce, a sister of Scotland's national hero, King Robert the Bruce. Marjorie was a sister of William, 5th Earl of Ross. William Sinclair left issue:

• Henry, shown next. • David, who had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Newburgh and Auchdale in Aberdeenshire in exchange for any rights which he had in Orkney and Shetland, derived from his mother, dated April 23, 1391.

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Isabella Strathern (Isabella Sinclair)

Isabella Strathern was born in 1338 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, The Daughter of Maol Isa of Strathearn and Marjory Mactaggart Ross.

Isabella Strathern married William Sinclair on May 28, 1344.

Isabella Strathern had 2 children. Their names are Henry Sinclair, and Margaret Sinclair.

Isabella Sinclair (nee Strathern) passed away on April 13, 1391 in Roslin.