Sinclairs of Orkney

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Scottish clan branch noble family

The Sinclairs of Orkney are a prominent branch of the Scottish Clan Sinclair historically associated with the Earldom of Orkney and significant influence in the Northern Isles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sinclair family	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish clan branch ⓘ noble family ⓘ
associatedWith	Earldom of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Shetland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanChiefFamilyOf	Clan Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanPlantBadge	broom ⓘ whin ⓘ
clanSeat	Castle Sinclair Girnigoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirkwall, Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosslyn Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanSystem	Scottish clan system ⓘ
clanWarCry	“Girnigoe” NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature	black engrailed cross on silver field ⓘ crowned lion ⓘ galley or lymphad ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
feudalAllegiance	Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSurname	Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantSurname	St Clair NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalInfluenceArea	North Atlantic trade routes ⓘ Northern Isles politics ⓘ
historicallyHolds	lands in Caithness GENERATED ⓘ lands in Orkney GENERATED ⓘ lands in Rosslyn GENERATED ⓘ
language	Norn NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
linkedTo	Norse-Gaelic culture ⓘ Scottish-Norwegian relations ⓘ
nobleRank	earl ⓘ
notableMember	Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTitleHeld	Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom	Norman nobility ⓘ
partOf	Clan Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clan Sinclair → hasNotableBranch → Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ

Earl of Orkney → associatedWithDynasty → Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinclair family

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → nobleFamily → Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinclair family

Caithness → associatedFamily → Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinclair family