William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney

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Earl Earl of Caithness Earl of Orkney Scottish nobleman

William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman notable for his roles as Earl of Orkney and Caithness and as the builder of the famed Rosslyn Chapel.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
3rd Earl of Orkney	1
William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness	1
William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earl ⓘ Earl of Caithness ⓘ Earl of Orkney ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Denmark-Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalPatronage	Rosslyn Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStylePromoted	Late Gothic ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosslyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Rosslyn Chapel? NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	15th century ⓘ
child	Oliver Sinclair of Roslin NERFINISHED ⓘ William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (younger line)? NERFINISHED ⓘ William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
familyName	Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
heldFrom	King of Norway (for Orkney) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	building Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ holding the Earldom of Caithness ⓘ holding the Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
laterHeldFrom	King of Scotland (for Caithness) ⓘ
nobleFamily	Sinclair family NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitleTransferredTo	Crown of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBuildingCommissioned	Rosslyn Chapel GENERATED ⓘ
notableWork	Rosslyn Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronageArea	church building ⓘ religious institutions ⓘ
positionHeld	Baron of Roslin NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chancellor of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Roslin, Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lady Elizabeth Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjory Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrenderedTitle	Earldom of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrenderedTitleTo	King James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	1st Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ 3rd Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → child → William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → child → William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair

Clan Sinclair → hasNotableTitleHolder → William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ

Earldom of Orkney → lastEarl → William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → title → William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ

this entity surface form: 3rd Earl of Orkney