Biography of Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney 1375-1420
Paternal Family Tree: Sinclair
Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney succeeded 2nd Earl Orkney.
Around 1375 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney was born.
Around 1398 [his daughter] Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale was born to Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 23) and [his future wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney (age 18).
On 14 Sep 1402 Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 60) and his son Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 38) lay in wait at Homildon Hill [Map] for the Scots to return from their laying waste to Northumberland. The Battle of Homildon Hill was a victory for the English forces whose longbowmen decimated the Scottish schiltrons. Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 44) fought for the English.
John Swinton was killed.
Thomas Dunbar 2nd Earl Moray (age 31) and Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 27) were captured.
Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 30) was wounded. King Henry IV of England (age 35) forbade the ransoming of Scottish prisoners so that he could concentrate on the Welsh. By doing so he created a rift with the Percy family who subsequently defected to Owain ap Gruffudd Glyndŵr (age 43).
William Stewart of Jedworth and Teviotdale (age 46) was executed by Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 38) having been captured.
John Stewart 1st of Dalswinton and Garlies (age 32) fought at the Battle of Homildon Hill.
In 1406 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 31) was captured.
In 1407 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 32) and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Orkney. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
In 1410 [his son] William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness was born to Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 35) and [his wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney (age 30).
Around 1419 [his brother-in-law] William Douglas died.
Around 1420 Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney (age 45) died. His son [his son] William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness (age 10) succeeded 3rd Earl Orkney.
Around 1438 [his former wife] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney (age 58) died.
Alexander Stewart and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney were married. He the son of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany. They were half first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England. 
