William Sinclair , 1st Lord of Rosslyn 
William was born about 1028 in St Clair-sur-Elle, Manche, Normandy, France. William's father was Mauger Seigneur de St. Clair and his mother was Miss St. Clair de Bassenville. His paternal grandparents were Richard II "The Good" Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany. He had a brother named Walderne de. He was the younger of the two children. He died in 1078 in Killed by English in Northumberland, England.General Notes
1060-Lord of Rosslyn Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
William, The Seemly, 1st Baron of Rosslyn, accompanied the family of Edward the Atheling from Hungary to England 1057. Fought then for Malcolm II with the English rebels who supported the Atheling for King of England. He was later killed by troops fo his cousin William the Conqueror on the Scottish borders in Northumberland. Given Rosslyn by Malcolm for life rent.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.1004 in St Clair-sur-Elle, Manche, Normandy, France d.1047
- b.~ 0982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1028 in St Clair-sur-Elle, Manche, Normandy, France d.1078 in Killed by English in Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1005 in St Clair-sur-Elle, Manche, Normandy, France
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