Early of Rosslyn Henry de Sinclair (Henry de Saint Clair) 
Henry was born in 1192 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland.1 Henry's father was William (The Seemly) de Sinclair and his mother was Agnes de Dunbar. His paternal grandparents were Henry de Saint Clair and Margaret Grathenay; his maternal grandparents were Patrick de Dunbar and Ada Scotland. He was an only child. He died at the age of 22 in 1214 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland.1 General Notes
Notes from http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mskris254&id=I26244
William 'the Seemly' St Clair had been given the task of defending the border against the possibility of an English attack. When the attack came, Malcolm reinforced the Sinclair forces with those commanded by the Earls of March and Monteith. During the ensuing battle William Sinclair dashed forward with his forces 'to put the enemy out of order' . The report goes on to say: "He was slain by a multitude of his enimnes but not before he made fall many in heaps down by his feet". The news of his death coming to the two other chietains, March and Monteith, they fell 'so boldly upon the enimie that they scarce left any alive'. The King and the Queen lamented this misfortune and gave William's son, Henry Sinclair, the lands of Rosslyn 'in free heritage' (his father had held it in 'life rent'); made him a knight and a captain of 600 men. Henry outlived King Malcolm but was equally respected by King David I of Scotland who gave him the lands of Cardain and the command of 8,000 men. He routed the English army at the Battle of Allerton (now in Yorkshire) thereby avenging the death of his father.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.1047
- b.1028 in Normandie, France d.1070 in Northumberland, England
- b.0998
- b.1060 in Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland d.1110
- b.1040
- b.1100 d.1180
- b.~ 1060 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1080 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
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- b.1145 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1110
- b.1192 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland d.1214 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.23 Aug 1138
- b.1100 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1166 in Scotland
- b.1074 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland
- b.1125 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1182 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1194 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1152 in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d.31 Dec 1232
- b.1129 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1177 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1085 in Scotland d.23 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, England
- b.1114 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland
- b.1072 d.23 Apr 1130
- b.1143 in Scotland d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling, Scotland
- b.1083 in Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Lewes, Surrey, England
- b.1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1081 in Vermandois, Normandy d.17 Feb 1130 in St. Nicaise, Meulan, France
- b.1164 in Scotland d.1200
- b.1117 in Scotland
- b.1144 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.1185
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Details of Henry's family with Katherine de Strathearn
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