| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 980s |
|
Sigurd
the Stout 14th Earl |
Defeats
Finnleik at battle of Skidamire carrying the enchanted
standard of the black raven - sacred to Odin - woven by his
mother and then the Scottish Earls Hundi and Melsnati |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 995 |
|
Sigurd
14th Earl |
Forced
to convert and introduce Christianity 'the true faith' into
Orkney by Olaf,Tryggvi's son, King of Norway |
The
Orkneyinga Saga
Oxford Companion to Scottish History |
|
|
|
|
|
| 996 |
Nov |
Richard
3rd Duke of Normandy |
Dies.
Son, Richard 4th Duke succeeds |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
Richard
4th Duke |
Had
three sons, Richard 5th Duke, Robert 6th Duke and Malger
Archbishop of Rouen, and four daughters Margaret (Helen)
married Walderne Earl of St Clair (son of Malger), Alice
married the Count of Burgundy, Eleonora married Earl of
Flanders and their dau. married William The Conqueror, and
Papia |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1002 |
|
Marriage
of Emma daughter of Richard 3rd Duke of Normandy to King
Aethelred II of England |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1006 |
|
Walderne
Sinclair |
2nd
son of Malger born. Became Earl of St Clair. |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1008 |
|
Hubert |
3rd
son of Malger born. Became Earl of Rye in Normandy. Had four
sons Radulph, Hubert, Adam and Eudo who all fought at Hastings
in 1066 and then held large estates in England |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1014 |
|
Battle
of Clontarf |
Sigurd
14th Earl killed while carrying the enchnted banner. "all
who bear it get their death". Succeeded by Somerled his
eldest son |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1014 |
|
Thorfinn,
(to be 18th Earl and brother of Somerled) |
Aged
5, made Earl of Caithness and Sutherland by Malcolm II, King
of Scots, his maternal grandfather |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1015 |
|
Somerled
15th Earl |
Dies.
Succeeded by Einar II his brother |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1017 |
Jul |
Marriage
of Queen Emma to King Knut (Canute) of Denmark & England |
Following
Knut's invasion and marriage, the grandsons, one of whom was
'Edward the Exile', of King Aethelred II escaped to Sweden,
then 12 years later to Kiev. |
Laurel
Fechner |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1018 |
|
Einar
II 16th Earl |
Vanquished
by Eyvind Urarhorn and King Conchobhar at Battle of
Ulfreksfiord |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1019
or 1026 |
|
Einar
II 16th Earl |
Killed
by Thorkell in
Deerness and Brusi, his brother inherits |
The
Orkneyinga Saga or
St Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1026 |
|
Richard
4th Duke of Normandy dies |
Succeeded
by son Richard 5th Duke |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1027 |
|
William
'The Conqueror' |
Born.
Illegitimate son of Robert 6th Duke of Normandy |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1028 |
|
William
'The Seemly' Sinclair |
Born
at St. Lo, Normandy son of Walderne, Earl of St. Clair.
Founder of the Sinclair dynasty in Scotland |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
| 1028 |
|
Richard
5th Duke |
Dies.
Succeeded by brother Robert 6th Duke 'The Saint and the Devil' |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
| 1028 |
|
Olaf
the Holy |
King
of Norway driven out by King Canute of England and Denmark who
is married to Emma |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1030 |
|
Brusi
17th Earl |
does
a deal with brother Thorfinn and splits the land and then
fades away. Thorfinn takes all |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1030 |
|
Thorfinn
II 18th Earl |
Jarl
of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1031-33 |
|
Robert
6th Duke |
Assists
King Henry of
France regain his throne |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1034? |
|
Moddan |
Created
Earl of Caithness by King Karl Hundason |
Complete
Peerage
St Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1035 |
|
Robert
6th Duke |
Makes
pilgramage to Jerusalem |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1035 |
|
Robert
6th Duke |
Dies.
Succeeded by illegitimate son William by Hereleve |
Sinclair
Geneaology (Niven Sinclair) |
| 1035-1046 |
|
Rognvald
II |
Nephew
of Thorfinn II jointly rule until they disagree and Thorfinn
kills him |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
