| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1040's |
|
Thorfinn
II 18th Earl |
Defeats
Moddan twice and then the King of Scotland. Subdues Sutherland
and Ross. He is credited with the real estblishment of
Christianity in the Earldom. He established a bishop at Birsay
in a 'fine minster' |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair)
Oxford Companion to Scottish History |
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| 1042 |
|
Edward
the Confessor, son of Emma. |
Crowned
King of England |
Laurel
Fechner |
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| 1047 |
|
Battle
of Val-es-Dunes |
Battle
to decide Dukedom of Normandy. Hamo and Walderne St. Clair
killed. William illegitimate son of Robert 6th Duke confirmed
7th Duke |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
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| 1050 |
|
Thorfinn
II 18th Earl |
Pilgrmage
to Rome and meets the Pope |
Last
of the Free (James Hunter) |
|
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| 1052 |
06-Mar |
Emma |
Dies |
Laurel
Fechner |
|
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| 1057 |
|
William
'The Seemly' Sinclair |
Returns
from Hungary with Atheling Edward 'The Exile' and his daughter
Margaret who twelve years later married Malcolm Canmore King
of Scotland. She had a piece of the True Cross 'Holy Rood'. In
the Houses of Parliament it says 'given to her ancestor by
Charlemagne' but this is probably symbolic. |
Niven
Sinclair
Laurel Fechner
Historical Notes on the Mosaics in the Palace of
Westminster (Thomas Wilson) |
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| 1064 |
|
Thorfinn
'The Great' 18 th Earl of Orkney dies |
Succeeded
by his sons Paul and Erlend. His widow, Ingibiorg marries
Malcolm Canmore and their son is King Duncan I |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
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| 1065 |
|
Hubert |
Uncle
to William the Conqueror sent by him on a secret mission to
England to secure the throne when Edward dies |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
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|
|
|
| 1066 |
25-Sep |
Battle
of Stamford Bridge, near York |
King
Harald Sigurdson (Hardradi) fell.
His son Olaf and Earls Paul and Erlend, (20th and 21st
of Orkney) who were also in the battle receive peace and are
free to return north |
|
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|
|
|
| 1066 |
Oct-14 |
Battle
of Hastings |
William
Sinclair 7th Duke of Normandy aided by at least one, maybe
nine Sinclair "generals" defeats Harald and becomes
King of England and The Conqueror |
Sinclairs
of England
Battle Abbey Rolls |
|
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| 1069 |
|
Margaret
marries Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots |
|
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|
| 1076 |
|
Eudo
St. Clair |
Starts
building Colchester Castle, the largest ever constructed by
the Normans |
Colchester
Castle Guide |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1080? |
|
Hako,
son of Paul, and Magnus, son of Erlend |
Joint
Jarls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1087 |
Sep
9 |
William
the Conqueror, King of England |
Dies
in Rouen, Normandy. Succeeded by his son William II |
|
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|
|
| 1093 |
Nov |
Battle
of Alnwick |
King
Malcolm of Scotland beseiges William II King of England who
surrenders but Malcolm is killed |
|
| 1093 |
Nov
16 |
Queen
Margaret dies |
Later
canonised as 'an out-standing example of a true mother and a
queen'. Her feast day is 16 November |
|
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| 1095 |
|
Eudo
St. Clair |
Founds
the Benedictine Abbey of St. John in Colchester |
Colchester
Castle Guide |
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| 1096-99 |
|
First
Crusade |
Henry
"the Holy" Sinclair, son of William "The Seemly
Sinclair" takes part. Jerusalem captured. |
Laurel
Fechner |
|
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| 1098 |
|
Magnus
King of Norway |
Seizes
Earls of Orkney, Paul and Erlend and banishes them to Norway.
Places his own son Sigurd as Jarl |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
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|
| 1099 |
|
Sigurd
Magnusson |
Crowned
King of Orkney and the Isles by his father. |
The
Lord Lyon |
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