Lady
Eleanor
Sinclair Countess of Atholl
formerly Sinclair aka Stewart
Born about in Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of William (Sinclair) Sinclair Third Earl of Orkney First Earl of Caithness
and Marjory (Sutherland) Sutherland Countess Orkney
Sister of
William (Sinclair) Sinclair Second Lord Sinclair [half], Catherine Sinclair [half], Elizabeth Sinclair, John Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair [half], Robert Sinclair, Marion Sinclair, Susan Sinclair [half], Arthur Sinclair, George Sinclair, Alexander Sinclair, Oliver (Sinclair) Sinclair VIIth of Roslin, William (Sinclair) Sinclair Second Earl of Caithness and Margaret (Sinclair) Boswell
Wife of
John (Stewart) Stewart of Balveny First Earl of Atholl
— married
before 19 Apr 1475 in Scotland [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Christian Stewart, Elspeth (Stewart) Innes, John (Stewart) Stewart Second Earl of Atholl, Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Lady Strowan, Elizabeth (Stewart) Ross, Elizabeth (Stewart) Stewart Lady Strowan, Jean Stewart, Andrew Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Jean (Stewart) Stewart Lady Arbuthnot and Mariote Stewart
Died
at about age 61
in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2011
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Bibliography
Father Sir William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Earl Caithness, Lord Sinclair d. bt 7 Dec 1476 - 29 Mar 1482
Mother Marjory (Mary) Sutherland b. c 1430
Eleanor Sinclair married Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl Atholl, Ambassador to England, son of Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn and Joan Beaufort, before 19 April 1475; They had 2 sons (John, 2nd Earl of Atholl, Lord of Balveny; & Andrew, Bishop of Caithness, Bishop-elect of Dunkeld) and 9 daughters (Katherine, wife of John, 6th Lord Forbes; Isabel, wife of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox; Margaret, wife of William Murray of Castletown; Jean, wife of Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurg; Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Robertson of Strowan; Margaret, wife of Robert Robertson, younger of Strowan; Marjory, wife of Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy; Elspeth, wife of Robert Innes of Innermarkie; & Jean (Janet), wife of James Arbuthnott).[1]Eleanor Sinclair died on 21 March 1519; Buried at Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire.[2]
Family
Sir John Stewart, 1st Earl Atholl, Ambassador to England b. c 1440, d. 15 Sep 1512
Children
Note that the children attributed to this wife of the Earl of Atholl are highly controversial, and it is likely that all of this will never be resolved with primary evidence.
- Elizabeth III Stewart
- Margaret II Stewart
- Margaret Stewart d. a 1485
- Elspeth Stewart
- Jean Stewart
- Marjory Stewart d. 26 Jul 1524
- Margaret Stewart b. bt 1460 - 1475
- Katherine Stewart b. c 1463
- John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl b. c 1465, d. bt 1520 - 1522
- Elizabeth II Stewart b. a 1476
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 42-43.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 105-106.
- Mentioned on husband and fathers profile
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Atholl
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness
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