# Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney

> Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin was a Scottish nobleman. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney and was Lord High Admiral of Scotland under the King of Scotland. He was sometimes identified by another spelling of his surname, St. Clair. He was the grandfather of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, the builder of Rosslyn Chapel. He is best known today because of a modern legend that he took part in explorations of Greenland and North America almost 100 years before Christopher Columbus. William Thomson, in his book The New History of Orkney, wrote: "It has been Earl Henry's singular fate to enjoy an ever-expanding posthumous reputation which has very little to do with anything he achieved in his lifetime."

*Scottish and Norwegian nobleman*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1345
- **Died:** 1400
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Henry I Sinclair, Yerl o Orkney](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_Sinclair%2C_Yerl_o_Orkney)
- [هنرى الاول سنكلير ايرل اوركنى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D9%89)
- [Henry Sinclair (Orkney)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sinclair_(Orkney))
- [Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_Sinclair%2C_Earl_of_Orkney)
- [Henry Sinclair](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sinclair)
- [Henry Sinclair I, conte delle Orcadi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sinclair_I%2C_conte_delle_Orcadi)
- [Henricus Sinclair](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricus_Sinclair)
- [Henry I Sinclair, Earl Orkney](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_Sinclair%2C_Earl_Orkney)
- [Henry Sinclair](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sinclair)
- [Henry Sinclair](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sinclair)
- [Генри I Синклер, граф Оркнейский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_I_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233728)

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