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James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney

b. 1534, d. 14 April 1578

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Lord Bothwell

Birth

James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney, was born in 1534.1

Family life

James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney, and Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, were married on 24 April 1567 at Dunbarton Castle in Dumbarton.1

Partner with Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots (b. 8 December 1542, d. 8 February 1587)

Working life

Death

James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney, died on 14 April 1578 at age ~44 in Dragsholm Castle, Copenhagen.1

Citations

  1. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: viewed 26 April 2025), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hepburn,_4th_Earl_of_Bothwell#Death.
  2. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
  3. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming,_5th_Lord_Fleming.
  4. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 322; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  5. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: viewed 27 April 2025), Ainslie Tavern Bond at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainslie_Tavern_Bond.
  6. [S121] A McDonald and others, Editors, Miscellany of the Maitland Club: consisting of Original Papers and Other Documents illustrative of the History and Literature of Scotland (Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1840), vol ii, p 396; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyedbya00clubgoog/page/n6/mode/2up : viewed 16 May 2025; King James VI to John Earl of Wigton 13 Jun 1605.
  7. [S81] Joseph Irving, The History of Dumbartonshire: Civil, Ecclesiastical and Territorial, Second Edition (Dumbarton: Joseph Irving, 1860), p 117; online pdf, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofdumbar00irvi/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 26 March 2025.
  8. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 534.
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Last Edited 26 April 2025