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	ORKNEY, EARL OF - LoveToKnow Article on ORKNEY, EARL OF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The Orkney Islands (q.v.) were ruled by jarls or earls under the supremacy of the kings of Norway from very early times to about 1360, many of these jarls being also earls of Caithness under the supremacy of the Scottish kings.
		His son Patrick acted in a very arbitrary manner in the Orkneys, where he set the royal authority at defiance; in 1609 he was seized and imprisoned, and, after his bastard son Robert had suffered death for heading a rebellion, he himself was executed in February 1614, when his honors and estates were forfeited.
		At Blenheim it was Orkneys command which carried the village, and in June 1705 he led a flying column which marched from the Moselle to the rescue of Liege.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORKNEY_EARL_OF.htm (2914 words)

	BOTHWELL - LoveToKnow Article on BOTHWELL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		On the 12th Bothwell was created duke of Orkney and Shetland and the marriage took place on the i5th according to the Protestant usage, the Roman Catholic rite being performed, according to some accounts, afterwards in addition.2
		Subsequently Bothwell left Dunbar for the north, visited Orkney and Shetland, and in July placed himself at the head of a band of pirates, and after eluding all attempts to capture him, arrived at Karm Sound in Norway.
		Joanna Baillie, the poetess, was born in the manse, and a memorial has been, erected in her honor.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BOTHWELL.htm (2296 words)

	Encyclopedia: James I of England
		James was born on 19 June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, and automatically became Duke of Rothesay and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, for he was the eldest son of the monarch and thus the heir-apparent.
		Standard of the Duke of Rothesay, quartering the arms of the Stuarts and of the Isles The title Duke of Rothesay is the official title possessed by the Heir Apparent to the throne of Scotland.
		In 1623, the Duke of Buckingham and Charles, the Prince of Wales, travelled to Madrid in an attempt to secure a marriage between the latter and the Infanta.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-I-of-England (11901 words)

	James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Hepburn, Duke of Orkney, Marquess of Fife, 4th Earl of Bothwell, usually just referred to as Bothwell (~1535 - April 14, 1578) was the third husband of Mary I of Scotland.
		Bothwell was divorced by his wife on the grounds of adultery in May, 1567, three months after the death of Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, whom Bothwell was generally believed to have murdered.
		He married Mary on May 15, 1567, twelve days after his divorce, after having abducted her; he had been created Duke of Orkney on May 12.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Hepburn,_4th_Earl_of_Bothwell (322 words)

	Orkneyjar - Earl Patrick Stewart
		But although Robert was notorious for his harsh and oppressive rule in Orkney, history treats him slightly kinder than his successor, his son Patrick.
		Robert Stewart was born in Scotland in 1533, the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland.
		Earl Robert remained in Orkney until he died in 1593 — the earldom being passed to his son, Patrick, whose machinations were to bring about the downfall of the Stewart earldom.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/historicalfigures/robertstewart (713 words)

	Earl of Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title Duke of Orkney was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1567 for James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, with the subsidiary title Marquess of Fife.
		James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1535-1578) became Duke of Orkney in 1567
		James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney (1535-1578) (forfeit all titles 1567)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Bothwell (131 words)

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		THE ORKNEY ISLANDS The Orkney Islands form an archipelago in the North Sea and (depending on the island) are about 8 to 50 miles north of the Scottish mainland.
		After returning from Orkney with a tremendous amount of Wallace, Cursiter, Drever and Turfus data that was not generally available in the USA, I decided to expand my family search to include all of the descendants of these families.
		During this trip to Orkney, I also had time to visit friends in the evenings and weekends and was able to obtain some additional contemporary family information.
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Curpaper.txt (14259 words)

	Royal Houses of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Alexander, Duke of Albany, married firstly, Lady Katherine Sinclair, daughter of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, which married was diss.
		The Duke was killed in Paris by the splinter of a lance at a tournament, 1485.
		George FITZROY, Duke of Northumberland, born 1665, married firstly 1685/6 Catherine (died without issue 1714), widow of Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, and daughter of Robert Wheatley, of Bracknell, Berks., married secondly 1714/5 Mary (died 1738), daughter of Henry Dutton, and died without issuel 1716.
	www.heraldry.ws /info/article11.html (6571 words)

	Orkney News Archive: International heritage organisation choose Orkney for AGM
		An international organisation dedicated to world historical monuments are to hold their AGM in Orkney later this month.
		The group’s AGM takes place on May 31, but members – all of who are leading experts in the fields of archaeology and architecture – will spend the rest of their time in the county, visiting local sites, in particular Orkney’s World Heritage site—the area surrounding the Ness of Brodgar and Skara Brae.
		Part of the proposed programme of events for the weekend visit is a seminar on Saturday, May 31, in Stromness on the subject of ritual landscapes.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /archive/2003/icomos.htm (223 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		A small land and thinly populated, her skeptical and occasionaly dour children are legendary the world over as soldiers, merchants, doctors, explorers, engineers, and inventors; any trade, in fact, that requires considerable self-discipline combined with a flare of creativity.
		In the later 18th century, two successive Murray Dukes were also Lords of (the Isle of) Man.
		The Orkney Isles, an archipelago off the north coast of Britain, were in the control of the Kings of Norway for many centuries, but produced a notable series of Jarls who have left an indelible imprint on Scottish history.
	www.hostkingdom.net /scot.html (3996 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Edward IV Edward IV, son of Richard, Duke of York and Cicely Neville, was born in 1442.
		He revived the English claim to the French throne and invaded the weakened France, extorting a non-aggression treaty from Louis XI in 1475 which amounted to a lump payment of 75,000 crowns, and an annuity of 20,000.
		Edward had his brother, George, Duke of Clarendon, judicially murdered in 1478 on a charge of treason.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon37.html (244 words)

	The Orcadian's Guide to the 20th Century - The Royal Oak Tragedy
		It was “a remarkable exploit of professional skill and daring.” The reluctant admiration of Winston Churchill as he announced to the world that the battleship HMS Royal Oak had been sunk by U-boat was obvious.
		Not only a battleship, and more than 800 lives, had been lost, but Scapa Flow – Orkney’s great secure anchorage that had been believed to be impenetrable – had been breached and a mortal blow struck against the pride of the Royal Navy.
		The first German bomb to hit British soil hit Hoy as air attacks disabled HMS Iron Duke – and Orkney gunners brought down the first enemy plane to be felled by anti-aircraft fire from the ground.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /features/20thcentury/7.htm (453 words)

	1567e
		Hamilton Duke of Chastel-herault (who was reputed the next heire to the Crowne) hee banished the Court, Aran his sonne he shut up in prison, Bothwell hee confined into England, and whosoever he thought could oppose him, he deposed from their dignities.
		That saying, that by domesticall marriage somewhat is detracted from the Royall dignity, is taken up by some in disgrace of Nobility, forasmuch as the Royall Majesty, which hath by her vertue made herselfe way to that heighth, fetcheth her beginning from Nobility, and Noble-men are as it were the rootes of the Royall stocke.
		In this negotiation there occurred difficulties concerning Religion, the Dukes maintenance, the Title of King, and the succession, about all which much arguing there was on both sides.
	www.philological.bham.ac.uk /camden/1567e.html (5148 words)

	Orkney Communities
		Orkney Independent Cadet Battery, (RA) (Lovat Scouts) ACF
		We attend a two week annual camp with the 1st Battalion The Highlanders ACF on mainland Britain during the school summer holidays.
		All cadets can participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and Senior Cadets have the opportunity to obtain a BTEC in Public Service.
	www.orkneycommunities.co.uk /contacts.asp?category=Cadets&details=950 (161 words)

	Orkney and Shetland - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		I know that Orkney and Shetland are part of the U.K. but they were originally connected to Norway.
		british no,scottish yes.we are proud to have viking blood and heritage but orkney was a pictish land long before it was invaded and occupied by the vikings,something that is always overlooked.
		I tried Orkney Brewery beer while in Scotland and it was great, how's this for some names....
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=164853 (630 words)

	The Journal to Stella, by Jonathan Swift (letter58)
		I stayed till eight, and then went to Lady Orkney’s, who has been sick, and sat with her till twelve, from whence you may consider it is late, sollahs.
		The Duke of Ormond and I were to dine at Lord Orkney’s.
		The Duke of Ormond and I appointed to dine with Ned Southwell to-day, to talk of settling your affairs of Parliament in Ireland, but there was a mixture of company, and the Duke of Ormond was in haste, and nothing was done.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /s/s97s/letter58.html (3433 words)

	Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		We are a military regiment who bring to life the campaigns of Marlborough and his world during the reign of Queen Anne by portraying Lord Orkney's Regiment, the ancestor of the modern Royal Scots Regiment.
		Founded in 2001 to re-create the war of the Spanish Succession of 1701 - 1714 (called Queen Anne's War in America), the initial impetus was to equip and train a unit of soldiers to bridge a gap in this under-represented period of British History.
		We represent the military and associated civilian aspect of the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns, with the regiment already having worked with English Heritage, Event Plan and Tower Armouries to name but a few.
	www.geocities.com /ancasta1 (383 words)

	The Scottish Genealogy Society - Peers and Heirs
		It is approriate that the various ranks in the Peerage, (viz: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Lord of Parliament), be considered.
		By curious coincidence the forfeiture on 20 December 1567 of Sir James Hepburn, Duke of Orkney, so created 12 May 1567 - (perhaps better known as the ''Earl of Bothwell''), had also made the title of Duke extinct for a period in Scotland (save for the Dukedom of Rothesay which was in the Crown).
		As the ducal title did not appear in the Peerage of Ireland before 1661, there were no Dukes at all in the British Isles between 2 June 1572 and 5 August 1581, on which last date Sir Esme Stuart, Earl of Lennox, was promoted Duke of Lennox in Scotland.
	www.scotsgenealogy.com /online/peers_and_heirs.htm (3971 words)

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		January 1624/5, beeing Saturday, at sixe of y'e clocke att night, atte Whitehall, in y'e Duke of Buckingham's lodgings, I married Anne Ashbornham, third da of Sir Ashbornham, late of Ashbornham, Kt." In another entry we have-- "...
		Thomas Betterton, the late eminent Tragedian, wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are distinctly considered; with the judgment of the late ingenious Monsieur de St. Evremond, upon the Italian and French Music and Operas, in a Letter to the Duke of Buckingham.
		Having liberty from my lord Duke to make choice from among them all, I chose that pinnace before the rest, supposing she would have proved the best, which fell out afterwards cleane contrary.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/11651/11651.txt (10501 words)

	MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT - Online Information article about MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
		marriage he and his wife were created duke and duchessof Buccleuch, and he took the surname of Scott.
		Even then the fear of a " difference " between Monmouth and James, duke of York, exercised men's minds, and every caress or promotion kept the fear alive.
		Francis (1695-1751), who through his grandmother inherited the title of duke of Buccleuch in 1732, and was the ancestor of the later See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOL_MOS/MONMOUTH_JAMES_SCOTT.html (3312 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - A History of Lord Roger de Courseulles and his successors - a Somerset AAR
		Even Duke William (as he was then) complimented him at his handling of his mount.
		Pleased at his skill with horses and valuing his keen mind, the Duke William (as he was then) did him the great honour of making him a knight in his sixteenth year, and thereafter often requested his presence at Court.
		The Duke William, caring for the needs of so worthy and trusted a companion as the Lord Roger gave his permission to marry the Lady Alberenda, a ward of his and heir to a manor along the river Seine.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=185981 (7158 words)

	LIST OF DUKEDOMS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		1675Lennoxextantalso Duke of Gordon in the United Kingdom from 1876 and Duke of Lennox in Scotland
		1675Lennoxextantalso Duke of Gordon in the United Kingdom from 1876 and Duke of Richmond in England
		1876Gordon-Lennoxextantalso Duke of Richmond in England and Duke of Lennox in Scotland
	www.igopay.com /List_of_Dukedoms (355 words)

	Northvegr - Old-Lore Miscellany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		century as Chamberlain in Shetland for the Earl of Morton, who was then in possession of the landed property, with the scatt, feu and other duties of the Earldom of Orkney and Lordship of Zetland; and he also held the office of Steward Depute of the County.
		Another copy is that from which the book was printed by Nichols; and the original itself is understood to have been among the papers in the custody of the Busta Law Agents.
		The location of The Unicorn here, does not correspond with that of Tudor's Orkneys and Cowies Guide, in which it is placed off Hawksness, north of Green Holm, and before you come abreast of the Isle of Gletness.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/oldlore/004.php (849 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 10190
		James II was finally defeated and killed after a battle at Sauchieburn, near Stirling, under the nominal command of his son, the Duke of Rothesay.
		She was the daughter of Sir John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp.
		She married, firstly, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer, between 28 January 1450 and 7 February 1450.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10190.htm (2602 words)

	eBay.co.uk - duke edinburgh, Art, Great Britain, Postcards items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		H.R.H The Duke of Edinburgh, Birds From Britannia
		Naval HMS Duke of Edinburgh Cammell Laird WW1
		BERMUDA 1981 Duke of Edinburgh`s Award Scheme on FDCvr.
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	The Journal to Stella, by Jonathan Swift (letter57)
		The Duke and Lord Arran left us, and I have been sitting ever since with Lord and Lady Orkney till past eleven: and my cold is worse, and makes me giddy.
		Duke of Ormond, Lord Arran, and I, dined privately to-day at an old servant’s house of his.
		He is another brother of the Duke of Hamilton, and is going to France, by a power from his mother, the old Duchess,[26] to negotiate their pretensions to the duchy of Chatelherault.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /s/s97s/letter57.html (3398 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Imperial Wall: A Northumbrian AAR
		Eadwine is two years older than Morcar and the 'Duke of Lancaster' (henceforth Earl of Chester).
		And let us often reflect upon the great Judgment to which we all shall go, and let us save ourselves from the welling fire of hell torment, and gain for ourselves the glories and joys that God has prepared for those who work his will in the world.
		Yes, that's the Duke of Brittany and a vassal in grey.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=155817 (7862 words)

	List of Dukedoms -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		also Duke of Gordon in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom from 1876 and Duke of Richmond in (A division of the United Kingdom) England
		also Duke of Greenwich in (An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales) Great Britain from 1718 until 1743 and Duke of Argyll in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom from 1892
		also Duke of Richmond in (A division of the United Kingdom) England and Duke of Lennox in (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts) Scotland
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_dukedoms.htm (2468 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Hepburn Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		He was trusted enough to stand proxy for the king at his marriage to Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England.
		He married the queen, a union later said to have been forced upon her, and he was created Duke of Orkney and loaded with other high ranks and titles.
		Public outrage and the jealousy of other powerful factions ensured that the marriage was not to last, and after various adventures, Mary escaped to England where she was held captive for twenty years, ultimately being executed by her cousin, Elizabeth.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Hepburn_221 (755 words)

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