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  James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell - LoveToKnow 1911
James Hepburn succeeded in 1556 to his father's titles, lands and hereditary offices, including that of lord high admiral of Scotland.
On the 12th Bothwell was created duke of Orkney and Shetland and the marriage took place on the 15th according to the Protestant usage, the Roman Catholic rite being performed, according to some accounts, afterwards in addition.' Bothwell's triumph, however, was shortlived.
He left no lawful descendants; but his nephew, Francis Stewart Hepburn, who, through his father, John Stewart, prior of Coldingham, was a grandson of King James V., and was thus related to Mary, queen of Scots, and the regent Murray, was in 1581 created earl of Bothwell.
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  Earl of Orkney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1236, Magnus, son of Gille Brigte, Mormaer of Angus, was granted the Earldom of Orkney by King Haakon Haakonsson.
James took the Earldom of Orkney for the Crown in 1470, and William was thereafter Earl of Caithness alone until he resigned the Earldom in favour of his son William in 1476, dying in 1484.
The next Orkney title was the dukedom of Orkney, which was given to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, husband of Queen Mary I, in 1567.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Orkney   (958 words)

  
 Luminarium Encyclopedia: James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (c.1536-1578)
JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF BOTHWELL, Duke of Orkney and Shetland, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, son of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, and of Agnes, daughter of Henry, Lord Sinclair, was born about 1536.
Having fought against King James III at the battle of Sauchieburn in 1488, he was rewarded by the new king, James IV, with the Earldom of Bothwell, the office of Lord High Admiral and other dignities.
On the 12th Bothwell was created Duke of Orkney and Shetland and the marriage took place on the 15th according to the Protestant usage, the Roman Catholic rite being performed, according to some accounts, afterwards in addition.
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 Famous Scots
James Hepburn Bothwell - Duke of Orkney and Shetland John Bradbury - Botanist
Alexander Cunningham - The 1st earl of Glencairn
James Douglas, Earl of Morton - Scottish statesman
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney (~1535 - April 14, 1578) was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Bothwell was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, whom he succeeded as earl in 1556.
Although he was probably acting in an advisory capacity to Mary almost from the moment of her return in Scotland, their liaison does not seem to have begun until 1566, after the birth of her son, the future James VI of Scotland.
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 duke lacrosse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (August 21, 1670- June 12, 1734) was a French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England and VII of Scotland by Arabella Churchill.
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney The Duke of Orkney James Hepburn was the 4th Earl of Bothwell and 1st Duke of Orkney.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (June 19, 1606 - March 9, 1649), Scottish nobleman, son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, and of the Lady Anne Cunningham, daughter of the earl of Glencairn, was born on 19 June 1606.
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 Hepburn Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adam Hepburn had in the reign of David II a charter of the lands of Traprain, Mersingtoun, and some in Cockburnspath, to be held of the Earl of March.
Adam Hepburne, Master of Hailes, afterwards styled of Dunsyre [in Lanarkshire], was not of an age to marry in 1448.
Adam Hepburne 2nd Earl of Bothwell Adam Hepburne 2nd Earl of Bothwell was killed at the battle of Flodden, having distinguished himself in command of the reserve during the action.
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James Hepburn succeeded in 1556 to his father's titles, lands and hereditary offices, including that of lord high admiral of Scotland.
On the 12th Bothwell was created duke of Orkney and Shetland and the marriage took place on the 15th according to the Protestant usage, the Roman Catholic rite being performed, according to some accounts, afterwards in addition.2 Bothwell's triumph, however, was shortlived.
He left no lawful descendants; but his nephew, FRANCIS STEWART HEPBURN, who, through his father, John Stewart, prior of Coldingham, was a grandson of King James V., and was thus related to Mary, queen of Scots, and the regent Murray, was in 1581 created earl of Bothwell.
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 Orkney
The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area.
Orkney's administrative capital is Kirkwall on The Mainland.
Ferries sail from the island to Tingwall on the Orkney Mainland, Egilsay and Rousay.
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 Bothwell
In the minority of the king, James the Fifth, and the unsettled state of the kingdom, great disorders prevailed on the borders, which were encouraged by the border chiefs, and the duke of Albany, on assuming the regency, did his utmost to suppress the robberies and violations of the law that were continually taking place.
James Hepburn, fourth earl of Bothwell, the unprincipled and ambitious nobleman who became the third husband of Mary, queen of Scots, was born about 1536, and was served heir to his father, 3d November 1556,.
James yielded from necessity to his entreaties, and a few days afterwards he signed a capitulation, whereby he pledged himself to grant him a remission of all past offences, to procure a ratification of it in parliament, and to dismiss Chancellor Maitland from his councils and presence.
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 Hotel Bothwell
A suspension bridge crosses the Clyde, as well as the bridge near which, on 22 June 1679, the Royalists, under the duke of Monmouth, and the Covenanters fought the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, in which the Covenanters lost 500 men and 1000 prisoners.
The lordship was bestowed in 1487 on Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Lord Hailes, 1st earl of Bothwell, who resigned it in 1491 in favor of Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Angus, known as "Bell-the-Cat".
Bothwell consisted of the Kent County townships of Bothwell, Camden, Dresden, Howard, Orford, Ridgetown, Thamesville and Zone, and the Lambton County townships of Dawn, Euphemia and Sombra.
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 Earl of Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was first created for Patrick Hepburn in 1488, and was forfeited in 1567.
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.
Francis Stewart Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (1563-1612)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Bothwell   (137 words)

  
 James Hepburn Bothwell
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney, 4th Earl of Bothwell (~1535 - April 14, 1578) Most famous for being the third husband of Mary Queen of Scots (and probable murderer of her second husband, Lord Darney).
He was educated by Bishop Hepburn of Moray who his grand-uncle and in 1556, at the age of 21, James Hepburn succeeded his father as as earl of Bothwell and hereditary lord high admiral of Scotland.
On the 12th May Bothwell was created Duke of Orkney and on the 15th May, only 12 days after his divorce and only 3 months after the death of her husband, Bothwell and Queen Mary were married at Holyrood.
www.virtualscotland.co.uk /scotland_articles/famous-scots/james-hepburn-bothwell.htm   (825 words)

  
 Livingston
He was the favourite counsellor of James I (of Scotland), after whose death he acted as guardian to the young King James II during his minority, and, in that capacity was for some time the virtual ruler of Scotland.
Beatrice Fleming, was the daughter of Robert Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, who was a grandson of Robert Stuart, Duke of Albany and a great X 3 grandson of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
This James Livingston fought at the Battle of Pinkie (September 10, 1547) under the command of his relative, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and was there killed, as was also the Master of Livingston, his nephew.
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 HEPBURN of Hailes & Earls of Bothwell
The name of Hepburn is probably a local one derived from lands in Northumberland, at one time disputed territory between England and Scotland.
Sir Patrick Hepburne had charters of large estates in Scotland: Dunsyre in Lanarkshire; Little Lambertoun and Prendergast in Berwickshire as well as reconfirmations of Hailes etc. He was one of the conservators of truces with England in 1449, 1451, 1453, 1457 and 1459.
He was one of the plenipotentiaries sent to conclude the treaty for the marriage of King James IV with Princess Margaret Tudor of England in October 1501 and he stood proxy for the King at the ceremony of betrothal on 25
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 Notes
James, eldest son of Hugh and Anna and sixth Lord Somerville of this line, married Agnes, daughter of Sir James Hamilton, and had two sons, Hugh and James.
Hugh, son of Hugh and Heleana, was the father of James and Gavin, of whom the first married Lilias, daughter of Sir James Bannantyne, and left at least one son, named James, who was the father by his wife, Martha Bannantyne, of yet another James.
James 14th attempted to aquire the original Marquisate of Somerville in France (Normandy) but his efforts were thwarted by the French Revolution, the supporters of which claimed that his desire to repossess the families lands was evidence that the British aristocracy were trying to overthrow the French.
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 ORKNEY, EARL OF - Online Information article about ORKNEY, EARL OF
Prince James, afterwards King James I.; his grandson William, the 3rd earl (c.
In 1455 William was created earl of Caithness, and in 1470 he resigned his earldom of Orkney to James III.
Petty, earl of Shelburne, and was succeeded in the title by her grandson, Thomas John Hamilton Fitzmaurice (1803–1877), whose descendants still hold the earldom.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/ORKNEY_EARL_OF.html   (675 words)

  
 Mary, Queen of Scots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Her father, James V passed away 6 days after her birth, stating "it come wi' a lass, it gang wi' a lass" meaning the Stuart Dynasty was started with Margory Bruce and would end with his daughter, Mary.
Her life had been a seven years' tragedy, full of horrors and of fierce conflict, full also of such strange alternations of sentiment, such contradictory impulses, and what would appear to be reckless abandonment of ordinary sentiments, that she might have been deemed a wreck.
In desperate case he became chief of a band of northern pirates, but, on a small fleet being despatched after him from Leith, fled to Norway, and being taken prisoner by the Danish government, was shut up in the castle of Malmo, where he is said to have died insane.
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 Chronology of Scottish History - 1600 to 1899
Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I. Scots defeated by Cromwell, 2,000 killed, 8,000 captured and Hamilton surrendered on 25 August (and beheaded in March 1649).
James Stewart (a friend of Red Fox) was arrested and was found guilty, despite a lack evidence, by a jury in Inveraray, presided over by the Duke of Argyll.
James Bruce, explorer and author of "Travels to Discover the Sources of the Nile" died.
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 Our Ancient Ancestors
The latter was a marriage between Duke Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany, who was Geoffery's sister (Judith and Geoffery were children of Conan I, Count of Rennes and Duke of Brittany).
James I, was slain by the descendants of King Robert's second wife, whom he had dispossessed of the Royal Earldom of Strathern.
It was Sir James Stewart of Grandtully who, before he succeeded to the family title and estates, ran away with Lady Jane, sister of the first and last Duke of Douglas, and whose son by her was the claimant in the great Douglas cause.
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 THE  BOYD  FAMILY OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE
The data on the Family of York County, Maine, is principally taken from notes of the researches of the Rev. James Boyd, who compiled a history, and the printed copies were all destroyed by fire, together with the original manuscript.
On the death of James II, in 1460, Lord Boyd was appointed Justiciary of Scotland, and one of the Council of Regency during the minority of King James III (then aged 8 years), and was twice sent as ambassador to England, in 1464 and 1465.
James III persuaded Mary to return to Scotland, on the pretext of a pardon for her husband, but imprisoned her in Dean Castle, Kilmarnock.
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 livingston02
James is said to have married up to 3 times but, although marriages were certainly contracted, it is not certain that they ever took place.
The Earldom of Kilmarnock was forfeited because of William's support of the Jacobite rebellion but nevertheless their eldest son James succeeded to the Earldom of Erroll, inherited from Anne's mother.
James Livingston of Brighouse, 1st Earl of Callander (dspl c1674)
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 Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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.
James V escaped his captor in 1528 and Archibald was forced to flee to England in exile.
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.
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 thePeerage.com - George Beaumont and others
She married, firstly, Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes, son of Sir Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes and Ellen Wallace, circa 2 February 1448.
She married Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, son of Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes and Helen Home, circa 21 February 1490/91.
She married Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, son of Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell and Lady Agnes Stewart, circa 1533/34.
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 MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Hepburn Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Hepburn name is territorial, coming from the village of Hebburn in the parish of Chillingham in Northumberland.
It was from this union that James VI was later to succeed to the English throne.
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.
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 Sutherland
1785 she was married to George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, 2nd Marquess of Stafford (1803), 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), son of 1st Marquess Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of 1st Duke of Bridgwater and Lady Rachel Russell.
The Duke was married to Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the Earl of Carlisle Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria.
3rd Duke of Sutherland, born 1828, married to Anne Countess of Cromartie in the heritage of Clan MacKenzie.
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 stewart18
Margaret (or Joan) Stewart (dau of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany)
Marjory is also shown on Stewart06 as daughter of Sir James Stewart of Beath.
Margaret Scrymgeour (dau of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope)
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 thePeerage.com - unnamed daughter2 Habsburg and others
     stillborn twin1 Hepburn was born between 18 July 1568 and 24 July 1568 in Lochleven Castle, Scotland.
He was the son of James Hepburn, 1st and last Duke of Orkney and Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland.
He was the son of James I Charles Stuart, King of Great Britain and Anne Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark.
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