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 Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell was born in 1512.
Hepburn married at the age of 21 on one of his return visits to Scotland, where he married Agnes Sinclair, who gave birth to his son James.
Hepburn believed their was the possibility of marrying into royalty, so much so that he organised a divorce from his wife.
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Hepburn (~1535 - April 14, 1578) was the 4th Earl of Bothwell and 1st Duke of Orkney.
Bothwell was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, whom he succeeded as earl in 1556.
Bothwell was divorced by his wife on the grounds of adultery in May, 1567, three months after the death of Mary's first husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, whom Bothwell was generally believed to have murdered.
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 Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bothwell, a town of Lanarkshire, Scotland, had a population in 1901 of 3015 (town) or of 45,905 (parish).
Joanna Baillie (1762 - 1851), the poetess, was born in the manse, and a memorial honours her.
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".
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 BOTHWELL - LoveToKnow Article on BOTHWELL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
On the 3rd of May Bothwells divorce from his wife was decreed by the civil court, on.
After the downfall of Mary, Bothwells good treatment came to an end, and on the I6th of June 1573 he was removed to the castle of Dragsholm or Adelersborg in Zealand.
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.
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 Hepburn (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hepburn is a Scottish family name that is also associated with a variety of famous personages, eponyms, places, and things.
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (son of Adam, 2nd Earl of Bothwell)
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (son of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell) - lover and third husband of Queen Mary I of Scotland.
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 HEPBURN of Hailes & Earls of Bothwell
Adam Hepburne, Master of Hailes, afterwards styled of Dunsyre [in Lanarkshire], was not of an age to marry in 1448.
Earl of Bothwell was killed at the battle of Flodden, having distinguished himself in command of the reserve during the action.
Agnes Sinclair, Countess of Bothwell, was on 26
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 Bothwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bothwell is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, that lies on the right bank of the River Clyde, nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow.
The poet Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born in the manse, and a memorial honours her.
An unpretending mansion was built nearby by Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar (1653–1712), and was known as New Bothwell Castle, but suffered mining subsidence and was demolished in 1926.
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 Son of Agnes Sinclair, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Patrick Hepburn the 3rd Earl of Bothwell married circa 1533 Agnes, daughter of Henry Lord Sinclair and his wife Margaret Hepburne, daughter of Adam Hepburn Master of Hailes.
This lady, as already noted, was divorced by Earl Patrick before 16 October 1543, whereupon he settled on her a charter of the lands of Morham in Haddingtonshire.
The 4th Earl of Bothwell was acquitted of killing Lord Darnley in 1567 at a rigged trial.
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 Earl of Bothwell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The title Earl of Bothwell has been created twice in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland.
It was first created for (additional info and facts about Patrick Hepburn) Patrick Hepburn in 1488, and was forfeited in 1567.
The title Duke of Orkney was created in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland in 1567 for (additional info and facts about James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell) James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, with the subsidiary title Marquess of Fife.
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 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.
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 Encyclopedia: Bothwell
Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poet and dramatist Born at the manse of Bothwell, Lanarkshire on the banks of the Clyde, on September 11, 1762, she belonged to an old Scottish family, which claimed among its ancestors Sir William Wallace.
The Donjon seen from the Great Hall Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and the small town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow.
Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell was the son of Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10833
He married Jean Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and Agnes Sinclair.
She was the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and Agnes Sinclair.
     Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell was born between 1511 and 1513.
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 Travels in Scotland : Castles and Towers : Bothwell Castle
Bothwell is one of the largest castles in Scotland.
Restored again, Bothwell Castle was captured by Edward III in 1331 to be used as a headquarters for his forays into Scotland.
In the 17th century, Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar, built a huge mansion near the castle (it was completely demolished in 1926) that used much of the stone from the castle walls and keep.
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Although he was probably acting in advisory capacity to Mary almost from the of her return in Scotland their liaison does not seem to begun until 1566 after the birth of son the future James VI of Scotland.
Hearing that Bothwell had been seriously wounded was likely to die Mary visited him Hermitage Castle only a few weeks after birth to James.
The marriage her unpopular and was a direct cause her being forced to abdicate her throne.
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Although he was probably acting in an advisory capacity to Mary almost from the moment of herreturn in Scotland, their liaison does not seem to have begun until 1566, after thebirth of her son, the future James VI of Scotland.
Hearing that Bothwell had been seriously wounded and was likely to die, Mary visited him at Hermitage Castle only a few weeksafter giving birth to James.
Bothwell was divorced by his wife on the grounds of adultery in May, 1567, three months after the death of Mary's first husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, whom Bothwell wasgenerally believed to have murdered.
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Bothwell had married Jean the daughter George Gordon 4th Earl of Huntly in of that year; the marriage lasted just a year.
He married Mary on May 15 1567 twelve days after his divorce after having "abducted" her; he had been created of Orkney on May 12.
He travelled Scandinavia in the hope of raising an to put Mary back on the throne was imprisoned in Dragsholm Castle Denmark where he was kept in appalling and eventually died insane.
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 Hepburn's of Bothwell Genealogy and History
I started with the idea that the Hepburns of Bearford were descedants of one of the Earls of Bothwell, but investigation proved that that branch of the family became extinct, in the male line, with the death of James Hepburn, forth Earl of Bothwell.
Patrick Hepburn, Lord Holes, was created Earl of Bothwell on account of services at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1485.
Adam, 2nd Earl of Bothwell and High Admiral of Scotland, married Agnes Stewart, and there family were: Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell.
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 Hailes Castle & Mary, Queen of Scots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, was governor of Scotland during part of the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots.
On her way back to Edinburgh she was intercepted on the Bridge of Almond by Bothwell at the head of eight hundred men, who claimed that she was in danger and that he would take her to the safety of Dunbar Castle.
In the light of the way Bothwell treated her after their marriage and her subsequent suicidal state of mind, it is fair to say that Mary only gave in to Bothwell because he appeared to have secured the support of the nobility, and was powerful enough to restore her waning authority.
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 Agnes Sinclair
Marriage: Hepburn, Patrick 3rd Earl of Bothwell in 1534
Agnes married Patrick Hepburn 3rd Earl of Bothwell, son of Adam Hepburn, in 1534.
(Patrick Hepburn 3rd Earl of Bothwell was born in 1512 and died in Sep 1556.)
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 Tours of Scotland, my native homeland.
James Hepburn, the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, was born in 1535.
Hepburn became the 4th Earl of Boswell when his father died in 1556.
The marriage was not a happy one and when Darnley was mysteriously killed while recovering from smallpox at Glasgow in January 1567, when the house in which he was in was blown up by gunpowder.
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 Bruce Bothwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The picturesque ruins of Bothwell Castle occupy a conspicuousposition on the side of the river, which here takes the bold sweep famed in Scottish song as Bothwell bank.
The lordship wasbestowed 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".
The castle furnishes a fine example of Gothic, and mainly consists of a great oblong quadrangle, flanked on the south side by circular towers.At the east end stand the remains of the chapel.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg186.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John married Jean Hepburn daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell.
Robert, Earl of Orkney & Prior of Holyrood was born
Robert married Janet Kennedy daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis.
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 Hailes Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
In 1547, Patrick Hepburn, the 3rd Earl of Bothwell, opposed the Regent acting for the young Mary Queen of Scots, and was forced to surrender the castle.
He took her to Dunbar Castle, where, depending on which version of history you believe, he forced her to agree to marry him: or they finalised a course of action already agreed between them.
Their marriage led swiftly and directly to Mary's forced abdication, to Bothwell's flight into exile, and to the forfeiture of all of his lands including Hailes Castle.
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 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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 Douglas Family of Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
After the Earl became the head of the family, he was regarded as the most powerful subject in the kingdom He was noted for his courage, firmness, and sagacity, and not less for his pride.
Godscroft affirms that the Earl had a mind free from all ambition, but his conduct in regard to the marriage of his daughter Marjory to Daivd, Duke of Rothesay, the heir-apparent to the throne, shows that he was scarcely entitled to that eulogium.
She was dau of 1st Earl of Erroll, and sister of Nicholas Earl of Erroll, his brother-in-law who was married to Elizabeth Gordon.
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 James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
He evidently engineered the murder of Mary's second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, thereby precipitating the revolt of the Scottish nobles and Mary's flight to England, where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I and eventually executed.
nephew of the 4th earl; by his dissolute and proud behaviour he caused King James VI of Scotland (afterward James I of Great Britain) gradually to consider him a rival and a threat to the Scottish crown and was made an outlaw.
The title of the biography by Gary Carey, Hepburn: Hollywood Yankee (1983), is an apt description of one of the most distinctive and dynamic American actresses.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg190.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Mary married (2) Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley son of Matthew Stewart, 4th earl of Lennox and Margaret Douglas on 29 Jul 1565 in Chapel of Holyrood Palace, edinburgh, Scotland.
Mary married (3) James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell on 15 May 1567 in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Catherine married (2) Edward Seymour, 1st earl of Hertford in Nov 1560 in Hertford House, Cannon Row, Westminster, England, in secret.
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 James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Accused by Arran of plotting to kidnap the Queen, Bothwell was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle in March 1562.
Bothwell then won the Queen's affection by acting with loyalty and resourcefulness during the critical events surrounding the murder on March 9, 1566, of her secretary, David Riccio, at the instigation of Darnley.
Mary and Bothwell were married by Protestant rites on May 15, the day after his creation as duke of Orkney and Shetland.
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