Family Tree Roldan Hamilton » Sir James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell (1536-1578)

Personal data Sir James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell 

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  • Alternative name: Sir James Earl of Bothwell
  • He was born in the year 1536 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • (Possible Murderer of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley) on February 10, 1567 in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Scotland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley In February 1567, Bothwell was one of those accused of having murdered the Queen's consort Lord Darnley. Darnley's father, the Earl of Lennox, and other relatives agitated for vengeance....
  • He died on April 14, 1578 in Dragsholm Castle, Zeeland, Denmark, he was 42 years old.
    Death in Dragsholm Castle, Zeeland, Denmark
  • A child of Patrick 3 E Bothwell Hepburn and Agnes L Morham Sinclair

Household of Sir James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell

(1) He is married to Anna Kristoffersdatter.

They got married before April 26, 1559.


(2) He is married to Janet Bethunes Picardy Beaton.

They got married on April 26, 1559, he was 23 years old.


(3) He is married to Jean (Lady) Gordon.

They got married on February 24, 1566 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James Hepburn  1566-????


(4) He is married to Mary I /Queen of Scots Stuart Stewart.

They got married on May 15, 1567 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 31 years old.

They got married on May 15, 1567 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire, Scotland, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Hepburn  1555-1572
  3. Twins Hepburn  1568-1568

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sir James Hepburn

Sir James Hepburn
1536-1578

(1) < 1559

Anna Kristoffersdatter
1536-1608

(2) 1559

Janet Bethunes Picardy Beaton
1515-1569

(3) 1566

Jean (Lady) Gordon
1546-1629

James Hepburn
1566-????
(4) 1567

Mary I /Queen of Scots Stuart Stewart
1542-1587

William Hepburn
1555-1572
Francis Stewart 1 E Bothwell Hepburn
< 1563-1612
Twins Hepburn
1568-1568

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Historical events

Day of marriage May 15, 1567

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1567: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
    • March 13 » The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
    • May 24 » Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
    • July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
    • July 25 » Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
    • July 29 » The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

Day of death April 14, 1578

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1578: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 31 » Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
    • April 27 » Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
    • May 31 » King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
    • August 4 » Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
    • September 29 » Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.


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