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Personal data James Hepburn 

  • He was born in the year 1534.
  • Title: duke, of Orkney, 1
  • Title: earl, of Bothwell, 4
  • Profession: Lord High Admiral of Scotland.
  • He died on April 14, 1578 in Malmø, Suède, he was 44 years old.
  • A child of Patrick Hepburn and Agnes Sinclair

Household of James Hepburn

(1) He is married to Jane Gordon.

They got married on January 23, 1566, he was 32 years old.

The couple were divorced on May 3, 1567.


(2) He is married to Mary Stuart.

They got married on May 15, 1567 at Edinburgh, Scotland, Royaume-Uni, he was 33 years old.


(3) He had a relationship with Anna Rustung.

Event (unmarried).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Hepburn

Adam Hepburn
1492-1513
Agnes Stewart
1488-1557
Henry Sinclair
????-1513
Margaret Hepburn
????-1542

James Hepburn
1534-1578

(1) 1566

Jane Gordon
1546-1629

(2) 1567

Mary Stuart
1542-1587

(3) 

Anna Rustung
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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
    • January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
    • 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.
    • May 15 » Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
    • 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 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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