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Earl of Bothwell was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. It was first created for Patrick Hepburn in 1488, and was forfeited in 1567. Subsequently, the earldom was re-created for the 4th Earl's nephew and heir of line, Francis Stewart , whose father was an illegitimate son of James V .
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell (c. 1534 – 14 April 1578), better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was accused of the murder of Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a charge of which he was acquitted. His marriage to Mary was controversial and divided the ...
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell; S. Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell This page was last edited on 30 December 2013, at 03:07 (UTC). ...
Francis Stewart was a son of John Stewart, Prior of Coldingham (d. 1563), who was an illegitimate child of James V of Scotland by his mistress Elizabeth Carmichael. Francis' mother was Jane Hepburn, Mistress of Caithness, Lady Morham (d. 1599), sister of James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell.
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (1512 – September 1556) was the son of Adam Hepburn, Lord Hailes, who died at the Battle of Flodden the year after Patrick's birth. Hepburn was known as the Fair Earl. He owed this more to his looks than his character, being described as "fair and white" while a young boy.
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
In 1567 he helped hold Dunbar Castle for his kinsman James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. [1] Patrick Hepburn of Waughton and Lufness was retoured heir to his father on 3 April 1605. [2] Hepburn sold the lands of Brethertoun [Brotherton] to George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, and his wife Margaret Ogilvie for £20,500 Scots on 8 December 1613. [3]
Lady Agnes Stewart married first Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell in August 1511 (killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513), secondly Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home (executed on 8 October 1516), [2] thirdly Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (died 9 July 1546) , and fourthly Cuthbert Ramsay, a burgess of Edinburgh, who survived her. [3]
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