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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 .
The Earl of Bothwell broke into Holyrood House on 27 December 1591, and it was alleged that Margaret Douglas was waiting in a house in the Canongate for her husband's success, with jewels and money to attend the queen. [10] In October 1592 she and Bothwell were in England, and were at the house of Walter Graham at Netherby on the water of Esk. [11]
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 ...
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.
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]
In 1566, the Earl of Bothwell commissioned an artist, whose name is not recorded, to paint miniature portraits of Jean and himself. These were done in oil on copper. Jean appears as a character in Elizabeth Byrd's historical romance, Immortal Queen , which is a fictionalised story of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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.