4th Earl of Bothwell James Hepburn
1535 - 1578 (43 years)-
Name James Hepburn [1, 2, 3, 4] Title 4th Earl of Bothwell Birth 1535 Orkney, Scotland 
[1, 3, 4] Gender Male Title 1st Duke of Orkney Death 19 Apr 1578 Denmark [1, 4] Person ID I7223 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 10 Aug 2025
Father 3rd Earl of Bothwell Patrick Hepburn, b. 1512, Scotland d. Sep 1556, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Mother Agnes Sinclair d. 22 Feb 1574, Scotland Relationship natural Marriage 1533 Scotland [2] Divorce 1543 Scotland [1, 2] Family ID F3590 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jean Gordon Marriage 24 Feb 1565 Scotland [3] Divorce 3 May 1567 Scotland [3] Family ID F3602 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2025
Family 2 Queen of Scotland Mary Queen of Scots Stewart, b. 7 Dec 1542, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d. 8 Feb 1587, Northamptonshire, England (Age 44 years) Marriage 15 May 1567 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Family ID F3601 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Aug 2025
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Marriage - 15 May 1567 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 
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Sources - [S787] Meginnes, John F, Genealogy and History of the Hepburn Family, (Name: Gazette and Bulletin Printing House; Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1894;), genealogicalhistoryhepburn.pdf.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Hepburn Patrick #108326 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10833.htm#i108326.
- [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Hepburn James #101892 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10190.htm#i101892.
- [S516] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 09; Page: 597 Record for James Earl of Bothwell Hepburn.
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- [S787] Meginnes, John F, Genealogy and History of the Hepburn Family, (Name: Gazette and Bulletin Printing House; Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1894;), genealogicalhistoryhepburn.pdf.