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	I7228	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 1
  Marriage	24 Feb 1565	Scotland   [3]
  Divorce	3 May 1567	Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F4732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Jean Gordon
  Marriage	24 Feb 1565	Scotland   [3]
  Divorce	3 May 1567	Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F5763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 3	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	F4731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 15 May 1567 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S954] Meginnes, John F, Genealogy and History of the Hepburn Family, (Name: Gazette and Bulletin Printing House; Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1894;), genealogicalhistoryhepburn.pdf. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Hepburn Patrick #108326 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10833.htm#i108326. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Hepburn James #101892 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10190.htm#i101892. [S668] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 09; Page: 597 Record for James Earl of Bothwell Hepburn. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1981&h=28936&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1981&h=28936&indiv=try