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James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

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66: 1032:(Norway), where he by chance meat Anna Trondsen, who had settled herself in the city after having been dismissed by the earl (earlier, in Scotland). Now he had to face a humiliating trial, before he was transferred to Copenhagen, and later became moved to Malmøhus. During this period was it still uncertain whether the new Scottish government would survive or not, and he was a kind of a "hot potato" for (king) Frederik II. When it became clear that Mary Stuart would not be able to return to power, the earl lost all significance and was transferred to Dragsholm Castle (as Zealand) instead, possibly due to have become insane. He died there in April 1578 526: 1208: 1161: 1061:– Swedish Encyklopedia "Nordisk Familjebok", first edition (1880) Article "Malmö"; 25-30 lines from the article name "Malmö", "Inom dess murar hölls grefve Bothwell, Maria Stuarts tredje gemål, en tid som statsfånge" – in English "Within its walls (Malmøhus Castle, as of then) was earl Bothwell, the third husband of Mary Stuart, held as a prisoner of the (Danish) state during some time", 1020:
flyttet til Malmøhus. I denne periode, hvor det endnu var usikkert om den nye skotske regering ville overleve, var jarlen lidt af en politisk varm kartoffel for Frederik II. Da det viste sig, at Mary Stuart ikke ville komme til magten igen, mistede jarlen sin betydning og blev overført til Dragsholm slot, muligvis fordi han var blevet sindssyg. Der døde han så i april 1578.
674:, while Anna sued him for abandonment and return of her dowry. Anna may have had a soft spot for Orkney, as he persuaded her to take custody of his ship, as compensation. Orkney would have been released, but King Frederick heard that the Scottish government was seeking Orkney for the murder of Darnley, and decided to take him into custody in Denmark. 556:, out of harm's way. She agreed to accompany him and arrived at Dunbar at midnight. There, Mary was taken prisoner by Bothwell and allegedly raped by him to secure marriage to her and the crown (though whether she was his accomplice or his unwilling victim remains a controversial issue). On 12 May the Queen created him 334:, and, as he put it: "The Queen recompensed me more liberally and honourably than I had deserved" – receiving 600 Crowns and the post and salary of gentleman of the French King's Chamber. He visited France again in the spring of 1561, and by 5 July was back in Paris for the third time – this time accompanied by the 715:
In 1858, the body was exhumed and declared to be that of Lord Bothwell. It was in a dried condition and was thereafter referred to as "Bothwell's mummy". His extended family tried to get his body sent back to Scotland, but their request has not been granted. The identity of the body has never been
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Her begynder det danske forløb. Jarlen blev ført til Bergen, hvor han tilfældigvis stødte på Anna Trundsen, som havde slået sig ned i byen efter at være blevet droppet af jarlen i Skotland. Nu måtte han igennem en ydmygende retssag, inden han blev ført til København, fængslet på slottet og senere
295:, he said he was out of money and asked Anna to sell all her possessions. She complied and visited her family in Denmark to ask for more money. Anna was unhappy and apparently given to complaining about Bothwell. His treatment of Anna played a part in his eventual downfall. 541:, where the proceedings of Bothwell's trial were officially declared to be just according to the law of the land. On Saturday 19 April 1567, eight bishops, nine earls, and seven Lords of Parliament put their signatures to what became known as the 583:
The marriage divided the country into two camps, and on 16 June, the Lords opposed to Mary and the Duke of Orkney (as Bothwell had newly become) signed a Bond denouncing them. A showdown between the two opposing sides followed at
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asserts that Queen Mary was already on her way to visit Bothwell on matters of state before she heard about his illness, and that therefore this visit is not evidence they were already lovers at the time of his accident. Author
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agrees, and in fact the records show that Mary waited a full six days after learning of his injuries before going to visit Bothwell. The story of her mad flight to his side was put about later by her enemies to discredit her.
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on 15 June, from which Orkney (as Lord Bothwell was now known) fled, after one final embrace, never to be seen again by Mary. In December that year, Bothwell's titles and estates were forfeited by Act of Parliament.
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and the Hamiltons, who accused him of intriguing against the Crown, caused some degree of anguish to the Queen, and although the Earl of Arran was eventually declared mad, Bothwell was nevertheless imprisoned in
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to put Mary back on the throne. He was caught off the coast of Norway (then in a union with Denmark) at Høyevarde lighthouse in Karmsundet without proper papers, and was escorted to the port of
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following Mary of Guise's death and the return to Scotland of Mary, Queen of Scots, Bothwell appears to have been not much more than a troublesome noble at court. His open quarrel with the
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flanking him, and his Hepburns trotting behind. The trial lasted from noon till seven in the evening. Bothwell was acquitted and it was widely rumoured that he would marry Mary.
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lodging to the south, almost encountering Queen Mary en route. At Kirk O'Field they lit the gunpowder destroying part of the building and killing Darnley and his aide.
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to Edinburgh, Bothwell suddenly appeared with 800 men. He assured her that danger awaited her in Edinburgh, and told her that he proposed to take her to his castle at
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A pillar to which he was chained for the last ten years of his life can still be seen, with a circular groove in the floor around the pillar.
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in Edinburgh (east of Blackfriars Street) and with accomplices Dalgliesh, Powrie and Wilson, carried several kegs of gunpowder to
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with her servant Bessie Crawford. as cause. He married Mary, Queen of Scots, eight days later.
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A photo of the coffin in Fårevejle Church, with his assumed remains, can be seen here:
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On 9 February 1567 Bothwell left his lodging at Todrick's Wynd on the south side of the
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when he visited the French Court in the autumn of 1560, after he left Anna Rustung in
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of England, that the Queen was in continuous ill-health "for the most part either
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Orkney may have hoped to reach Denmark and raise an army with the support of
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Here does the Danish passage of events begin. The earl was transported to
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or sickly". On the appointed day Bothwell rode magnificently down the
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Bothwell was publicly accused of having murdered the Queen's consort,
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A body referred to as "Bothwell's mummy" materialised in 1976 in the
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The Queen and Bothwell were by now very close. When Bothwell married
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without trial in 1562. Later that year, while the Queen was in the
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officially stripped him of all his Scottish titles, including the
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England's Insular Imagining: The Elizabethan Erasure of Scotland
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or Anna Rustung. She was a Norwegian noblewoman whose father,
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also hinted at this time of a scandal involving his sister
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James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell
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After fleeing the confrontation at Carberry Hill, the
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began proceedings against Bothwell on 12 April 1567.
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My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
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Index

James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney
James Hepburn
Duke of Orkney
Marquess of Fife
Earl of Bothwell

Consort of the Scottish monarch
c.
Edinburgh
Dragsholm Castle
Anna Throndsen
Lady Jean Gordon
Mary, Queen of Scots
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell
Scottish
Mary, Queen of Scots
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell
Earl of Bothwell
Lord High Admiral of Scotland
Anna Throndsen
Kristoffer Trondson
Flanders
Lady Jean Gordon
4th Earl of Huntly
5th Earl of Huntly
adultery
Queen Mary
Flanders
King Francis II of France

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