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6th September 1561
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell becomes a member of Mary Queen of Scots’ Privy Council.
#JamesHepburn #EarlofBothwell #PrivyCouncillor #MaryQueenofScots #Stuarts #Scotland #History
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15th June 1567
The Battle of Carberry Hill took place near Edinburgh between Protestant nobles & the army of Mary, Queen of Scots & her husband, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
#BattleofCarberryHill #MaryQueenofScots #JamesHepburn #4thEarlofBothwell #Stuarts #History
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
@mariestuart.bsky.social
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15th May 1567
Mary, Queen of Scots & James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell were married according to Protestant rites at 10am (at either Holyrood Palace or Holyrood Abbey)
#MaryQueenofScots #JamesHepburn #EarlofHepburn #QueenofScots #DukeofOrkney #Stuarts #Scotland #History
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3rd May 1567
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell divorced his wife, Lady Jean Gordon, in the Protestant Kirk. Four days later, the marriage was annulled in the Catholic Church, leaving him free to marry Mary, Queen of Scots.
#JamesHepburn #EarlofBothwell #Stuarts #History
#OTD 14 Apr 1578
#JamesHepburn 4th Earl Bothwell 3rd husband of #MaryQueenofScots died at Dragsholm Castle Denmark
He spiralled into madness spending 10yrs alone chained to a pillar unable to stand Buried at Fårevejle Church
In 1858 'Bothwells Mummy' was repatriated to Scotland
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14th April 1578
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell and third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots died at Dragsholm Castle, Denmark.
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#JamesHepburn #EarlofBothwell #MaryQueenofScots #Scotland #Stuarts #History
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
Ask her yourself ... www.coam.org.uk/events/clash...
#OTD 14 Apr 1578
#JamesHepburn 4th Earl Bothwell 3rd husband of #MaryQueenofScots died at Dragsholm Castle Denmark
He spiralled into madness spending 10yrs alone chained to a pillar unable to stand Buried at Fårevejle Church
In 1858 'Bothwells Mummy' was repatriated to Scotland
