James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell

James Hepburn
Duke of Orkney
Marquess of Fife
Earl of Bothwell
Lord Bothwell in 1566
Consort of the Scottish monarch
Tenure15 May 1567 – 24 July 1567
Bornc. 1534
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died14 April 1578(1578-04-14) (aged 44)
Dragsholm Castle, Denmark
Burial
Fårevejle Church, Odsherred, Denmark
Spouse
  • Anna Throndsen
(m. 1566; div. 1567)
(m. 1567)
FatherPatrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell
MotherAgnes Sinclair

James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell (c. 1534 – 14 April 1578), better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and 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 country; when he fled the growing rebellion to Norway, he was arrested and lived the rest of his life imprisoned in Denmark.