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- The king of Denmark resisted appeals to extradite or execute him but as a useful pawn, he was kept in prison, first in Malmö, then in Dragsholm on Zealand, where he died insane. His embalmed body is preserved in a crypt in the church at Faarvejle nearby.
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title: James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, c 1535 - 1578. Third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (Study of mummified head) date created: 1861. materials: Oil on canvas. measurements: 28.70 x 27.30 cm; Framed: 31.30 x 29.70 x 3.70 cm.
Mar 31, 2024 · James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell (born 1535?—died April 4, 1578, Dragsholm Castle, Sjaelland, Denmark) was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He evidently engineered the murder of Mary’s second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley , thereby precipitating the revolt of the Scottish nobles and Mary’s flight to England, where she ...
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Dragsholm Castle lies alongside the bay of Sejerøbugt, on the banks of the Lammefjord in Odsherred. The castle’s name derives from its geographical location. Vikings and other mariners before them preferred to avoid sailing right around the Sjællands Odde peninsula, and instead draggedtheir ships over land and into the calm waters of the fjords. In...
Under the ownership of Christian III, Dragsholm Castle was used as a prison for noble and ecclesiastical prisoners. Among the first prisoners was Roskilde’s last Catholic bishop, Joachim Rønnow, who was kept incarcerated there until his death. There was little hope for anyone imprisoned here during the years of Christian III; those who were sent he...
One of the most high profile prisoners was undoubtedly James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. After Mary's abdication, Bothwell fled overseas and ended up in Bergen, as the prisoner of the King of Denmark, Frederik II. Frederik II was at war, and is torn between his blood ties to Mary Queen of Scots and the need ...
Bothwell was not the only nobleman unfortunate to end up in this state prison. Erik Munk was brought here as a prisoner not long after he had been ennobled by Frederik II for his deeds during the Seven-Year War against Sweden. He was renowned as a hard man and was sentenced in 1586 for maltreating his tenants and sent to Dragsholm Castle. He unsucc...
Frederik Christian Adeler and his wife, Henriette Margrethe von Lente, took over Dragsholm Castle in 1694 and turned the Renaissance castle and fortress into a baroque palace and stately home. In 1836, the heiress to the castle, Bertha Henriette Frederikke Løvenskjold, married Georg Frederik Otto von Zytphen. Baron Zytphen-Adeler was an active man ...
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell lived from around 1536 to 14 April 1578. He is best known as the probable murderer of Lord Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots' second husband, and for becoming her third husband, a wedding that sparked the downfall of both Mary and Bothwell.
James Hepburn (c. 1534 – 14 April 1578), 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell (better known simply as Lord Bothwell), was a prominent Scottish nobleman. He was known for his association with, abduction of, and marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, as her third and final husband.
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Circa 1534 - 1578. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and Agnes Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair. In approximately 1559 Bothwell visited Copenhagen around 1559, where he met and married the Norwegian Anna Trondsen but later deserted her.
James Hepburn was a Scottish noblemen who is most famous for his abduction and marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary I of Scotland). James Hepburn (1534-1578?) was the 4th Earl of Bothwell and the 1st Duke of Orkney. Before meeting Mary I of Scotland, Hepburn was married twice to daughters of...
