biography
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Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of
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| (c.1535–78)
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| biography:
| Third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. One of the greatest nobles in Scotland, he was held responsible for the abduction and murder of Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley (1567). He was made Duke of Orkney, then married Mary, but faced opposition from the nobles. He fled to Denmark after Mary's surrender to rebel forces at Carberry Hill, and was imprisoned in Dragsholm, where he died insane. |
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