James Hepburn was the 4th Earl of Bothwell and 1st Duke of Orkney. He had a liaison with Mary I of Scotland in 1566, and became her third husband. The next year his titles and estates were forfeit for treason.
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New Creation
|width="40%" align="center"|Duke of Orkney
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Patrick Hepburn
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