BOTHWELL

Meaning of BOTHWELL in English

/both"wel', -weuhl, bodh"-/ , n.

James Hepburn /hep"berrn/ or, esp. Brit., /heb"euhrn/ , Earl of , 1536?-78, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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BOTHWELL — County: South Lanarkshire Post Code: G71
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BOTHWELL — Bothwell BrE AmE ˈbɒθ w ə l ˈbɒð-, -wel AmE \ ˈbɑːθ- ˈbɑːð-
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BOTHWELL — ( c. 1536–78) the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots . He was probably involved with her in the …
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BOTHWELL, JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF, DUKE OF ORKNEY ... — born 1535? died April 4, 1578, Dragsholm, Sjaelland, Den. third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He evidently engineered the …
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THE EARL OF BOTHWELL — ➡ Bothwell
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SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES — born April 5, 1837, London died April 10, 1909, Putney, London Swinburne, watercolour by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1862; in the …
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LESLIE, JOHN — born Sept. 29, 1527, Scotland died May 31, 1596, near Brussels Leslie also spelled Lesley Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and …
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GLENCAIRN, ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, 5TH EARL OF — died Nov. 23, 1574 Scottish Protestant noble, an adherent of John Knox and a sometime supporter of Mary, Queen of …
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DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, 1ST VISCOUNT OF, ... — born 1649? died July 17/18, 1689, Pass of Killiecrankie, Perth, Scot. Scottish soldier, known as Bonnie Dundee, who in 1689 …
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ANGUS, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 10TH EARL OF — born c. 1552 died March 3, 1611, Paris, Fr. Scottish rebel and conspirator, a convert to Roman Catholicism during the …
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