1. Jean Hepburn, Lady Darnley, Mistress of Caithness, Lady Morham was a Scottish noblewoman and a member of the Border clan of Hepburn.
10 Facts About Jean Hepburn
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Jean Hepburn's brother was James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Jean Hepburn was Lady of Morham, having received in 1573 the barony of Morham and lands which had belonged to her mother, Lady Agnes Sinclair and was forfeited to the Crown subsequent to her brother, the Earl of Bothwell's attainder for treason.
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Lady Jean Hepburn was born at Crichton Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and Lady Agnes Sinclair.
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Jean Hepburn's brother was James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who would achieve notoriety as the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Jean Hepburn married secondly John Sinclair, Master of Caithness, by whom she had five children:.
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In 1567, following the Earl of Bothwell's abduction of Queen Mary to Dunbar Castle where he held her in captivity until she agreed to marry him, Jean Hepburn served as one of the queen's companions along with Janet Beaton, Bothwell's former mistress, and her sister, Margaret Beaton, Lady Reres.
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The queen was very fond of her former sister-in-law Jean Hepburn, and gave her presents of a sequined crimson petticoat and a taffeta cloak.
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In 1578, Jean Hepburn married her third husband, Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, a diplomat and political intriguer.
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Jean Hepburn was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and was present at the Kirk o'Field on the night of the murder.