Earl James Hamilton Of Arran 
James was born about 1475 in Hamilton,Clydesdale,Larnarkshire,Scotland.1 James' father was Lord James Hamilton Of Cadzow and his mother was Princess Mary Stewart Of Scotland. His paternal grandparents were Lord James Hamilton Of Cadzow and Janet Livingston; his maternal grandparents were King James II Stewart Of Scotland and Marie De Gueldres. He had a sister named Elizabeth. He was the younger of the two children. He had two half-sisters named Elizabeth and Margaret. He died before July 22nd, 1529 in Kinneil House,Bo'ness,West Lothian,Scotland.1 General Notes
2nd Lord Hamilton and 1st Earl of Arran, Privy Council; obtained a charter of the lands and earldom of Arran to himself and his heirs male in failure of which they were to revert to the Crown 11 Aug 1503, Admiral of Scotland 1513, Lt-General Kingdom of Scotland, Warden of Marches, one of the Lords of the Regency 1517, obtained the lordship of Bothwell on the forfeiture of the Earl of Angus; married 1st (charter 28 April 1490); divorce 16 Nov 1504 on grounds of her previous marriage to Thomas Hay of Hoprew (living 20 June 1491, i.e. at the time of the marriage, though believed dead at the time) son of 1st Lord Hay of Yester, further divorce 11 March 1509/10 Elizabeth (died 1544) daughter of 2nd Lord Home; married 2nd (charter 22 Nov 1516) Janet (died c1522) daughter of Sir David Beaton of Creich, Fifeshire.... [Burke's Peerage]
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Information from "McCormick-Hamilton-Day-Lord Ancestral Lines",1957
"Hamilton of Cadzow" online document 1999
Online Royal Genealogy; Brian Tompsett, University of Hull
"Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage" One Hundred and Fifth Edition
He was a nobleman of great accomplishments. He took part in a naval expedition against the Swedes in 1502 and at a tournament held in 1508 he was the champion archer on foot or horse in all of Scotland. In 1503, he was created Earl of Arran, the Gaelic-speaking island in the Forth of Clyde on which the family then made their home at Brodick Castle. Janet Beaton was his 2nd marriage. He was divorced from Elizabeth Home. He acceded 11 Aug 1503
Privy Councillor, Admiral of the Scottish Fleet 1513, Lord of Regency under the Duke of Albany 1517, commanded the Royal army against the Earl of Lennox Sep 1526. He is supposed to have married 1st 1490 and is believed to have divorced her subsequently in 1504 on the grounds that the Master, although believed to be dead, was actually alive at the critical time. (In fact, the Master had married in 1483 Elizabeth Borthwick, who was alive at the time of his death, so the grounds for the divorce appear suspicious, even though it was confirmed four years later)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1310 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.1374 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1333 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.<14 May 1392 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.1315 in Fearn,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland
- b.~ 1361 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.14 Sep 1402 in Battle of Homildon Hill,Lancashire,England
- b.~ 1290 in Galston,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1340 in Galston,Ayrshire,Scotland d.> 1406 in Darnley,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1384 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.<May 1441 in Kinneil House,Bo'ness,West Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1303 in Hermiston,Midlothian,Scotland d.Bef 25 JAN 1349/1350 in Killed by order of Sir David Barclay of Brechin
- b.~ 1335 in Hermiston,Midlothian,Scotland d.1420 in Dalkeith,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Scotland d.<01 Aug 1377
- b.~ 1367 in Dalkeith,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1285 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland d.11 Nov 1368 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland (dspms)
- b.~ 1335 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland d.<Oct 1378
- b.~ 1307 in Stranith (Nithsdale),Dumfriesshire,Scotland d.~ 1369 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1422 in Cadzow,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.16 Nov 1479 in Hamilton,Clydesdale,Larnarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Callendar House,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1350 in Callendar House,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland d.14 Sep 1402 in Battle of Homildon Hill,Lancashire,England
- b.~ 1375 in Callendar House,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland d.1451 in Executed
- b.~ 1325 in Kerse,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.<Oct 1382 in Kerse,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Kerse,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1330 in Glenesk,Angusshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1406 in Callendar House,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.1358 in Dundas,West Lothian,Scotland
- b.1375 in Dundas,West Lothian,Scotland d.<Nov 1451
- b.~ 1360 in Douglas Castle,Douglas,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.1390 in Dundas,West Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1348 in Innermeath,Perthshire,Scotland d.26 Apr 1421 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.1375 in Albany,Scotland
- b.~ 1352 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland d.21 Dec 1439 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1475 in Hamilton,Clydesdale,Larnarkshire,Scotland d.<22 Jul 1529 in Kinneil House,Bo'ness,West Lothian,Scotland
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1337 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.Dec 1394 in Dumferline,Fifeshire,Scotland d.21 FEB 1436/1437 in Murdered at Perth,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1330 in Inchmohomo Isle,Lake of Monteith,Scotland d.1373 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotlandq d.Oct 1401 in Scone,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1330 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood Palace,Edinburgh,Scotland d.03 Aug 1460 in Killed at Seige of Roxburgh Castle,Roxburghshire,Scotland
- b.MAR 1339/1340 in Bavon Abbey,Ghent,Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle,London,Middlesex,England
- b.1373 in Chateau de Beaufort,Maine-et-Loire,France d.16 Mar 1410 in St Katherine By The Tower,London,England
- b.25 Nov 1350 in Picardy,Hainault,France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 1398 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1350 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock,Kent,England
- b.~ 1383 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.30 Dec 1439 in St Saviours Abbey,Bermondsey,London,England
- b.1352 in Arundel,Essex,England d.17 Mar 1415
- b.<16 May 1452 in Stirling Castle,Stirlingshire,Scotland d.May 1488 in Hamilton,Clydesdale,Larnarkshire,Scotland
- b.1379 in Slot de Hoef,Egmond-Bennan,Netherlands
- b.~ 1409 in Slot de Hoef,Egmond-Bennan,Netherlands d.23 FEB 1472/1473 in Slot Grave,Grave,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
- b.1385 in Netherlands
- b.~ 1432 in Grave,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands d.01 Dec 1463 in Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.1387 in Cleve,Rhineland,Prussia
- b.25 May 1417 in Cleve,Rhineland,Prussia d.10 FEB 1478/1479
- b.1395 in Bourgogne,France
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James were married in a religious ceremony on April 28th, 1490 in Divorced 16 Nov 1504,confirmed 11 March 1509/10.2
James were married in a religious ceremony on November 23rd, 1516 in 2nd husband 2nd wife.2
James were married in a religious ceremony in No Marriage.
1 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 92a-13
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 4
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 4
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