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HAMILTON, John 4th of Cadzow, Sir
(Before 1355-1402)
DOUGLAS, Jacoba
(About 1375-)
LIVINGSTON, Alexander of Callendar, Justiciary of Scotland, Sir
(About 1379-1451)
DUNDAS, Daughter
(About 1384-)
HAMILTON, James 5th of Cadzow, Sir
(About 1389-)
LIVINGSTON, Janet
(About 1399-)
HAMILTON, James Lord Hamilton, 6th of Cadzow, Sir
(About 1415-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRAHAM, Euphemia

2. STEWART, Mary
3. CALDERWOOD, Janet

HAMILTON, James Lord Hamilton, 6th of Cadzow, Sir 1 3

  • Born: About 1415
  • Marriage (1): GRAHAM, Euphemia after June 1439 1
  • Marriage (2): STEWART, Mary 25 April 1474(dispensation) 2 3
  • Partnership (3): CALDERWOOD, Janet

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James married Euphemia GRAHAM, daughter of Sir Patrick GRAHAM Earl of Strathearn, jure uxoris and Euphemia STEWART Countess Palatine of Strathearn, suo jure, after June 1439.1 (Euphemia GRAHAM was born about 1402 and died by 1469 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Euphemia, married, first, about 1425, to Archibald, fifth Earl of Douglas, who died in June 1439 ; secondly, to James Hamilton of Cadzow, afterwards first Lord Hamilton, and died in 1468 or 1469."

from Scots Peerage 1

James next married Mary STEWART, daughter of James II STEWART King of Scots and Marie DE GUELDRES, 25 April 1474(dispensation).2 3 (Mary STEWART was born on 13 May 1453 3 and died about Whitsuntide 1488 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Mary, married .... second, (Papal dispensation 25 April 1474) to James, Lord Hamilton, by whom she had : (1) James, second Lord Hamilton, and (2) Elizabeth, married to Matthew Stewart, second Earl of Lennox."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"She (Mary Stewart) was ... confined at Kilmarnock, and the Earl, her husband, summoned to appear within sixty days, which he failing to do, his marriage with the King's sister was declared null and void, and she was compelled to marry James, Lord Hamilton. According to Ferrerius, Buchanan, and other old historians, this took place in 1469, but the correct date was probably February or March 1473-74."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2 3

James had a relationship with Janet CALDERWOOD. (Janet CALDERWOOD was born about 1450.)


Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

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