James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton

1415 - 1479  (64 years)

• Name	James Hamilton
  Title	1st Lord Hamilton
  Birth	1415	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Christening	1423	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L1CV-VWY
  Death	6 Nov 1479	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Burial	1529	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I6955	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Hamilton, 5th Laird Of Cadzow ,   b. 1396, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1441, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Livingstone, Baroness Livingston ,   b. 1399, Sterlingshire, Scotland d. 1 Jan 1439, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Oct 1422	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F3517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran ,   b. 13 May 1453, Sterlingshire, Scotland d. 16 May 1488, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1440	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess Of Lennox ,   b. Mar 1473, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1531, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran ,   b. 25 Apr 1475, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 Mar 1529, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In early 1474, James married Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland. He wa s a l m o s t forty years her senior. They received a papal dispensation on 2 6 A p r i l 1 476 thus legitimising the two children already born to them. T og e t h e r James and Mary had three children. James Hamilton was intimately connected with the powerful House of Doug l a s - - h i s mother was a daughter of the Douglas Lord of Dalkeith, and a l s o t h r ough his marriage in 1439/1440 with Lady Euphemia GrahamVyoung w i d o w o f A rchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and daughter of Euphemia S t e w a r t, Countess of Strathearn. He was stepfather to the young 6th Earl o f D o u g l as, his brother David, both who would be murdered in November 14 40 a t t h e ' B lack Dinner' at Edinburgh Castle in the presence of James I I. H e w a s a l so the stepfather of Margaret Douglas, the "Fair Maid of Ga llo wa y . " S he was to marry cousins William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas , a n d J a m es Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas.