1st Lord Hamilton James 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	I7104	footsteps | Byrd, Carroll, Harrison, Hayne, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, GuyBuckman, LucyHarrison, BettyOtt
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	5th Laird Of Cadzow James Hamilton,   b. 1396, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1441, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Baroness Livingston Janet Livingstone,   b. 1399, Sterlingshire, Scotland d. 1 Jan 1439, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Oct 1422	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F3545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Arran Mary Stewart,   b. 13 May 1453, Sterlingshire, Scotland d. 16 May 1488, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1440	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Countess Of Lennox Elizabeth Hamilton,   b. Mar 1473, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1531, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. 1st Earl of Arran James Hamilton,   b. 25 Apr 1475, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 Mar 1529, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 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.