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James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
1st Duke of Orkney and third and final husband of Mary, Queen of Scots

Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland
queen consort of Scotland
Morgause
Morgause ( ) is a popular name of a legendary queen and member of King Arthur's family in the Matter of Britain literature, where she is always a queen and usually Arthur's sibling. However, her name varies between texts and traditions, including Anna, Gwyar, or simply as the Queen of Orkney, as does the issue of her children, other than commonly Gawain. In most cases, she is the wife or widow of Lot, ruling over a northern realm such as Orkney, Lothian, Scotland, or Norway. She often has sisters, notably Morgan, with whom she is being sometimes conflated into a single character by modern auth
David Harvey
Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
British writer and lawyer (1813-1865)

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness
Scottish politician (1954–2026)
Sigurd Magnusson
Norwegian noble
Mary Brunton
British writer
Richard Holland
15th-century Scottish cleric and poet
John Gow
Scottish pirate
Rögnvald Brusason
Earl of Orkney
Malise V, Earl of Strathearn
last native Gaelic earl of Strathearn; jarl of Orkney
Einar Sigurdsson
Norwegian Earl of Orkney