 He was caught off the coast of Norway (then ruled by Denmark) at Høyevarde lighthouse in Karmsundet without proper papers, and was escorted to the port of Bergen.This was the native home of Anna Throndsen.Anna raised a complaint against Bothwell, which was enforced by her powerful family; her cousin Erik Rosenkrantz, a high-level official in Norway, remanded Bothwell to the Bergenhus Fortress while Anna sued him for abandonment and return of her dowry.