Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton
- Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton
Joan Stewart [Joan was also known as "the dumb lady of Dalkeith" as she was born deaf and reportedly used sign language, even in public. In "A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland." Herbert Maxwell reports that she was "known as 'muta domina', the dumb lady." She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person.] (circa 1428-after 16 October 1486) was the daughter of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort. Sent to France in 1445 for education at a nunnery, she later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and had issue:
* James Douglas (died 1480).
* John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (1466-1513) married Janet Crichton (died 1515).
* Janet (died 1490), married Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (died 1508).
* Elizabeth (died 1479).
References
*Maxwell, Herbert. "A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland." London: Freemantle, 1902. (p. 238) [http://books.google.com/books?id=YVwJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA238&dq=muta+domina&ei=e3I1SPTIGYOOjAGRlYiHBg googlebooks] Retrieved May 22, 2008
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