- Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Joan Beaufort
title = Queen consort of Scots
caption =James I and Joan Beaufort
reign =2 February 1424 -21 February 1437
spouse = James IJames Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn
spouse-type = Spouse
issue = Margaret, Dauphine of France
Isabella, Duchess of Brittany
Eleanor, Archduchess of Austria
Mary, Countess of Buchan
Joan, Countess of Morton
James II
Alexander, Duke of Rothesay
Annabella, Countess of Huntly
John, 1st Earl of Atholl
James, 1st earl of Buchan
Andrew Stuart, Bishop of Moray
royal house =
titles = Lady Joan Stewart
"Her Grace" Queen Joan
"Her Grace" The Queen
Lady Joan Beaufort
father =John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
mother =Margaret Holland
date of birth = 1404
place of birth =
date of death =15 July 1445
place of death =
place of burial = |Joan Beaufort (c.
1404 -15 July 1445 ), wasQueen Consort of theKingdom of Scotland from 1424 to 1437, being married toJames I of Scotland .She was a daughter of
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset andMargaret Holland . Her paternal grandparents wereJohn of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his mistress and later third wifeKatherine Swynford . Her maternal grandparents wereThomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice Fitzalan. Alice was a daughter ofRichard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel andEleanor of Lancaster .On 2 February 1424 at
Southwark Cathedral , Joan married James I, shortly before he was formally crowned. They were feasted atWinchester Palace that year by her uncleHenry Cardinal Beaufort . She is said to have been the inspiration of James's famous long poem, "The Kingis Quair ". They had eight children, including the future James II, and Margaret of Scotland, wife ofLouis XI of France . After James I was assassinated in 1437, she took over the regency for her son.Issue with
James I of Scotland * Margaret Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1424-1445) married
Louis XI of France
*Isabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1426-1494) marriedFrancis I, Duke of Brittany
*Mary of Scotland, Countess of Buchan died 1465 marriedWolfart VI van Borsselen
*Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428-1486) marriedJames Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
*Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 1430); Twin of James
*James II of Scotland (1430-1460)
* Annabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland married and divorced 1. Louis of Savoy, and then married and divorced 2.George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly
*Eleanor Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1433-1484) marriedSigismund, Archduke of Austria .econd Marriage and Issue
In 1439 Joan married
James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (~1383 - >1451). They had three children:*
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (c.1440 -September 12 ,1512 ).
*James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (1442-1499), High Chamberlain of Scotland in 1471 and Scottish Ambassador to France in 1473.
* Andrew Stewart,Bishop of Moray References
* pages 461 & 486
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