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Joan Beaufort Plantaganet, Queen Of Scotland

Joan Beaufort Plantaganet, Queen Of Scotland

Female 1407 - 1445  (37 years)


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  • Name Joan Beaufort Plantaganet  [1] 
    Title Queen Of Scotland 
    Birth 27 Dec 1407  Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Christening 1423  Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FSID GJM1-LWQ 
    Death 15 Jul 1445  East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8191  footsteps | Ancestors, Bangs, Beaufort, Byrd, Campbell, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Enoch, Harrison, Hayne, Lady Godiva, Robert Capet II, Smith, Stewart
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2025 

    Father John Beaufort Of Gaunt Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Somerset ,   b. Abt 1373, Maine-Et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1410, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Margaret Holland, Duchess Of Clarence ,   b. 30 Dec 1384, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1439, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 23 May 1399  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Stewart, King of Scotland , I,   b. Abt 25 Jul 1394, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1437, Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1424  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Joan Stewart, Countess of Morton ,   b. 1 Nov 1428, Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1498, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. James Stewart, King of Scotland , II,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +3. Annabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland ,   b. 18 Aug 1432, Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1509, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Family 2 James Stewart, 9th Earl Of Carrick ,   b. 30 Dec 1394, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1451 (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Bef 21 Sep 1439  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Stewart, 1st Lord Of Lennox ,   b. 21 Sep 1439, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1512, Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan ,   b. Abt 1442, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1499, Angusshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Dec 1407 - Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1423 - Berkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Feb 1424 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 21 Sep 1439 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jul 1445 - East Lothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Perthshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • NOTE: Joan was married twice - both husbands were named James Stewart.

      Descendant of Magna Carta surety barons

      Joan Beaufort was born in 1398. She married James I Stewart, King of Sc o t l a n d, son of Sir Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland, Earl of Atholl & C a r r i c k and Annabella Drummond, on 2 February 1424 at St. Mary Overy's, S o u t h w ark, Surrey, England. They had 2 sons (Alexander & James ) and 6 d a u g h t ers (Margaret, wife of Louis XI, King of France; Isabel , wife of F r a n ï o i s I, Duke of Brittay; Joan, wife of James Douglas, 1st Earl of M o r t o n ; Mary, wife of Sir Wolfart van Borsselen, Comte de Grand prï e El e a n o r , wife of Sigismund von Tirol, Duke of Austria; & Annabelle, wife o f L o u i s o f Savoy, Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus, & of Sir George Gord on , 2 n d E a rl of Huntly).

      Joan Beaufort married secondly Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn. T h e y o b t ained a marriage license on 21 September 1439; Dispensation to r e m a i n i n marriage for being related in the 3rd & 3rd, 4th & 4th, and 3r d & 4 t h d e g rees of kindred a n d affinity. They had 3 sons (Sir John, 1 st E a r l o f A tholl; Sir James, 1st Earl of Buchan; & Andrew, Bishop of M ora y ) .

      Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 - 15 July 1445) was the Queen of Scotland from 1 4 2 4 t o 1 4 37 as the spouse of King James I of Scotland. During part of t h e m i n o rity of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the r e g e n t o f Scotland.

  • Sources 
    1. [S94] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015.

    2. [S94] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015.
      Record for Berenger Senlis

    3. [S13] Netherlands, Genealogie Online Trees Index, 1000-2015.
      Record for Berenger Senlis

    4. [S7] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net).


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