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Jan 9, 2023 · Genealogy for Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (c.1404 - 1445) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 15 July 1445) was the Queen Consort of Scotland from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I of Scotland. During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the Regent of Scotland.
Mar 19, 2023 · Explore genealogy for Joan Beaufort born 1433 London, Middlesex, England died 1518 London, Middlesex, England including ancestors + children + 1 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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Joan was the eldest daughter of John Beaufort, 1st earl of Somerset and his wife Margaret de Holand (later duchess of Clarence), and a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and fourth son of Edward III of England. The date of her birth is unknown, although it is presumed to have been after her parents marriage in 1397, and it may have been significantly later. She had four brothers and one younger sister.Joan was brought up (probably in her mother's household) in the very highest...
Marriage to James I, King of Scots
Joan married in February 1423/4 at St Mary Overy Church in Southwark, Surrey, James I, king of Scots. James was required under the terms of the treaty by which he was to be released from his captivity in England to marry "an English woman of noble birth," but Joan also happened to be the love of his life. He wrote an epic poem, The Kingis Quair, before their marriage describing their courtship from the first glimpse he had of her from the window of his prison. He wrote passionately of his hop...
Queen of Scots
Almost immediately following the wedding festivities the couple began their journey north to Scotland, and on 21 May 1424 at Scone James was crowned King of Scots by the bishop of St Andrews, "in the presence of the bishops, prelates, and magnates of the kingdom," and Joan was crowned that same day as his queen. Although she apparently did not receive a customary landed settlement at her coronation, she was granted some rights of patronage.Her favorite residence seems to have been the palace...
Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 656-662 BRUS 12. James I of...Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 187Laing, David. Historical Notices of the Family of King James I of Scotland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 3 (1857), p. 89.Henderson, Thomas Finlayson. The Royal Stewarts.Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons (1914), pp. 31-32Magna Carta Project
1. This profile was revised by Jen Huttonfor the Scotland and Magna Carta Projects in November 2021. 1. Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots appears in a Magna-Carta-Project-approved trail from Gateway Ancestor Patrick Houston to Robert de Vere. This trail was badged in November 2021. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trailssection of the Gateway's profile. 1. Joan Beaufort appears in project-approved/badged trails (reviewed in 2015 by a Magna Carta project member) from Gateway Ances...
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