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Yolande of Dreux (20 March 1263 – 2 August 1330) was a sovereign Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury from 1311 until 1322. Through her first marriage to Alexander III of Scotland, Yolande became Queen of Scotland. Through her second marriage to Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, she became Duchess of Brittany.
Yolande de Dreux lived from 1263 to 2 August 1330. She was briefly the second wife of King Alexander III of Scotland and served as Queen Consort of Scotland until Alexander's death on 19 March 1286.
Apr 19, 2016 · Dreux was located about forty miles west of Paris and the family was influential, well-connected vassals of the French monarchy. Alexander and Yolande were married on October 14, 1285 at Jedburgh Abbey, attended by a great many nobles of France and Scotland. The marriage was not destined to be long.
Oct 14, 2022 · King Alexander III married Yolande of Dreux on 14 October 1285 at Jedburgh Abbey. Yolande was the daughter of the Count of Dreux and was Alexander's second wife. The match was seen as advantageous for both parties and allowed Scotland to assert its indepencence from England, by allying with France.
Oct 30, 2016 · Yolande de Dreux was Scotland’s Queen Consort for only 4 months and 14 days. In that short time, she carried the hope of a nation – and its king – to secure the Scottish succession. Yolande was born into a cadet branch of the French royal family, probably sometime in the mid-1260s.
Apr 5, 2023 · The untimely death of her robust young husband on 19 Mar 1286 left Scotland. “a land without a king,” and thrust Yolande, Queen consort of Scots into the center of an unprecedented succession crisis.
Their daughter Yolande (d. 1322) was married first, in 1285, to Alexander III of Scotland and second, in 1294, to Arthur II of Brittany, to whom she brought the Montfort lands. Their son John de Montfort (d. 1345), whose elder brothers accorded him only the Montfort title,… Read More
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