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James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II 1430–1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 October 1430

Birth Location: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 3 August 1460

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: James Stewart

Mother: Jane Beaufort

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In 1430, James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II entered the world in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, born to James I Stewart And Jane Beaufort. James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II passed away in 1460 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1430, James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II entered the world in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, born to James I Stewart And Jane Beaufort.
  • James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II passed away in 1460 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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James II's Ancestors

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James II
1430–1460
Birth Place: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James I Stewart
1394–1437
Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Jane Beaufort
1398–1445
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John Stewart
1340–1406
Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Annabel
1350–1402
John (De) Beaufort
1373–1410
Chateau De Beaufort, Anjou
Margaret (De) Holland
1385–1439
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert II
1316–1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320–1354
Sir Drummond
1318–1373
Mary Montifex
1330–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Drummond
1300–1346

James II's Timeline

2 Records

1430
16 October 1430
Birth of James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1460
3 August 1460
Age 30
Death of James II Fiery Face Stewart King of Scots II in Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgshire, Scotland
Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 August 1460
    Event Place: Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 October 1430
    Event Place: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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