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James II, King of the Scotland 1430–1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1430

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

Death Date: 3 Aug 1460

Death Location: Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Joan Scotland

Spouse(s): Mary Scotland, Queen Marie

Children(s): Princess Scotland

James II, King of the Scotland was born in 1430 in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of James I Stewart King Of Scotland And Joan Countess Of W Essex Beaufort Stewart Queen Consort Of Scotland. James II, King of the Scotland married Mary Marie Egmond Van Guelders Queen Consort Of Scotland, Queen Of Scotland Marie, and had children including Princess Mary Stewart 1St Baroness Of Kilmarnock 2Nd Countess Of Arran Princess Of Scotland. James II, King of the Scotland passed away in 1460 in Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James II, King of the Scotland was born in 1430 in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of James I Stewart King Of Scotland And Joan Countess Of W Essex Beaufort Stewart Queen Consort Of Scotland.
  • James II, King of the Scotland married Mary Marie Egmond Van Guelders Queen Consort Of Scotland, Queen Of Scotland Marie, and had children including Princess Mary Stewart 1St Baroness Of Kilmarnock 2Nd Countess Of Arran Princess Of Scotland.
  • James II, King of the Scotland passed away in 1460 in Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland.

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James Scotland's Ancestors

Self
James Scotland
1430–1460
Birth Place: Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James I Stewart, King of Scotland
1394–1437
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Joan (Countess of W Essex (Beaufort) Stewart Queen Consort of) Scotland
1407–1445
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Robert (Stewart\ King of Scotland) III
1357–1406
Dundonald,ayrshire,scotland
Annabella Drummond
1360–
John (Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and) Somerset
1371–1410
Chãateau De Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Lady (Margaret Countess (De Holand) Somerset) Plantagenet
1385–1439
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Plantagenet
1340–1399
Catherine DeRoet
1340–1403
Thomas DeHoland
1354–1397
Alice FitzAlan
1352–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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James (II, King of the) Scotland (16 Oct 1430–3 Aug 1460) m. Mary ((Marie) Egmond van Guelders, Queen consort of) Scotland (17 January 1433–16 Nov 1463) m. Queen (of Scotland) Marie (1430–)
  1. 1. Princess (Mary Stewart 1st Baroness of Kilmarnock, 2nd Countess of Arran, Princess of) Scotland 1452–1488 m. Sir (Lord James II Hamilton, English Scholar, Politician, Knight of Cadzow, Sheriff of Lanarkshire, 1st Laird of Raploch 1st Lord of Hamilton, Lord of Parliament, Member of) Parliament 1416–1498 m. Thomas (Boyd, Earl of) Arran 1446–1473 m. Sir (James Hamilton, Baron of) Cadzow 1415–1479
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Jean Hamilton Lady of Lennox, 2nd Countess of) Lennox 1477–1531 m. Sir (Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl of Lennox (Commanded the Right Wing of the Scottish Army in the Battle of Flodden) Field) 1452–1513
      1. 1. John (Robert '3rd Earl of Lennox') Stewart 1492–1526 m. Lady (Anne Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox 1500–1564
        1. 1. Sir (Robert 3rd Lord Ross of Halkhead) Ross 1515–1547 m. (Lady) (Agnes) Moncrieff 1513–1549
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Anne) Stuart 1515–1564
        3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Stuart 1520–1564
        4. 4. "Sir" (Matthew "4th Earl of Lennox" STUART (HOWARD)) "A" 1516–1571
      2. 2. James Stewart –1543

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1430
16 Oct 1430
Birth of James II, King of the Scotland in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1460
3 Aug 1460
Age 30
Death of James II, King of the Scotland in Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland
Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1430
    Event Place: Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1460
    Event Place: Seige of Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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