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James The II Of Scotland 1430 – 1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: October 16 1430

Birth Location: Holyrood, Abby, Scotland

Death Date: August 3rd 1460

Death Location: Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Lady Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Mary Guelders

Children(s): Margaret Stewert

James The II Of Scotland was born in 1430 in Holyrood, Abby, Scotland, the child of James 1st Of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort Plantagenet. James The II Of Scotland married Mary Of Guelders, and had children including Margaret Stewert. James The II Of Scotland passed away in 1460 in Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James The II Of Scotland was born in 1430 in Holyrood, Abby, Scotland, the child of James 1st Of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort Plantagenet.
  • James The II Of Scotland married Mary Of Guelders, and had children including Margaret Stewert.
  • James The II Of Scotland passed away in 1460 in Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1397 – 1437
Birth Location: Scotland
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Lady Plantagenet
1406 – 1445
Birth Location: Westminister, Middlesex, England
LP

Spouses(s)

Mary Guelders
1434 – 1463
Birth Location: Grave,Duchy Of Branbant,Holy Roman Empire
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Children(s)

Margaret Stewert
1455 – 1480
Birth Location: Scotland
MS

James Scotland's Ancestors

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James Scotland
1430 – 1460
Birth Place: Holyrood, Abby, Scotland
Parents
James 1st Of Scotland
1397 – 1437
Scotland
Lady (Joan Beaufort) Plantagenet
1406 – 1445
Westminister, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Robert (III Of) Scotland
1337 – 1406
Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Annabella Drummond
1350 – 1401
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Sir (John Beaufort Plantagenet 1st Earl Of) Somerset
1371 – 1410
Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Scots
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Stewart
1320 – 1354
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Scotland
1296 – 1327
Marjorie Bruce
1296 – 1316

James Scotland's Descendants

1.
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James (The II Of) Scotland (October 16 1430 – August 3rd 1460) m. Mary (Of) Guelders (1434 – December 1 1463)
  1. 1. Margaret Stewert (1455 – 1480 1500) m. William (Crichton 3rd Lord) Crichton (1455 – October 23 1493)
    1. 1. Margaret Crichton m. George (Leslie 4th Earl Of) Rothes
      1. 1. Agnes Leslie (1540 – ) m. Willem (Douglas Earl Van) Morton (1540 – September 24 1606)
        1. 1. Robert (Lord Douglas van) Lochleven (1562 – 1584)
        2. 2. Margaret Douglas (1565 – abt 1624) m. Matthew (Montgomerie, of Craigstone, of) Broadstone (Abt 1590 – 1630)
        3. 3. Elisabeth Douglas (1570 – )
        4. 4. Agnes Douglas (1574 – 3 May 1607)

James Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1430
October 16 1430
Birth of James The II Of Scotland in Holyrood, Abby, Scotland
Holyrood, Abby, Scotland
1460
August 3rd 1460
Age 30
Death of James The II Of Scotland in Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland
Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: October 16 1430
    Event Place: Holyrood, Abby, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 3rd 1460
    Event Place: Roxbourgh, Castle, Roxbourghshire, Scotland
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