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Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex 1404–1445 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1404

Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 15 July 1445

Death Location: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: John Beaufort

Mother:

Spouse(s): James Scotland, James Lorn

Children(s): Eleanor Austria, Auray Bretagne, Mary Buchan, Alexander Scotland, James II, Annabelle Scotland, Lady Scotland, Joan Morton, James Buchan, Andrew Stewart

The story of Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex began in 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex married James I Stuart Stewart King Of Scotland, James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including Alexander Stewart Prince Of Scotland, Andrew Stewart, Annabelle Stewart Stuart Princess Of Scotland, Auray Isabella Elizabeth Stuart Stewart Princess Of Scotland Duchesse Duchess Of Bretagne, Eleanor Stewart Princess Of Scotland Duchess Of Austria, James Ii King Of Scots Fiery Face Stewart Ii, James Stewart Earl Of Buchan, Joan Stewart Of Scotland Countess Of Morton, John Stewart 1St Earl Of Atholl, Lady Margaret Elizabeth Lennox Stewart Queen Consort Of France Princess Of Scotland, Mary Stewart Princess Of Scotland Countess Of Buchan. Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex passed away in 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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  • C 1 criteria (Basic)
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Biography

  • The story of Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex began in 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
  • Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex married James I Stuart Stewart King Of Scotland, James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including Alexander Stewart Prince Of Scotland, Andrew Stewart, Annabelle Stewart Stuart Princess Of Scotland, Auray Isabella Elizabeth Stuart Stewart Princess Of Scotland Duchesse Duchess Of Bretagne, Eleanor Stewart Princess Of Scotland Duchess Of Austria, James Ii King Of Scots Fiery Face Stewart Ii, James Stewart Earl Of Buchan, Joan Stewart Of Scotland Countess Of Morton, John Stewart 1St Earl Of Atholl, Lady Margaret Elizabeth Lennox Stewart Queen Consort Of France Princess Of Scotland, Mary Stewart Princess Of Scotland Countess Of Buchan.
  • Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex passed away in 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Beaufort
1371–1410
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

James Scotland
1394–1437
Birth Location: Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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James Lorn
1399–1451
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Eleanor Austria
1433–1480
Birth Location: Castle Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
EA
Auray Bretagne
1426–1494
Birth Location: Castle Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
AB
Mary Buchan
1428–1465
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
MB
Alexander Scotland
1430–1430
Birth Location: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
AS
James II
1430–1460
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
JI
Annabelle Scotland
1436–1485
Birth Location: Castle Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
AS
Lady Scotland
1424–1445
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
LS
Joan Morton
1428–1493
Birth Location: Perth, Perth, Scotland
JM
James Buchan
–1499
Birth Location: –
JB
Andrew Stewart
1443–1501
Birth Location: –
AS

Joan Essex's Ancestors

Self
Joan Essex
1404–1445
Birth Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Parents
John Beaufort Earl of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset and Somerset Beaufort
1371–1410
Grandparents
John (Gaunt) PLANTAGENET
1340–1399
Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium
Katherine (de Roet) Swynford
1350–1403
probably Hainaut
Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1312–1377
Philippa DeHainault
1311–1369
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1284–1327
Isabelle France
1295–1358

Joan Essex's Descendants

1.
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Joan (Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West) Essex (1404–15 July 1445) m. James (I Stuart (Stewart) King of) Scotland (30 Dec 1394–21 FEB 1437) m. James (Stewart The Black Knight of) Lorn (1399–1451)
  1. 1. Eleanor (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Duchess of) Austria 1433–1480
  2. 2. Auray (Isabella "Elizabeth" Stuart\Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Duchesse (Duchess) of) Bretagne 1426–1494
  3. 3. Mary (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Countess of) Buchan 1428–1465
  4. 4. Alexander (Stewart, Prince of) Scotland 1430–1430
  5. 5. James (II King of Scots ("Fiery Face Stewart")) II 1430–1460 m. Mary (of Guise Princess of Guelders Queen of Scotland" von) Gueldres 1433–1463
    1. 1. James (III Stewart King of) Scotland 1451–1488 m. Queen (of Scotland Margarete Oldenburg Princess of) Denmark 1456–1486
      1. 1. James (IV King of Scotland) Stewart 1472–1513 m. Marion ((Margaret Margo) of Bonshaw Boyd) (mistress) 1477–1559 m. Margaret (Stewart nee Tutor Queen Consort of) Scotland 1489–1541
        1. 1. Lady (Catherine) Stewart 1491–1554
        2. 2. Alexander Stewart 1493–1513
        3. 3. James (V Stewart, 41st King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Madeleine (Stuart nee deValois Queen No) Issue 1520–1537 m. Lady (Margaret Douglas nee Erskin "Mistress to King James) IV" 1513–1572 m. Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotland Mother of Mary Queen of) Scots 1515–1560
    2. 2. Lady (Mary Scotland Stewart, Duchess Hamilton, Princess of) Scotland 1533–1553
  6. 6. Annabelle (Stewart (Stuart), Princess of) Scotland 1436–1485
  7. 7. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth Lennox Stewart, Queen Consort of France, Princess of) Scotland 1424–1445
  8. 8. Joan (Stewart of Scotland Countess of) Morton 1428–1493
  9. 9. James (Stewart Earl of) Buchan –1499
  10. 10. Andrew Stewart 1443–1501

Joan Essex's Timeline

2 Records

1404
1404
Birth of Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1445
15 July 1445
Age 41
Death of Joan Beaufort (Plantagenet) Queen Consort of Scots, Countess of West Essex in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1404
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 July 1445
    Event Place: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
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