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Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex 1407–1445 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Dec 1407

Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 15 Jul 1445

Death Location: Castle Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Fleet,

Mother: Lady of

Spouse(s): James Rothesay

Children(s): King II

The story of Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex began in 1407 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England. Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex married James I The Black Knight Stewart King Of Scotland Steward Of Scotland Duke Of Rothesay, and had children including King James Ii Of Scots Stewart Firey Face Earl Of Buchan Ii. Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex passed away in 1445 in Castle Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex began in 1407 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.
  • Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex married James I The Black Knight Stewart King Of Scotland Steward Of Scotland Duke Of Rothesay, and had children including King James Ii Of Scots Stewart Firey Face Earl Of Buchan Ii.
  • Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex passed away in 1445 in Castle Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Joan Essex's Ancestors

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Joan Essex
1407–1445
Birth Place: Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Sir John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern Fleet,
1371–1410
Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Margaret "The Poet's Muse" De Holand, Marchioness of Dorset, Duchess of Clarence and Lancaster, Countess) of
1384–1439
Upholland Castle, Lancashire, England
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Joan Essex's Descendants

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Joan ("Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West) Essex (27 Dec 1407–15 Jul 1445) m. James (I "The Black Knight" Stewart, King of Scotland, Steward of Scotland, Duke of) Rothesay (30 Dec 1394–21 Feb 1437)
  1. 1. King (James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan) II 1430–1460 m. Mary (of) Guelders 1433–1463
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Stewart, Princess of) Scotland 1450–1512 m. William, (3rd Lord,) Crichton 1455–1493
      1. 1. Margaret (Wood) Crichton, 1480–1545 m. George (Leslie Earl van) Rothes 1476–1558 m. George Leslie 1464–1558 m. Alexander (Stewart, Bishop of) Moray 1474–1537 m. George Halkerstoun –1513 m. William Todkek –1507
        1. 1. Dame (Helen E Lesley) Leslie 1526–1596 m. Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll 1520–1586

Joan Essex's Timeline

2 Records

1407
27 Dec 1407
Birth of Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
1445
15 Jul 1445
Age 38
Death of Joan "Jane or Joanna" Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex in Castle Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Castle Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Dec 1407
    Event Place: Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

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

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