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Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots 1404–1445 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1404

Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England

Death Date: July 15, 1445

Death Location: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland

Father: John Somerset

Mother: Margaret Clarence

Spouse(s): Sir Lorn

Children(s): James James"

Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots was born in 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, the child of John Beaufort 1St Earl Of Somerset And Margaret Holland Duchess Of Clarence. Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots married Sir James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including James Stewart 1St Earl Of Buchan Hearty James. Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots passed away in 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots was born in 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, the child of John Beaufort 1St Earl Of Somerset And Margaret Holland Duchess Of Clarence.
  • Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots married Sir James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including James Stewart 1St Earl Of Buchan Hearty James.
  • Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots passed away in 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Somerset
1373–1410
Birth Location: Château de Beaufort, Anjou
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Margaret Clarence
1386–1439
Birth Location: Upholland, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Lorn
1394–1451
Birth Location: Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotland
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Children(s)

James James"
1442–1499
Birth Location: Lorn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Joan Scots's Ancestors

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Joan Scots
1404–1445
Birth Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Parents
John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset
1373–1410
Château de Beaufort, Anjou
Margaret (Holland Duchess of) Clarence
1386–1439
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
John (of Gaunt 1st Duke of) Lancaster
1340–1399
St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
Katherine (Swynford Duchess of) Lancaster
1350–1403
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Edward Windsor"
1312–1377
Philippa England
1314–1369
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward II
1284–1327
Isabelle England
1292–1358
William Holland
1286–1337
Jeanne Hainault
1294–1342

Joan Scots's Descendants

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Joan (Beaufort Queen of) Scots (1404–July 15, 1445) m. Sir (James Stewart The Black Knight of) Lorn (December 30, 1394–August 17, 1451)
  1. 1. James (Stewart 1st Earl of Buchan, "Hearty) James" 1442–1499 m. Margaret Ogilvy 1446–1486
    1. 1. Agnes Stewart 1460–1530 m. Sir (John Maxwell 4th Lord) Maxwell 1450–1513
      1. 1. Robert (Maxwell 5th Lord) Maxwell 1493–1546 m. Janet (Douglas of) Drumlanrig 1502–1551
        1. 1. Sir (John Maxwell 4th Lord Herries of Terregles, Master of) Maxwell 1512–1583 m. Baroness (Agnes Herries of) Terregies 1534–1594

Joan Scots's Timeline

2 Records

1404
1404
Birth of Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1445
July 15, 1445
Age 41
Death of Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland
Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland

Sources

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

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