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Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots 1407–1445 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 December 1407

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 15 Jul 1445

Death Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Father: John Beaufort

Mother: Margaret Beaufort

Spouse(s): James Lorn

Children(s): John Atholl, James II

The story of Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots began in 1407 in England. Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots married James Stewart Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including James King Of Scots Ii, John Stewart Frist Earl Of Atholl. Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots passed away in 1445 in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots began in 1407 in England.
  • Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots married James Stewart Black Knight Of Lorn, and had children including James King Of Scots Ii, John Stewart Frist Earl Of Atholl.
  • Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots passed away in 1445 in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Beaufort
1373–1410
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
JB
Margaret Beaufort
1385–1439
Birth Location: Up Holland, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

James Lorn
1395–1451
Birth Location: Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland
JL

Children(s)

John Atholl
1440–1512
Birth Location: 1440 in Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotland
JA
James II
1430–1460
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
JI

Joan Scots's Ancestors

Self
Joan Scots
1407–1445
Birth Place: England
Parents
John de Beaufort
1373–1410
Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (de) Beaufort
1385–1439
Up Holland, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joan Scots's Descendants

1.
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Joan ((Beaufort) Queen Dowager of) Scots (27 December 1407–15 Jul 1445) m. James (Stewart Black Knight of) Lorn (1395–1451)
  1. 1. John (Stewart Frist Earl of) Atholl 1440–1512 m. Lady (Margaret "Fair Maid of Galloway" Countess of Atholl and Douglas formerly Douglas aka) Stewart 1430–1475
    1. 1. John (Stewart Second Earl of) Atholl 1475–1521 m. Lady (Janet Campbell Countess of) Atholl 1484–1546
      1. 1. Margaret (“Majory” Elizabeth Stewart) Lady 1515–1567 m. Kenneth, (COINNEACH NA CUIRE (Kenneth of the Whittle) Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail) Sir 1569–1611
        1. 1. Colin (Cam 'One Eyed' MacKenzie, 11th of Kintail) Lord 1536–1594 m. Lady (Barbara Grant, Lady of Freuchie, Baroness of) Kintail\Mackenzie 1551–
        2. 2. Roderick (Mohr) MacKenzie 1530–1578
  2. 2. James (King of Scots) II 1430–1460

Joan Scots's Timeline

2 Records

1407
27 December 1407
Birth of Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots in England
England
1445
15 Jul 1445
Age 38
Death of Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 December 1407
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jul 1445
    Event Place: Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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