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Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart 1428–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Nov 1428

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 16 Oct 1486

Death Location: She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person.

Father: James Scots

Mother: Joan Beaufort

Spouse(s): Sir Dalkeith

Children(s): John Morton, Janet Douglas, Janet Douglas

The story of Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart began in 1428 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland. Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart married Sir James Edward Morton Douglas Lord Dalkeith, and had children including Janet Douglas, John Douglas Earl Van Morton. Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart passed away in 1486 in She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person..

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Biography

  • The story of Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart began in 1428 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland.
  • Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart married Sir James Edward Morton Douglas Lord Dalkeith, and had children including Janet Douglas, John Douglas Earl Van Morton.
  • Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart passed away in 1486 in She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person..

Immediate Family

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Joan Stewart's Ancestors

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Joan Stewart
1428–1486
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Parents
James 1st King of Scots
1394–1437
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Joan Beaufort
1404–1445
Grandparents
King (Robert Stewart) 3rd
1337–1406
Annabel Drummond
1350–1401
John Beaufort
1373–
Great-Grandparents
Robert Scots
1316–1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320–1354
John 11th
1318–1360
John Gaunt
1340–1399
Katherine Swynford
1349–1403
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Stewart
1292–1326
Marjorie Bruce
1297–1316
Malcolm Drummond
1270–
Edward England
1312–1377
Phillipa Hainault
–1369
Paon ?
1330–1380

Joan Stewart's Descendants

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Joan ("the mute" Dalkeith) Stewart (01 Nov 1428–16 Oct 1486) m. Sir (James Edward Morton Douglas Lord) Dalkeith (Jan 1426–20 October 1493)
  1. 1. John (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1459–1513 m. Jeanette (Jane) Crichton 1463–1493 m. Janet (Crichton Countess of) Morton 1461–1515
    1. 1. Elisabeth Douglas 1485–1512 m. William (Lord) Keith 1483–1513
      1. 1. Lady (Janet (Johanna)) Keith 1494–1547 m. Willem (Graham Earl van) Montrose 1490–1571
        1. 1. Lady (Agnes Countess Montrose) Graham 1528–1547 m. Sir (William) Murray 1520–1583
        2. 2. Robert (Graham Master van) Montrose 1522–1547
      2. 2. Elisabeth Keith 1510–1565
      3. 3. Christine Keith 1510–1550
      4. 4. Willem (Lord) Keith 1506–1581
  2. 2. Janet Douglas 1461–1490
  3. 3. Janet Douglas 1429–1489

Joan Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1428
01 Nov 1428
Birth of Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
1486
16 Oct 1486
Age 58
Death of Joan "the mute" Dalkeith Stewart in She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person.
She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Nov 1428
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1486
    Event Place: She was buried at Dalkeith Church, Midlothian. Joan's effigy on the Morton Monument is said to be the world's oldest image of a known deaf person.
    Record Source: Millennium File

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