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King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan 1430–1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 OCT 1430

Birth Location: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 3 AUG 1460

Death Location: Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded.

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Lady Essex

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King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan was born in 1430 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of James I The Black Knight Of Lorn Stewart King Of Scotland And Lady Joan Plantagenet Beaufort Queen Consort Of Scots Stewart Countess Of West Essex. King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan passed away in 1460 in Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded..

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  • King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan was born in 1430 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of James I The Black Knight Of Lorn Stewart King Of Scotland And Lady Joan Plantagenet Beaufort Queen Consort Of Scots Stewart Countess Of West Essex.
  • King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan passed away in 1460 in Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded..

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King Buchan's Ancestors

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King Buchan
1430–1460
Birth Place: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James I "The Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart, King of Scotland
1394–1451
Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland
Lady (Joan Plantagenet Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scots "Stewart", Countess of West) Essex
1407–1445
Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John (Beaufort\ 1st Earl of) Somerset
1373–1409
Pottersgate, Lincolnshire, England
Marguerite (Holand of) Kent
1385–1439
Up Holland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Gaunt
1503–1398
Catherine Roet
1345–1403
Knight Holand
1350–1398
Alice Alan
1352–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Payen Roet
1310–1380
Catharina Avesnes
1320–1380
Thomas DeHoland
1314–1360
Joan Plantagenet
1328–1385
RICHARD FITZALAN
1306–1376
ELEANOR PLANTAGENET
1318–1372

King Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1430
16 OCT 1430
Birth of King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1460
3 AUG 1460
Age 30
Death of King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan in Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded.
Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 OCT 1430
    Event Place: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 AUG 1460
    Event Place: Roxburgh Castle, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Killed during the siege of Roxbury Castle, he was standing next to a canon nicknamed “the Lion “ exploded.
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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