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Biography of James II King Scotland 1430-1460

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1440 Douglas Black Dinner

1452 Battle of Brechin


Family Trees

Descent

Ancestry

On 16 Oct 1430 James II King Scotland 1430-1460 was born to James I King Scotland 1394-1437 (36) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland 1404-1445 (26) .

On 21 Feb 1437 James I King Scotland 1394-1437 (42) was assassinated at Blackfriars, Perth. James I King Scotland 1394-1437 (42) was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (6) succeeded as II King Scotland: Stewart .

Douglas Black Dinner

On 24 Nov 1440 William Crichton -1454 arranged a dinner of reconciliation at the Great Hall, Edinburgh Castle.During the course of the dinner the young brothers William Douglas 3rd Duke Touraine 1424-1440 (16) and David Douglas 1430-1440 (10) was beheaded in front of the young James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (10) .

On 15 Jul 1445 Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland 1404-1445 (41) died at Dunbar Castle, Dunbar.She was buried at Perth Charterhouse .

On 03 Jul 1449 James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (18) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (15) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood.

On 19 May 1450 Unamed Stewart 1450-1450 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (19) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (16) .

On 10 Jul 1451 James III King Scotland 1451-1488 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (20) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (17) .

On 22 Feb 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas, 2nd Earl Avondale 1425-1452 (27) was murdered by James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (21) at Edinburgh Castle for refusing to desist from conspiring with Tiger Earl 4th Earl Crawford 1423-1453 (29) . His brother James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale 1426-1488 (26) succeeded as 9th Earl Douglas , 3rd Earl Avondale .

Battle of Brechin

On 18 May 1452 the Battle of Brechin was fought between supporters of James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (21) and his rellious nobility including the Black Douglases. Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley -1470 defeated the rebels led by Tiger Earl 4th Earl Crawford 1423-1453 (29) on behalf on the King. John Lindsay 1423-1452 (29) ,and the brothers William Gordon -1452 and Henry Gordon -1452 , were killed .

On 13 May 1453 Mary Stewart Countess Arran 1453-1488 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (22) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (19) at Stirling Castle, Stirling

Around 1454 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany 1454-1485 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (23) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (20)

Around 1455 David Stewart 1455-1487 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (24) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (21)

Around 1455 Margaret n William 03 Lord Crichton Stewart 1455- was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (24) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (21)

Around 1456 John Stewart 1st Earl Mar 1456-1479 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (25) and Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (22)

On 03 Aug 1460 James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (29) died at Roxburgh Castle . James II King Scotland 1430-1460 (29) was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. His son James III King Scotland 1451-1488 (9) succeeded as III King Scotland: Stewart .

On 01 Dec 1463 Mary Egmont Queen Consort Scotland 1434-1463 (29) died at Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh. She was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood.

John Stewart Lord Sticks -1523 was born to James II King Scotland 1430-1460

Family Trees

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke Countess Buckingham 1145-1188

Descendants Family Trees:

Edward III King England 1312-1377

Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350-1403

Descent

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of Aethelwulf King Wessex -858

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg, King Deheubarth 880-950

Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of Edward III King England 1312-1377

Kings Scotland: Son of James I King Scotland 1394-1437

Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks 1120-1180

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Philip "Fair" IV King France 1268-1314

Ancestry

Father: James I King Scotland 1394-1437 Great x 5 Grandson of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


GrandFather: Robert III King Scotland 1337-1406 Great x 4 Grandson of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great GrandFather: Robert II King Scotland 1316-1390 Great x 3 Grandson of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great x 2 GrandFather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 1296-1327


Great x 3 GrandFather: James Stewart 5th High Steward -1309


Great x 2 GrandMother: Marjory Bruce 1296-1316 Great x 2 Granddaughter of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great x 3 GrandFather: Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland 1274-1329 Great x 5 Grandson of Henry "Beauclearc" I King England 1068-1135


Great x 3 GrandMother: Isabella Mar 1253-1296 Great Granddaughter of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great GrandMother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland -1355


Great x 2 GrandFather: Adam Mure


GrandMother: Anabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland 1350-1401


Great GrandFather: John Drummond of Stobhall 11th Thane of Lennox 1318-1360


Great x 2 GrandFather: Malcolm Drummond 1270-1346


Mother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland 1404-1445 Great Granddaughter of Edward III King England 1312-1377


GrandFather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset 1373-1410 Grandson of Edward III King England 1312-1377


Great GrandFather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340-1399 Son of Edward III King England 1312-1377


Great x 2 GrandFather: Edward III King England 1312-1377 Son of Edward II King England 1284-1327


Great x 3 GrandFather: Edward II King England 1284-1327 Son of Edward "Longshanks" I King England 1239-1307


Great x 3 GrandMother: Isabella Capet Queen Consort England 1295-1358 Great x 4 Granddaughter of Henry "Curtmantle" II King England 1133-1189


Great x 2 GrandMother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 1314-1369 Great x 5 Granddaughter of Stephen I King England 1094-1154


Great x 3 GrandFather: William Hainault I Count Hainault, III Count Avesnes, III Count Holland, II Count Zeeland 1286-1337 Great x 4 Grandson of Stephen I King England 1094-1154


Great x 3 GrandMother: Joan Valois Count Zeeland, Count Holland, Count Avesnes, Count Hainault 1294-1342 Great x 4 Granddaughter of Henry "Curtmantle" II King England 1133-1189


Great GrandMother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350-1403


Great x 2 GrandFather: Giles "Payne" Roet 1310-1380


GrandMother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 1385-1439 Great x 2 Granddaughter of Edward "Longshanks" I King England 1239-1307


Great GrandFather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350-1397 1350-1397 Great Grandson of Edward "Longshanks" I King England 1239-1307


Great x 2 GrandFather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 1314-1360 Great x 4 Grandson of Henry "Curtmantle" II King England 1133-1189


Great x 3 GrandFather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand 1283-1328


Great x 3 GrandMother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand Great x 3 Granddaughter of Henry "Curtmantle" II King England 1133-1189


Great x 2 GrandMother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Plantagenet Princess Wales 1328-1385 Granddaughter of Edward "Longshanks" I King England 1239-1307


Great x 3 GrandFather: Edmund Plantagenet 1st Earl Kent 1301-1330 Son of Edward "Longshanks" I King England 1239-1307


Great x 3 GrandMother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 1297-1349 Great x 3 Granddaughter of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great GrandMother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 1350-1416 Great x 2 Granddaughter of Henry III King England 1207-1272


Great x 2 GrandFather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel, 8th Earl Surrey 1306-1376 Great x 5 Grandson of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great x 3 GrandFather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel 1285-1326 Great x 4 Grandson of John "Lackland" I King England 1166-1216


Great x 3 GrandMother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel


Great x 2 GrandMother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey 1318-1372 Great Granddaughter of Henry III King England 1207-1272


Great x 3 GrandFather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster 1281-1345 Grandson of Henry III King England 1207-1272


Great x 3 GrandMother: Maud Chaworth 1282-1322