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Biography of Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland 1404-1445
Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1424 Marriage of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
1424 Release of James I of Scotland
On 27 Nov 1397 [her father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) and [her mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [her grandmother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 47). He the illegitmate son of [her grandfather] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 57) and [her grandmother] Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 47). They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1404 Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland was born to John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 31) and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 19). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In Nov 1411 [her step-father] Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 23) and [her mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [her grandmother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 61). He the son of [her uncle] King Henry IV of England (age 44) and Mary Bohun. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 12 Feb 1424 King James I of Scotland (age 29) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20) were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 39). He the son of King Robert III of Scotland and Anabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 28 Mar 1424 [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 29) signed his release agreement, in which he promised to pay a ransom of 60,000 marks, at Durham, County Durham [Map]. He and his wife Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20), married for seven weeks, travelled to Melrose Abbey [Map] arriving on 05 Apr 1424
On 21 May 1424 [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 29) was crowned I King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map]. Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
Alexander Lindsay 2nd Earl Crawford and William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton were knighted.
On 25 Dec 1424 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 30) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20) at Perth [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1426 [her daughter] Isabella Stewart Duchess Brittany was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 31) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 22). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1428 [her daughter] Joan Stewart Countess Morton was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 33) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16 Oct 1430 [her son] King James II of Scotland was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 36) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 26). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1433 [her daughter] Eleanor Stewart Duchess Austria was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 38) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 29). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1434 [her daughter] Mary Stewart was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 39) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 30). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1436 [her daughter] Anabella Stewart was born to [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 41) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 32). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 25 Jun 1436 [her son-in-law] King Louis XI of France (age 12) and [her daughter] Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France (age 11) were married at Tours Castle. They had met the day before. She by marriage Dauphine. She the daughter of [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 41) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 32). He the son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 33) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 31). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21 Feb 1437 [her husband] King James I of Scotland (age 42) was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son [her son] King James II of Scotland (age 6) succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 33), managed to escape.
Before 21 Sep 1439 James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (age 44) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 35) were married. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 54). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1440 [her son] John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl was born to [her husband] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (age 45) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 36). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1442 [her son] James Stewart 1st Earl Buchan was born to [her husband] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (age 47) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1443 [her son] Bishop Andrew Stewart was born to [her husband] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (age 48) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 39). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 15 Jul 1445 Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 41) died at Dunbar Castle, Dunbar. She was buried at Perth Charterhouse.
On 17 Aug 1451 [her former husband] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (age 56) was killed, supposedly captured at sea by Flemish pirates.
However, there is a reference to him in f. 124r-v/105r—v. The duke of Somerset’s answer to the king of Scotland’s credence, together with the comments of the lords of the king’s council, 1453-4(?) published in "The politics of fifteenth-century England: John Vale's book" in 1995, notes: See above, ch. 1, pp. 19-20. This item was printed by Nicolas in PPC, vi, pp. Ixiii-Ixv, from Stow’s manuscript copy in Harl. 543, f. 163. There is no reason not to assume that the present item was Stow’s source. It is most likely that, as most commentators have suggested (see e.g. Griffiths, Henry VI, p. 764, n. 113), the document dates from the period of Somerset's second imprisonment in the Tower, viz. between late November 1453, when the duke was incarcerated and mid to late April 1454, when the parliament of 1453-54 appears to have ended (note the reference to the clerk of the parliament in the final paragraph). It is, even so, just possible that it dates from the period of the duke’s first imprisonment (early December 1450): this makes slightly more sense of Somerset's claim that he had been imprisoned for his own safety (see e.g. Benet’s Chronicle, p. 203), though it also implies that royal power was more completely and explicitly neutralised during the 1450-1 parliament than has been thought. JLW
Thaunswer of the duc of Somersett to his credence to hym sente bi the king of Scottys As to the credence sente bi the king of Scottis to me the duc of Somerset whiche is open, ij pointes, the toon towching the kinges highenesse, to whiche thoughe I were as at grete fredam as evur I was, I wolde nat take upon me tanswere withoute the kinges commaundemente or bi thadvice of his counsaile. But as towching to the tother towching my selfe, under correccion, yit mighte be by me answered in the forme that foloweth. First that I thanke the king of Scottes righte hertely of the good love and affecion that he hathe to me his uncle, as nature woll that he shulde. Notwithstanding, as for my being in the Toure of London, yt was doone bi thadvice of the lordis of the kinges counseile which as I understande was moste for the surete of my persone. And what so evur meoved theim so for to doo, yif I were alied unto all the kings christened as nyghe as I am to the seide king of Scottes, ner my will nor intente is ner evur was to desire nor assente, taske nor tahave any helpe by mighte of theym into this reaume. For I have moche more truste to my trouthe and the rightwusnesse of my souveraigne lorde and the lordis of the lande, than I coude have of any mighte inwarde and specialy outewarde thoughe I were alied as bifore is seide.
Memorandum that in no wise the lordes geve thair advice or assente tany answere to be geven bi the duc of Somersett unto the king of Scottes uppon his credence, to the same duc mynistred by Sir Jamys Stewarde sithe that the seide credence came only!? unto hym, wherinne any other lorde hathe noon interesse ne nat awe tentermell therof.
Item, where the seid duc amonge other thinges conceved in a cedule by hym made consernyng his aunswer to the seide credence, it is conceyved that his being in the Toure of London was doone by thadvice of the lordes of the kinges counseill, whiche as he understandeth was moste for the surete of his persone. He therof disclaunderith and blasphemeth the seide lordis, whiche of a hoole assente and auctorite commytted hym to the seide Toure for suspecion of treason as by the acte thereuppon made yt mowe appere. [f. 124v] And to thentente that thambiguite and doughte being amonge the people whether the seid duc was committed to the seid Towre for the surete, oonly of his persone or for the seid suspecion mow be removed, it is right necessarie that the seide acte be withoute delaye called and red tafore the seide lordes and opened where it oughte to be opened, to thentente that the comitting of the seid duc to the seide Toure be nat noysed unlawfully uppon the seide lordis as in straunge landis, ner that it be nat leide uppon hem in burdon or charge at eny tyme here after.
Item, that in all wise the seide credence be ofte sones reported tafore all the seid lordes bi suche of hem as were assigned to here the openyng therof to the seide duc by the seid Sir Jamys. And the same credence ceriously put in writing by the clerke of the parliamente to thende and affecte that, yif it bee otherwise reported tahave be seid then it was in dede to the charge of any personne, it mowe appere of recorde suche as it is of trouthe.
[her son] Alexander Stewart was born to King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
King Edward I of England 1239-1307
King Edward III of England 1312-1377
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340-1399
Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 1318-1372
Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 1306-1376
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350-1397
Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328-1385
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip IV King France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hainault I Count Hainault 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Father: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet
GrandMother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thurstan de Holland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave
GrandFather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
GrandMother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp Baroness Monthermer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick