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Personal data Queen Consort Joan de Beaufort of Scotland Plantagenet 

• Alternative names: Lady Joan Countess of W Essex Beaufort Countess of Westmorland, Lady Joan Countess of W Essex (Beaufort) Stewart Queen Consort of Scotland, Joan Beaufort Queen of Scots, Johanna Queen Consort of Scotland King James I de Beaufort, Jean Culthorpe, Joane Plantagenet Lady of the Garter Countess of Westmoreland Beaufort (de Neville), Joan Beaufort Queen Consort of Scotland, Joan Countess of Westmorland Beaufort, Joan (Joan ) Beaufort Countess of Westmorland, Joan "Jane or Joanna" (Joan "Jane or Joanna") Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scotland, Countess of West Essex, Joan DeNEVILLE, Joan Neville, Joan de Neville, Joan Neville, Joan ( Eufemia ) Neville, Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmorland, Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, Jane Beaufort, FR Joan DeBeaufort
• She was born on May 12, 1375 in Beaufort Castle, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France-Kettlethorpe Hall, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

  Attention: Was older than 60 years (62) when child (Andrew Bishop of Moray Stewart) was born (??-??-1437).

  Attention: Was older than 60 years (61) when child (Lady Annabella Janet Joan Stewart Princess of Scotland, Countess of Huntley) was born (??-??-1436).

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (7) when child (Anna Plantagenet of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, Countess of Hereford, Countess of Northampton) was born (April 30, 1383) .

  Attention: Was older than 60 years (67) when child (James Stewart Earl van Buchan Lord Auchterhouse) was born (??-??-1442).

  Attention: Married (??-??-1370) before birth (May 12, 1375).

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1370) below 16 years (0).

  Attention: Age at marriage (February 17, 1391) below 16 years (15).

• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Beaufort, Maine-et-Loir, Pays De La Loire, France.Sources 5, 43
• Alternative: She was born on May 12, 1375 in Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.Sources 7, 19, 38
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1377 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France.Source 26
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1407 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.Sources 5, 14, 51, 53
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1407 in Westminster, London, England.Sources 3, 14, 51
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1404.
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1402 in St. Donat's.Source 23
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Beaufort Castle, Beaufort-en-Vallée, Pays de la Loire, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379.
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1404 in London, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1424.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1433 in London, Middlesex, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1433 in London, London, England.
• Alternative: She was born on November 1, 1433 in London, London, England.
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1407 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England.
• Alternative: She was born on 1 May 1375 OR 1379 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1399 in Raby, Durham, ENGLAND.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1398 in Raby With Kevelstone, County Durham, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1436 in Oversley, Wormsley, Linconshire, England, United Kingdom.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1399.
• Alternative: She was born about 1370 in Farnley, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1375 in Champagne-Ardenne, France.
• Alternative: She was born on December 27, 1407 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Castle Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1375 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France.
• Alternative: She was born about 1375 in Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, FRANCE.
• Alternative: She was born on January 29, 1375 in Chateau de Beaufort, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Swynford, manor, of, Kettlethorpe, in, Lincolnshire, England.
• Alternative: She was born on May 12, 1375 in Beaufort, Maine-et-loire, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Chateau de Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France.
• Alternative: She was born about 1379 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, Pays de la Loire, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1373.
• Alternative: She was born about 1372 in Falkland Castle, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Château Beaufort, Lotharingen.Source 49
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1375 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France.
• Alternative: She was born on May 2, 1424 in Meuse, Loire, Rhone-Alpes, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1379 in Beaufort Castle, Anjou, France.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1404 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1398 in Westminster, Londen.Source 45
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1406 in Westminster, Londen.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1406 in Westminster, London, England.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.Sources 44, 46, 48
• She was baptized on November 2, 1828 in Llanelly,Brecon,Wales.Source 8
• Resident: USA.Source 40
• She died on November 13, 1440 in South Yorkshire, England, she was 65 years old.Sources 5, 43

  Attention: Deceased (November 13, 1440) prior to birth (??-??-1442) of child (James Stewart Earl van Buchan Lord Auchterhouse).

  Attention: Deceased (November 13, 1440) before baptism (November 2, 1828).

• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Goole, Yorkshire, England, she was 65 years old.Sources 7, 19, 26, 38
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 70 years old.Sources 5, 14, 46, 51, 52, 53
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 70 years old.Sources 3, 14, 41, 42, 51
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died in the year 1452 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 76 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 16, 1456, she was 81 years old.
• Alternative: She died in the year 1492, she was 116 years old.
• Alternative: She died on August 11, 1518 in London, London, England.
• Alternative: She died on July 8, 1453 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND, she was 78 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Durham, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on April 14, 1486 in Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England, she was 110 years old.
• Alternative: She died before November 24, 1463.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died in the year 1439 in Scotland, she was 63 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Bisham, Berkshire, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire Co., England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died in the year 1439 in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland, she was 63 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, she was 65 years old.Source 49
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howdon, Yorkshire, Gb, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on November 13, 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Scotland, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Skottland, she was 70 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland, she was 70 years old.Source 45
• Alternative: She died in the year 1445 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 69 years old.
• Alternative: She died on July 15, 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, she was 70 years old.
• She is buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Linc, England.
• Alternative: She is buried in Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
• Alternative: She is buried in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.Sources 41, 43, 51
• A child of Sir John "Fairborn Plantagenet" De Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset, Constable of England, Admiral of The Northern Fleet, and Lady Margaret "The Poet's Muse" De of Holand, Marchioness of Dorset, Duchess of Clarence and Lancaster, Countess

Household of Queen Consort Joan de Beaufort of Scotland Plantagenet

(1) She is married to Sir Ralph DeNeville 4th Baron of Raby, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, Regent of England.

They got married in the year 1370 at Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

Child(ren):

1. Anna Plantagenet of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, Countess of Hereford, Countess of Northampton  1383-1480 
2. Eleanor de Neville, Countess of Northumberland, and Lady  1397-1472 
3. Sir Richard I "The King Maker" Neville 5th Earl of Salisbury, Knight of the Garter, Privy Councilor, 7th & 4th Baron Montague  1400-1460 
4. Cecily de Neville-Plantaganet  1401-1495 
5. Henry Neville,  1402-1403 
6. Robert Neville Bishop of Durham  1404-1457
7. William Neville 1st Earl of Kent  1405-1463 
8. Cuthbert (Beaufort Plantagenet) Neville  1405-1406
9. George Neville  1407-1469 
10. Edward Neville  < 1414-1476 

(2) She is married to JAMES I STEWART.

They got married on February 17, 1391 at Inchmurrin, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, she was 15 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Lady Joan " The Mute" Princess of Scotland Lady of Dalkeith Countess of Morton Stewart  1424-1486 
2. Margaret "The Queen of Hearts" Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Dauphine de France  1424-1445
3. Isabella "Elizabeth" Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Duchesse (Duchess) of Bretagne  1426-1449 
4. King James II of Scots Stewart "Firey Face" Earl of Buchan  1430-1460 
5. Alexander Stewart ^1430 Prince of Scotland; Duke of Rothesay; TWIN of James II infant death  1430-1430
6. Eleanor Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Duchess of Austria  1433-1480 
7. Princess Mary of Scotland Countess of Buchan Stewart  1434-1460 
8. Lady Annabella Janet Joan Stewart Princess of Scotland, Countess of Huntley  1436-1509 

(3) She had a relationship with William Ferrers.

Child(ren):

1. Lady Elizabeth De Ferrers, Baroness Culpeper  1392-1461 

(4) She had a relationship with James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn.

Child(ren):

1. Andrew Bishop of Moray Stewart  1437-1501 
2. James Stewart Earl van Buchan Lord Auchterhouse  1442-1499 

Notes about Queen Consort Joan de Beaufort of Scotland Plantagenet

James I and Joan Beaufort: A Royal Love Story31/03/2015Sharon Bennett ConnollyJames IThe story of King James I of Scotland and his queen, Joan Beaufort, is one of those rarities in Medieval history; a true love story. He was a King in captivity and she a beautiful young lady of the court.

Following the murder of his brother, David, Duke of Rothesay, James was the only surviving son of Robert III of Scotland. He had been on his way to France, for his safety and to continue his education, when his ship was captured by pirates in April 1406. Aged only 11, he was handed over to the English king, Henry IV, and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

Shortly after his capture, James’s father died and he was proclaimed King of Scots, but the English would not release him.

James was closely guarded and regularly moved around, but he was also well-educated while in the custody of the English king and was an accomplished musician and poet. He was held at various castles, including the Tower, Nottingham Castle – where he was allowed to go hunting – and Windsor Castle.

Probably born in the early 1400s, Lady Joan Beaufort was the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and legitimated son of John of Gaunt (himself the 3rd son of Edward III) by his mistress and, later, wife Kathryn Swynford. Joan’s mother was Margaret Holland, granddaughter of Joan of Kent (wife of Edward the Black Prince) from her marriage to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent.

Joan was very well-connected; she was a niece of Henry IV, great-niece of Richard II and great grand-daughter of Edward III. Her uncle, Henry Beaufort, was a cardinal and Chancellor of England.

Joan Beaufort, Queen of ScotlandLittle seems to be known of her early life, but she was at court in the early 1420s, when James first set eyes on her. James wrote of his love for Joan in his famous poem, The Kingis Quair. According to Nigel Tranter, James was with the court at Windsor, when he saw Joan for the first time while walking her little lap-dog in the garden, below his window.

His narrow window afforded him only a limited view, but the Lady Joan walked the same route every morning and James wrote of her;

“Beauty, fair enough to make the world to dote, Are ye a worldy creature? Or heavenly thing in likeness of nature? Or are ye Cupid’s own priestess, come here, To loose me out of bonds”

One morning James managed to drop a plucked rose down to Lady Joan, which he saw her wearing the following evening at dinner. Nigel Tranter suggests Lady Joan grieved over James’s imprisonment and even pleaded for him to be released.

Their romance grew apace, but was interrupted when James had to accompany Henry V on his French campaign. Henry was hoping that James’s presence would make the Scots, fighting with the French, think twice about engaging with him. However, the strategy had little effect.

Robert Stewart, Duke of AlbanyJames’s imprisonment lasted for 18 years. His uncle Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany and Guardian of Scotland in James’s absence, refused to ransom him, in the hope of gaining the throne for himself. He never quite garnered enough support, but managed to keep the Scottish nobles in check.

However, when he died in 1420 control passed to his son Murdoch (who had also been imprisoned by the English for 12 years, but was ransomed – instead of James – in 1414) and Scotland fell into a state of virtual anarchy.

Henry V had finally decided that it was time for James to return to Scotland when he died. It was left to Henry’s brother, John, Duke of Bedford, as Regent for the infant Henry VI, to agree the terms of James’s freedom. James was charged 60,000 marks in ransom – to cover the costs for his upkeep and education for 18 years, it was claimed. The agreement included a promise for the Scots to keep out of England’s wars with France, and for James to marry the Lady Joan Beaufort.

James and Joan were married at the Church of St Mary Overie, Southwark, on 2nd February 1424. James was released on the 28th March and the couple returned to Scotland shortly after. They were crowned at Scone by Henry de Warlaw, Bishop of St Andrews, on 21st May 1424.

James and Joan had 8 children together, 7 of whom survived childhood. Their 6 daughters helped to strengthen alliances across Europe. The oldest, Margaret, was born around Christmas 1424. At the age of 11 she was sent to France to marry the Dauphin, Louis – the future Louis XI – narrowly escaping her father’s fate when the English fleet tried to capture her en route. She died in 1445, leaving no children.

Isabella of ScotlandIsabella married Francis I, Duke of Brittany; she had 2 daughters and died in 1494. Eleanor married Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, and died in 1480. Joan was born mute and married James Douglas, Earl of Morton and had 4 children – her eldest son, Sir John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton, was probably killed at Flodden in 1513. Joan herself died in 1486.

Mary was created Countess of Buchan in 1444; she married Wolfert, Count of Grandpre, of the Netherlands, having 2 sons who died young before she died in 1465. A last daughter, Anabella, married, firstly, Louis of Savoy but following their divorce in 1458 she married George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly. They had 2 children together before divorcing on the grounds of consanguinity in 1471.

James and Joan finally had twin sons in 1430. Born on 16th October, Alexander died the same year, but James would go on to succeed his father and married Mary of Gueldres in 1449.

On his return to Scotland, James immediately set about getting his revenge on the Duke of Albany’s family and adherents; executing some, including Murdoch, Albany’s son and heir. Two other claimants to James’s throne were sent to England, as hostages to the payment of his ransom.

James and Joan ruled Scotland for 13 years; James even allowed Joan to take some part in the business of government. His reforms, however, and desire for a firm but just government made enemies of some nobles, including his own chamberlain Sir Robert Stewart, grandson of Walter, Earl of Atholl, who had been James’s heir until the birth of his son.

Blackfriars Monastery, PerthDue to his long imprisonment in the fortresses of England, James tended to avoid castles. In February 1437 he was staying at the Blackfriars in Perth when his chamberlain dismissed the guard and, having removed the locking bar to the King’s quarters, let the assassins into the priory.

James and Joan were alone with the queen’s ladies when they heard the men approaching. On seeing the locking bar missing, Joan’s lady, Kate Douglas, used her own arm to bar the door. The queen hid the king in an underground vault as Kate’s arm broke and the plotters gained entry. They dragged James from his hiding placed and stabbed him to death; Joan herself was wounded in the scuffle.

James IIThe plotters, led by Walter, Earl of Atholl, had expected to seize power, but were arrested and executed as the nobles rallied around the new king, 6-year-old James II.

James I was buried in Perth and Joan took an active role the government for her son, getting caught in a contest of power between Sir Alexander Livingstone and Sir William Crichton. Her second marriage to Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne, led to her arrest by Livingstone, under the pretext that she may abduct the child-king.

Joan and her new husband were only released on the condition that she give up her custody of James II and leave the court.

They would go on to have 3 sons together before Joan died at Dunbar Castle in 1445. She was buried in the Carthusian Church at Perth.

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Sources: The Story of Scotland by Nigel Tranter; Brewer’s British royalty by David Williamson; Kings & Queens of Britain by Joyce Marlow; Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens and British Kings & Queens by Mike Ashley; Oxford Companion to British History Edited by John Cannon; History Today Companion to British History Edited by juliet Gardiner & Neil Wenborn; Britain’s Royal Families by Alison Weir.

Bornc. 1379
Died13 November 1440 (aged 60–61)
Howden, Yorkshire
BuriedLincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire
FamilyBeaufort
Spouse(s)Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem (m. 1391, d. 1396)
Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (m. 1396, d. 1425)
more...Issue
Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk
Eleanor Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
Robert Neville, Bishop of Durham
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer
Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
Anne Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
FatherJohn of Gaunt
MotherKatherine Swynford

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