Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJane (Joan) Beaufort 
Birthabt 1404
Death15 Jul 1445
FatherJohn Beaufort , Earl of Somerset (~1373-1410)
MotherMargaret Holland (1385-1429)
Misc. Notes
Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 - 15 July 1445), was Queen Consort of Scotland from 1424 to 1437, being married to James I of Scotland.
She was the grand-daughter of John of Gaunt; the daughter of his son John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland.
In February 1424 she married James I, shortly before he was formally crowned. She is said to have been the inspiration of James's famous long poem, The Kingis Quair. They had eight children, including the future James II, and Margaret of Scotland, wife of Louis XI of France. James I was assassinated in 1437.
In 1439 Joan married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (~1383 - >1451). They had three children:
• Sir John Stewart (John of Balveny), the first Earl of Atholl.
• Sir James "Hearty James" Stewart (1442-1499), the first Earl of Buchan (1466-1487), High Chamberlain of Scotland in 1471 and Scottish Ambassador to France in 1473.
• Andrew Stewart.
She was the grand-daughter of John of Gaunt; the daughter of his son John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland.
In February 1424 she married James I, shortly before he was formally crowned. She is said to have been the inspiration of James's famous long poem, The Kingis Quair. They had eight children, including the future James II, and Margaret of Scotland, wife of Louis XI of France. James I was assassinated in 1437.
In 1439 Joan married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (~1383 - >1451). They had three children:
• Sir John Stewart (John of Balveny), the first Earl of Atholl.
• Sir James "Hearty James" Stewart (1442-1499), the first Earl of Buchan (1466-1487), High Chamberlain of Scotland in 1471 and Scottish Ambassador to France in 1473.
• Andrew Stewart.
Spouses
Birth10 Dec 1394, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Death21 Feb 1437, Friars Preachers Monastery, Perth, Scotland
FatherJohn Stewart , King Robert III of Scots (~1340-1406)
MotherAnnabella Drummond (~1350-1401)
Marriage2 Feb 1423, London, England
ChildrenAnnabella (1432-1509)
Birthabt 1386, Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland
Deathabt 1448
FatherSir John Stewart of Innermeath and Lorn (-1421)
MotherIsobel MacDougall of Argyll (-1439)
Marriage1439
ChildrenJames (1442-1499)