Biography
Joan Beaufort was born circa 1406 to John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c1373-1410) and Margaret Holland (1385-1439) and died 15 July 1445 Dunbar, East Lothian of unspecified causes. She married James I of Scotland (1394-1437) 2 February 1423 JL . She married James Stewart (c1383-aft1451) 21 September 1439 JL . Alfred the Great (849-899)/s, Charlemagne (747-814)/s, Henry II of England (1133-1189)/s, Hugh Capet (c940-996)/s, William I of England (1027-1087)/s, Rollo of Normandy (860-932)/s.
Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445), was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland from 1424 to 1437, being married to James I of Scotland. She was a daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland. Her paternal grandparents were John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his mistress and later third wife Katherine Swynford. Her maternal grandparents were Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice Fitzalan. Alice was a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.
On 2 February 1424 at Southwark Cathedral, Joan married James I, shortly before he was formally crowned. They were feasted at Winchester Palace that year by her uncle Henry Cardinal Beaufort. 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. After James I was assassinated in 1437, she took over the regency for her son.
In 1439 Joan married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (~1383 - >1451).
Children
| Offspring of Joan Beaufort and James Stewart (c1383-aft1451) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (c1440-1512) | 1440 | 15 September 1512 | Eleanor Sinclair (c1457-1518) |
| James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (1442-1499) | |||
| Andrew Stewart (1443-1501) | |||
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