Joan Beaufort (Queen of Scotland)
Lady Joan Beaufort (* 1406 ; † July 15, 1445 at Dunbar Castle ) was an English noblewoman and, as the wife of King Jacob I, Queen Consort of Scotland .
Life
She was the fourth child and first daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset , and Margaret Holland. She was a granddaughter of the English Prince John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster .
On February 14, 1424, she married the Scottish King James I in Southwark near London . Since 1406 he had been in English captivity. Jacob fell in love with Lady Joan Beaufort while imprisoned in England and dedicated the poem The Kingis Quair to her . With the Treaty of London in December 1423, Jacob's release for a ransom of £ 40,000 had been agreed. He married Joan before he was released in April 1424 against holding hostages to secure the ransom payment. Upon arriving in Scotland, James I was formally crowned King of Scotland in May 1424.
They had eight children together before Jacob was murdered in 1437:
- Margaret (* December 25, 1424 - † August 16, 1445) ⚭ Louis XI. , King of France
- Isabel († 1494) ⚭ Francis I , Duke of Brittany
- Johanna († October 16, 1486) ⚭ (1) James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus , ⚭ (2) James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
- Alexander (* and † October 16, 1430), twin brother to
- James II (October 16, 1430 - August 3, 1460), King of Scotland
- Eleanor (* 1433; † November 20, 1480), (also: Eleonore) ⚭ Siegmund of Tyrol
- Maria († March 20, 1465), Countess of Buchan , ⚭ Wolfhart VI. from Borsselen
- Annabella († 1458) ⚭ George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly .
She was seriously wounded in the attempted murder on her husband, but survived. From 1437 to 1439, she and Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, took over the reign of their underage son and new King James II.
In 1439 the Queen Dowager ( Queen Dowager Joan of Scotland ) was married against her will in her second marriage to James Stewart , called Black Knight of Lorn , with whom she had three other sons:
- John (around 1440–1512), 1st Earl of Atholl 1457
- James († 1499), 1st Earl of Buchan 1469
- Andrew (1443–1501), Bishop of Moray 1483
Like her first husband, Joan Beaufort is buried in the Carthusian monastery in Perth .
See also
Web links
- Lady Joan Beaufort on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Annabella Drummond |
Queen Consort of Scotland 1424–1437 |
Maria von Geldern |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beaufort, Joan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Scotland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1406 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1445 |
| Place of death | Dunbar Castle |