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Joan was also a half-niece of King Henry IV of England, first cousin once removed of Richard II, and great-granddaughter of Edward III. Her uncle, Henry Beaufort, was a cardinal and Chancellor of England. [5] King James I of Scotland met Joan during his time as a prisoner in England, and knew her from at least 1420. [7]
James married Joan Beaufort in February; released from captivity and is crowned at Scone Abbey, 21 May [1] 1425 James destroyed his near relatives, the Albany Stewarts, and forfeited their lands [12] 1425–1427 James got Parliament's agreement to restrict the influence of the Church and the prelacy [13] 1428–1431
Arms of the Beaufort family, legitimised descendants of John of Gaunt: Royal arms of King Edward III within a bordure compony argent and azure Joan Beaufort (c. 1377 – 13 November 1440) was the youngest of the four legitimised children and only daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (third surviving son of King Edward III), by his mistress, later wife, Katherine de Roet. [1]
Joan Beaufort Isabella Stewart (autumn of 1426 – 13 October 1494/5 March 1499), was a Scottish princess who became Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Francis I of Brittany . [ 1 ] Also known as Isabel , she was the second daughter of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort .
The Kingis Quair ("The King's Book") [1] [2] is a fifteenth-century Early Scots poem attributed to James I of Scotland. It is semi-autobiographical in nature, describing the King's capture by the English in 1406 on his way to France and his subsequent imprisonment by Henry IV of England and his successors, Henry V and Henry VI .
Margaret was born in Perth, Scotland, to James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, [1] [2] a cousin of Henry V of England. Margaret was the first of six daughters and twin sons born to her parents. [2] Her surviving brother James would become James II of Scotland at the age of six.
The conspirators break down the door, and one of them threatens to kill the queen, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, but is stopped by a son of Sir Robert Graham. When he is discovered, two men go down but the king defeats them, though unarmed; finally Graham descends into the privy and, refusing to let the king have a confessor, stabs him through ...
Presumably named after her paternal grandmother, Annabella was the eighth child and sixth daughter of King James I and Joan Beaufort. [1] Her sisters were Margaret, Isabella, Eleanor, Mary and Joan, and her brothers were James II of Scotland and his twin brother Alexander, who died in infancy.