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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
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 .
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]
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.
Eleanor was the sixth child of James I of Scotland and his wife, Joan Beaufort. [2] James I was known for his great love of literature which he passed on to Eleanor and her sister Margaret. [2] Starting in 1445, Eleanor lived at the court of Charles VII of France, where it was suggested that she should marry Frederick, King of the Romans.
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.
He was the oldest child of Joan Beaufort, widow of James I of Scotland, and her second husband, Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn. [2]He was created Earl of Atholl in around 1457, [3] the first earl of the eighth creation of the title.