Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
Joan Beaufort ( * 1406, † July 15, 1445 at Dunbar Castle) was the fourth child and first daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland was born. She was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.
On February 14, 1424, she married in Southwark James I, shortly before he was crowned King of Scotland. Jacob fell in love during his captivity in England in Joan Beaufort and dedicated her the poem The Kingis Quair. With the Treaty of London in December 1423 Jacob was released for a ransom of 40,000 pounds and married Joan before his return to Scotland.
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)
- Johanna († October 16, 1486 )
- Alexander (* and † October 16, 1430 ), twin brother to
- Jacob (* October 16, 1430; † August 3, 1460 )
- Eleanor (* 1433, † November 20, 1480 ) (also: Eleonore )
- Maria ( † March 20, 1465 ) and
- Annabella († 1458 ).
Joan Beaufort had tried to stand by her husband during his murder and was doing himself severely wounded.
1439 married the Queen Dowager (Queen Dowager Joan of Scotland), against their will, in her second marriage James Stewart, called Black Knight of Lorn ( the Black Knight of Lorn ), with whom she had three more sons:
- John (1438-1512), 1st Earl of Atholl 1457
- James († 1499 ), 1st Earl of Buchan 1469
- Andrew (1443-1501), Bishop of Moray in 1483
Like her husband, Joan Beaufort is also buried in the Carthusian monastery in Perth.