Joan Beaufort | |
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Queen consort of Scots | |
Tenure | 12 February 1424 – 21 February 1437 |
Coronation | 21 May 1424 |
Born | c. 1404[1] The Palace of Westminster, England |
Died | 15 July 1445 Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland | (aged 40–41)
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Issue Detail | |
House | Beaufort |
Father | John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset |
Mother | Margaret Holland |
Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445)[2] was Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I.[3] During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the regent of Scotland, the first dowager Queen of Scotland to do so since the 13th century.[4]