Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots

Joan Beaufort
Queen consort of Scots
Tenure12 February 1424 – 21 February 1437
Coronation21 May 1424
Bornc. 1404[1]
The Palace of Westminster, England
Died15 July 1445(1445-07-15) (aged 40–41)
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Burial
Spouse
  • (m. 1424; died 1437)
Issue
Detail
HouseBeaufort
FatherJohn Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
MotherMargaret 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]

  1. ^ "Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland". Medievalists.net. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ Weir, Alison (18 April 2011). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. Random House. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-4464-4911-0.
  3. ^ Amin, Nathen (15 August 2017). The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4765-4.
  4. ^ Downie, Fiona Anne (23 October 2006). She is But a Woman: Queenship in Scotland 1424–1463. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78885-342-2.