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James II

Male 1430 - 1460  (29 years)


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  1. 1.  James II was born on 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood (son of James I King of SCOTLAND and Joan-Jane BEAUFORT); died on 03 Aug 1460 in Killed - A Canon burst during a siege of Roxburgh Castle; was buried in Holyrood.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reigned: Between 1437 and 1460, King of Scots
    • Crowned: 25 Mar 1437, Holyrood "in the Parliament of Edinburgh"

    James married Mary Of GUELDRES on 2/3 Jul 1449 in Holyrood. Mary (daughter of Arnold Duke Of GUELDERS and Catherine of CLEVES) died on 1 Dec 1463. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary STEWART
    2. Margaret STEWART
    3. James III was born between 20 Jul 1451 and May 1452 in St. Andrews Castle; died on 11 Jun 1488 in Murdered - Battle of Sauchieburn near Bannockburn; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey.
    4. Alexander STEWART was born between 1454 and 08 Jul 1455; died in 1485 in Killed - in a tournament accident; was buried in Church of Celestins, Paris.
    5. David STEWART was born about 1455; died before 18 Jul 1457.
    6. John STEWART was born about Jul 1457; died in 1497.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James I King of SCOTLAND was born between 01 Aug and Dec 1394 in Dunfermline (son of Robert III and Annabella DRUMMOND); died on 21 Feb 1437 in (Murdered) Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Crowned: 21 May 1424
    • Fact: 1406-1437, King of Scots

    Notes:

    Name:
    James spent the first 18 years of his rule as a prisoner. On his return to Scotland, James determined to reform his country. His first parliament rectified abuses in taxation and in the justice system, and dealt severely with the factious Highland lords. His reforming policies made James many enemies, and he was assassinated in 1437.

    James married Joan-Jane BEAUFORT between 02 and 13 Feb 1424 in St. Mary, Overy Southwark, Surrey, England. Joan-Jane (daughter of John BEAUFORT and Margaret DE HOLAND) was born in Westminster, England; died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Joan-Jane BEAUFORT was born in Westminster, England (daughter of John BEAUFORT and Margaret DE HOLAND); died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Queen of Scots

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth-Isabel Of SCOTLAND died in 1494.
    2. Margaret Of SCOTLAND was born in 1424 in Linlithgow, Scotland; died on 16 Aug 1445 in Chalons; was buried in Chalons Cathedral.
    3. Mary Of SCOTLAND died on 20 Mar 1465; was buried in Sandenburg at ter Veere in Zealand.
    4. Alexander Of SCOTLAND was born on 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood, Scotland; died in young.
    5. Joan-Janet Of SCOTLAND was born about 1428.
    6. Eleanor Of SCOTLAND died in 1480.
    7. 1. James II was born on 16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood; died on 03 Aug 1460 in Killed - A Canon burst during a siege of Roxburgh Castle; was buried in Holyrood.
    8. Annabella Of SCOTLAND


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert III was born about 1337 (son of Robert II and Elizabeth MURE); died on 4 Apr 1406 in Dundonald.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Named John, but took name of Robert
    • Fact: Legitimated through his parents' marriage, disp. 22 Nov 1347
    • Fact: Earl of Carrick
    • Fact 1: 1390-1406, King of Scots

    Robert married Annabella DRUMMOND about 1367. Annabella died in 1401. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Annabella DRUMMOND died in 1401.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Dau. of Sir John Drummond, d. 1372, and prob. Mary Montifex

    Children:
    1. 2. James I King of SCOTLAND was born between 01 Aug and Dec 1394 in Dunfermline; died on 21 Feb 1437 in (Murdered) Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth.
    2. Mary STEWART died in 1458.

  3. 6.  John BEAUFORT was born about 1371 in Chcateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France (son of John Of GAUNT and Katherine DE ROET); died on 16 Mar 1409/10 in St Catherine By The Tower Hospital, London, England; was buried in St. Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Fairborn
    • Fact: 1st Earl of Somerset; lst Marquess of Dorset

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 Feb 1396/7, and Marquess of Dorset on 29 Sep 1397. He was summoned to Parliament on 17 Sep 1397.

    John married Margaret DE HOLAND before 28 Sep 1397. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN) died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margaret DE HOLAND (daughter of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Alice FITZ ALAN); died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral.
    Children:
    1. 3. Joan-Jane BEAUFORT was born in Westminster, England; died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth.
    2. Henry BEAUFORT was born in Oct 1401 in Chcateau De Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, France; died on 25 Nov 1418.
    3. John BEAUFORT was born before 25 Mar 1404 in Westminster, England; died on 27 May 1444; was buried in Wimborne Minster.
    4. Thomas BEAUFORT was born in 1405; died between 1431 and 1432.
    5. Edmund BEAUFORT was born about 1406 in Westminster, England; died on 22 May 1455 in Killed - First Battle of St. Albans; was buried in Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in the Abbey Church.
    6. Margaret BEAUFORT was born in West Horndon, Essex, England.


  

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