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Joan Beaufort was a daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, a legitimised son of John of Gaunt by his mistress (and later third wife) Katherine Swynford. [5] She was born in 1404. [ 6 ] Joan's mother was Margaret Holland , [ 7 ] the granddaughter of Joan of Kent (wife of Edward the Black Prince ) from her earlier marriage to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent .
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] She married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and in her widowhood became a powerful ...
Sep 21, 2019 · Joan Beaufort: a Medieval Matriarch. Joan Beaufort was the youngest child and only daughter of John of Gaunt and his mistress, Katherine Swynford. Her father, Gaunt, was the third surviving son of Edward III and his queen, Philippa of Hainault. He had married Blanche of Lancaster in 1359 – a marriage which eventually brought him the title of ...
Joan Beaufort lived from about 1404 to 15 July 1445. Of English descent, she married James I of Scotland and was the mother of James II. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. From the age of 12 in 1406, James I of Scotland spent 18 years of his life as a prisoner/guest/hostage in England.
Advertisement. On February 2, 1424, Joan and James were married at the Church of Saint Mary Overy (now Southwark Cathedral on the south bank of the Thames in London). The couple attended festivities at Winchester Palace hosted by Joan’s uncle, Cardinal Henry Beaufort. They then started their journey north to Scotland.
Joan Beaufort died on November 13, 1440, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. Her death helped to hasten a settlement between Westmoreland and Joan's eldest son, Richard, earl of Salisbury. In 1443, Westmoreland formally acknowledged Salisbury's right to the Westmoreland estates in Yorkshire, Cumberland, Essex, Westmoreland, and York.
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Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) was Queen of Scotland from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I of Scotland.During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the regent of Scotland.
