James Stuart

1394 - 1437  (42 years)

• Name	James Stuart
  Birth	Dec 1394	Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Feb 1436/1437	Monastry of the Friars, Perth
  Burial	Perth
  Notes	Name Suffix: I, King of Scotland REFN: 12030 James was taken prisoner by the English on his voyage from Scotland to France in 1405, and was sent to the Tower of London, where he remained in captivity until 1424. In that year he returned to Scotland. He acceded to the throne on May 02, 1424 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire. He went with his wife Queen Joan Beaufort to the Monastry of the Friars Preachers in Perth to celebrate Christmas. Here, his uncle Walter, Earl of Atholl, along with other assasins murdered him. He tried to escape from a lower chamber but it had been sealed. Queen Joan Beaufort was injured while trying to assist her husband. She later had the assasins tortured until her grief was satisfied, and their lives were then terminated.
  Person ID	I11001	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Robert Stuart,   b. 1337, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 4 Apr 1406, Rothsay Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Annabella Drummond,   b. Abt. 1350, Stobhall, Scotland d. 1401, Dumfermline, fifeshire (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1367
  Notes	_UID0F191FE3CF414B47A6F1C8212B3C998FDBC9
  Family ID	F6591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Joan Beaufort,   b. Abt 1406, Westminster,Middlesex,England d. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar Castle,Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1424	Priory Church,St Mary Overy,Southwark,Scotland
  Notes	_UIDAD36F89C170BEB4E9A044E247329982036FA
  Children	1. Annabella Stuart,   b. Abt 1430, Perthshire,Scotland d. 1509, Perthshire,Scotland (Age 79 years)   2. Isabel Stewart   d. 26 Oct 1510
  Family ID	F6383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2
  Marriage	2 Feb 1422/1423	Priory Church, St Mary Overy, Southwark
  Notes	_UID7E1546F2BC408F439DD74FE17FAD81B09A77
  Children	1. James Stuart,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburgh Castle, Scotland (Age 29 years)   2. Princess Annabella Stuart,   b. Abt. 1432, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1509, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F6589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart