Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1424 Marriage of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
1437 Assassination of King James I of Scotland
On 12th February 1424 [his father] King James I of Scotland [aged 29] and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his grandmother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 39]. He the son of King Robert III of Scotland and Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th October 1430 King James II of Scotland was born to King James I of Scotland [aged 36] and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 26]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1435 [his sister] Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France [aged 10] was created Dauphine .
On 25th June 1436 [his brother-in-law] King Louis XI of France [aged 12] and [his sister] Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France [aged 11] were married at Tours Castle. They had met the day before. She by marriage Dauphine . She the daughter of [his father] King James I of Scotland [aged 41] and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 32]. He the son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 33] and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 31]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st February 1437 [his father] King James I of Scotland [aged 42] was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James [aged 6] succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 33], managed to escape.
On 26th March 1437 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 77] and his grandson Robert Stewart [aged 37] were hanged, drawn and quartered at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for having conspired to assassinate [his father] King James I of Scotland [deceased].
Before 21st September 1439 [his step-father] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart [aged 44] and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his grandmother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54].
On 24th November 1440 William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton arranged a dinner of reconciliation at the Great Hall, Edinburgh Castle. During the course of the dinner the young brothers William Douglas 3rd Duke Touraine [aged 16] and David Douglas [aged 10] was beheaded in front of the young King James II of Scotland [aged 10].
On 30th August 1442 [his brother-in-law] Francis Montfort I Duke Brittany [aged 28] and [his sister] Isabella Stewart Duchess Brittany [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. She the daughter of [his father] King James I of Scotland and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 38]. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany [deceased] and Joan Valois Duchess Brittany. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 15th July 1445 [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 41] died at Dunbar Castle, Dunbar. She was buried at Perth Charterhouse.
On 16th August 1445 [his sister] Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France [aged 20] died at Châlons-en-Champagne [Map]. She was buried at the Church of Saint-Laon Thouars.
On 12th February 1449 [his brother-in-law] Sigismund Habsburg 4th Duke Austria [aged 21] and [his sister] Eleanor Stewart Duchess Austria [aged 16] were married at Merano. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of [his father] King James I of Scotland and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of Frederick "Empty Pockets" Habsburg 4th Duke Austria and Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Austria.
On 3rd July 1449 King James II of Scotland [aged 18] and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 15] were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She the daughter of Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders [aged 38] and Catherine de la Marck [aged 32]. He the son of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd July 1449 [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 15] was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
On 19th May 1450 [his son] Unamed Stewart was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 19] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 16]. He died the same day. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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Between 1451 and 15th June 1452 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd [aged 31] was created 1st Lord Boyd by King James II of Scotland [aged 20]. On 15th June 1452 King James II of Scotland confirmed the charter of Robert Boyd, Lord of Kilmarnock and of Dalry, conveying one-third of the lands of Lynn in Dalry to Robert Boyd [indweller] of Lynn. He took his seat in Parliament on 18th July 1454.
On 10th July 1451 [his son] King James III of Scotland was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 20] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 17]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married July 1469 Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland and had issue.
On 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale [aged 27] was murdered by King James II of Scotland [aged 21] at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford [aged 29]. His brother James [aged 26] succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.
On 18th May 1452 the Battle of Brechin was fought between supporters of King James II of Scotland [aged 21] and his rebellious nobility including the Black Douglases. Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley defeated the rebels led by Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford [aged 29] on behalf on the King. John Lindsay [aged 29], and the brothers William Gordon and Henry Gordon, were killed.
On 13th May 1453 [his daughter] Mary Stewart Countess Arran was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 22] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 19] at Stirling Castle [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1. before 26th April 1467 Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran and had issue 2. before 12th July 1474 James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton and had issue.
Around 1454 [his son] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 23] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1. before 1477 his second cousin Catherine Sinclair Duchess Albany, daughter of William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness and Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney, and had issue 2. 16th January 1479 Anne de la Tour Auvergne Duchess Albany, daughter of Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne and Louise de La Trémoïlle, and had issue.
Around 1455 [his son] David Stewart was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 21]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In August 1455 George Crichton 1st Earl Caithness [aged 46] died. Earl Caithness reverted to the Crown following a disagreement between George Crichton 1st Earl Caithness and his son James Crichton from inheriting. James Crichton had imprisoned his father in Blackness Castle; he was rescued by King James II of Scotland [aged 24].
Around 1456 [his son] John Stewart 1st Earl of Mar was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 25] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 22]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1457 [his half-brother] John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl [aged 17] was created 1st Earl Atholl.
In 1458 [his brother-in-law] George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley [aged 2] and [his sister] Anabella Stewart [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] King James I of Scotland and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley and Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley [aged 47].
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Around 1459 [his half-brother] John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl [aged 19] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Atholl. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 51]. He the son of [his step-father] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 15th May 1459 [his brother-in-law] James Douglas 1st Earl Morton and [his sister] Joan Stewart Countess Morton [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Countess Morton. She the daughter of [his father] King James I of Scotland and [his mother] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd August 1460 King James II of Scotland [aged 29] was killed accidentally whilst besieging Roxburgh Castle when a cannon exploded and he was hit by debris. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. His son James [aged 9] succeeded III King Scotland.
William Douglas 3rd Lord Drumlanrig [aged 20] was present.
A Brief Latin Chronicle. 1460. About this time, James, King of Scotland [aged 29], nobly governed his people, restraining thieves and oppressors, expanding agriculture, and maintaining holy justice. In the year of our Lord 1460, with his army, he besieged Roxburgh Castle and was killed by his own cannon, which burst while he stood by it. However, his army demolished the same castle and then withdrew.
Circiter istud tempus Jacobus rex Scocie populum suum nobiliter rexit, fures et oppressores cohibens, agriculturam amplians, sanctam(?) justiciam servans. Hic anno Domini 1460, cum suo exercitu obsedit castrum Rokisburgh et per propriam gunnam suam diruptam, cui astitit, interfectus est. Exercitus tamen ejus idem castrum prostravit et recessit.
Around 1460 [his daughter] Princess Margaret Stewart was born to King James II of Scotland [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 26]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1473 William Crichton 3rd Lord Crichton and had issue.
On 1st December 1463 [his former wife] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [aged 29] died at Roxburgh Castle. She was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map].
[his son] John Stewart Lord Sticks was born to King James II of Scotland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
King Edward III of England 1312 1377
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340 1399
Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 1318 1372
Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 1306 1376
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350 1397
Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328 1385
Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350 1403
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 1310 1369
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Son of King James I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 8 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward 
2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 
8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia Burgh 9 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Robert II of Scotland 
Grandson of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjorie Bruce daughter of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: King Robert III of Scotland son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Mure
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland
father: King James I of Scotland son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Malcolm Drummond
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Drummond of Stobhall 11th Thane of Lennox
Grandmother: Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Margaret Montifex
King James II of Scotland son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England 
son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward II of England son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 
son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 
Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
mother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 
2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere 
8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 
8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks