King James I Stewart Of Scotland 
James I was born in December 1394 in Dumferline,Fifeshire,Scotland.1 James I's father was King Robert John III Stewart Of Scotland and his mother was Annabella Drummond. His paternal grandparents were King Robert II Stewart Of Scotland, Earl Of Atholl and Elizabeth Mure Of Rowallon; his maternal grandparents were Sir John Drummond and Mary De Montifex. He had three sisters named Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary. He was the youngest of the four children. He had a half-brother named John. He died in Murdered at Perth,Perthshire,Scotland. He was buried in 1437 in Charter House,Perth,Perthshire,Scotland.1 General Notes
James I; born Dec 1394; married 2 Feb 1433/4 Joan Beaufort (married 2nd 1439 Sir James Stewart "The Black Knight of Lord" and died 15 July 1445), ggdaughter of Edward III, and was assassinated 21 Feb 1436/7. [Burke's Peerage]
James I (of Scotland) (1394-1437), king of Scotland (1406-37),onlysurviving son of King Robert III, born in Dunfermline. In1406, shortlybefore the death of his father, James was sent toFrance for safetyfrom rebellious Scottish nobles. The ship wasseized by the English,and James was kept a prisoner until 1423.The following year, havinginherited the Scottish throne in1406, James returned to Scotland andwas crowned. He marriedJane Beaufort (died 1445), niece of the Englishking Richard II,and granddaughter of John of Gaunt. By 1429 Jamesforced theScottish nobles to submit to royal authority. He tried toimprovethe administration of justice and for the first timecaused parliamentaryacts to be published in the language of thecommon people. He drewcloser the bond of alliance with Franceand gave his eldest daughter,Margaret (1425?-45), in marriageto the Dauphin, later King Louis XI.James, however, had antagonized the Scottish nobles by forfeitingtheir estates, and he was assassinated in 1437. He was succeeded byhis son JamesII.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1210 d.1283
- b.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.1210
- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- b.1230 d.28 Jul 1271
- b.1263
- b.1238 d.20 May 1274
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.Jul 1243 in Annadale,Scotland d.12 Apr 1304 in Palestine,Holy Lands
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.1252 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.27 Oct 1292
- b.1297 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Mar 1315 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1278
- b.~ 1337 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland
- b.1265 d.1348
- b.~ 1290 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1355 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1261
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1269
- b.~ 1295 in Fokeltie,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.Dec 1394 in Dumferline,Fifeshire,Scotland d.21 FEB 1436/1437 in Murdered at Perth,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1315 in Inchmohomo Isle,Lake of Monteith,Scotland d.07 Oct 1346 in Battle of Neville's Cross,Durham,England
- b.~ 1330 in Inchmohomo Isle,Lake of Monteith,Scotland d.1373 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotlandq d.Oct 1401 in Scone,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1305 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1330 in Stobhall,Cargill,Perthshire,Scotland
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James I and AKA DeBeaufort were married in a religious ceremony on May 15th, 1438 in Ayreshire,Scotand. They had two sons and six daughters, named Alexander, James II, Margaret, Isabelle, Eleanor, Joan, Anabella Jean and Mary.
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Children
Margaret Stewart
Margaret was born in December 1425 in Perthshire,Scotland. She died at the age of 19 on August 16th, 1445.
Eleanor Stewart
Eleanor was born on October 26th, 1427. She died at the age of 53 on November 20th, 1480.
King James II Stewart Of Scotland
James II was born on October 16th, 1430 in Holyrood Palace,Edinburgh,Scotland.2 He died at the age of 29 on August 3rd, 1460 in Killed at Seige of Roxburgh Castle,Roxburghshire,Scotland.2
1 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 91-10
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 252-35
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 252-35
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
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