King James II Stewart Of Scotland 
James II was born on October 16th, 1430 in Holyrood Palace,Edinburgh,Scotland.1 James II's father was King James I Stewart Of Scotland and his mother was Joan (AKA DeBeaufort) De Beaufort. His paternal grandparents were King Robert John III Stewart Of Scotland and Annabella Drummond; his maternal grandparents were Marquis John (Fairborn) De Beaufort Of Dorset, Earl Of Somerset and Lady Margaret De Holland. He had a brother and six sisters, named Alexander, Margaret, Isabelle, Eleanor, Joan, Anabella Jean and Mary. He had two half-brothers named John and Hearty. He died at the age of 29 on August 3rd, 1460 in Killed at Seige of Roxburgh Castle,Roxburghshire,Scotland.1 General Notes
James II; born 16 Oct 1430; married 3 July 1449 Mary (died 1 Dec 1463), daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gueldres, and was killed by the bursting of one of his own cannon while besieging the English in Roxburgh Castle 3 Aug 1460. [Burke's Peerage]
James II built Ravenscraig Castle between March 1460 and 1464 (posthumously).
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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.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- b.1263
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- 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
- b.16 Oct 1430 in Holyrood Palace,Edinburgh,Scotland d.03 Aug 1460 in Killed at Seige of Roxburgh Castle,Roxburghshire,Scotland
- b.1284 d.1327
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,Richmond,Surrey,England
- b.1296 in France d.1358
- b.MAR 1339/1340 in Bavon Abbey,Ghent,Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle,London,Middlesex,England
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Mons,Hainault,Belgium d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England
- b.1294 d.7 MAR 1341/1342 in Fontenelle
- b.1373 in Chateau de Beaufort,Maine-et-Loire,France d.16 Mar 1410 in St Katherine By The Tower,London,England
- b.~ 1315 in Roet,Hainault,Belium d.1380 in Ghent,Hainault,Belgium
- b.25 Nov 1350 in Picardy,Hainault,France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England
- b.1320 in Hainault,Belgium d.> 1375 in Ghent,Hainault,Belgium
- b.~ 1398 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1314 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.28 Dec 1360 in Normandy,France
- b.1350 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock,Kent,England
- b.05 Aug 1301 d.19 Mar 1329
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace,Oxfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle,Berkshire,England
- b.1299 d.29 Sep 1349
- b.~ 1383 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.30 Dec 1439 in St Saviours Abbey,Bermondsey,London,England
- b.01 May 1285 d.17 Nov 1326
- b.1306 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England d.24 Jan 1373 in Arundel,Sussex,England
- b.1277 d.23 May 1338
- b.1352 in Arundel,Essex,England d.17 Mar 1415
- b.1281 d.1345
- b.1311 in Grismond Castle,Monmouthshire,Wales d.11 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England
- b.1285 d.19 Feb 1316
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James II and Marie were married in a religious ceremony on July 3rd, 1449.1 They had a son and a daughter, named James III and Mary.
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Children
Princess Mary Stewart Of Scotland
Mary was born before May 16th, 1452 in Stirling Castle,Stirlingshire,Scotland.2 She died in May 1488 in Hamilton,Clydesdale,Larnarkshire,Scotland.2
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 252-35
2 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 92a-12
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
2 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 92a-12
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
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