Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland

Joan Beaufort (d. 15 July 1445), was Queen Consort of Scotland from 1424 to 1437, being married to James I of Scotland.

She was the grand-daughter of John of Gaunt; the daughter of his son John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland.

In February 1424 she married James I, shortly before he was formally crowned. They had eight children, including the future James II, and Margaret, wife of Louis XI of France. He was murdered in 1437.

In 1439 Joan married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (~1383 – >1451). They had one child: John Stewart (John of Balveny), who would later become the first Earl of Atholl.