Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots

Joan Beaufort
Joan Beaufort
Queen consort of Scots
Tenure	12 February 1424 – 21 February 1437
Coronation	21 May 1424
Queen regent of Scotland
Regency	1437 – 1439
Monarch	James II
Born	c. 1404; The Palace of Westminster, England
Died	15 July 1445 (aged 40–41); Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Burial	Perth Charterhouse, Scotland
Spouse	James I of Scotland (m. 1424; died 1437); James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne (m. 1439);
Issue; Detail	Margaret, Dauphine of France; Isabella, Duchess of Brittany; Eleanor, Archduchess of Austria; Mary, Countess of Buchan; Joan, Countess of Morton; Alexander, Duke of Rothesay; James II, King of Scotland; Annabella, Countess of Huntly; John, 1st Earl of Atholl; James, 1st Earl of Buchan; Andrew, Bishop of Moray;
House	Beaufort
Father	John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
Mother	Margaret Holland

Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) was Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I. During part of the minority of her son James II (from 1437 to 1439), she served as the regent of Scotland, the first dowager Queen of Scotland to do so since the 13th century.