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James II, King of Scots

Male 1430 - 1460  (29 years)


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  • Name James II  
    Suffix King of Scots 
    Birth 16 Oct 1430  Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Aug 1460  Roxburgh Castle, Borders, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I20896  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

    Father James I, King of Scots,   b. Jul 1394, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1437, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Joan Beaufort   d. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1424  St. Mary Overy's, Southwark, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • Magna Carta Ancestry (citation details below) says "2 (or 13) Feb. 1423/4".
    Family ID F12448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary of Guelders,   b. 17 Jan 1433, Grave, Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1463, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1449  Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
    +1. Mary Stewart,   b. Bef 15 Jun 1451   d. May 1488 (Age > 36 years)
    +2. James III, King of Scots,   b. 26 May 1452, Castle of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1488, Sauchieburn, near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F12443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Killed at the siege of Roxburgh Castle when one of the large cannons he had imported from Flanders, nicknamed "The Lion," exploded next to him.

      "[V]igorous and successful in his personal reign, popular with the people but not with the great nobles, suppressed the Black Douglas." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.

    2. [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011.

    3. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012., date and city only.