James II, King of Scots

1430 - 1460  (29 years)

• Name	James II
  Suffix	King of Scots
  Birth	16 Oct 1430	Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Aug 1460	Roxburgh Castle, Borders, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Burial	Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  1. Annabella Stewart ▻ George Gordon ,  m. Bef 10 Mar 1460 + 2. James II, King of Scots ,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburgh Castle, Borders, Scotland  (Age 29 years) ▻ Mary of Guelders ,  m. 3 Jul 1449
  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 d. 21 Feb 1437, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Joan Beaufort   d. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
  Marriage	12 Feb 1424	St. Mary Overy's, Southwark, Surrey, England   [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 d. 1 Dec 1463, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1449	Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [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 d. 11 Jun 1488, Sauchieburn, near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (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

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