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James I King of SCOTLAND

Male 1394 - 1437


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  • Name James I King of SCOTLAND  [2, 3, 4] 
    • James spent the first 18 years of his rule as a prisoner. On his return to Scotland, James determined to reform his country. His first parliament rectified abuses in taxation and in the justice system, and dealt severely with the factious Highland lords. His reforming policies made James many enemies, and he was assassinated in 1437. [1]
    Birth Between 01 Aug and Dec 1394  Dunfermline Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Crowned 21 May 1424  [2, 4] 
    Fact 1406-1437  King of Scots Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Death 21 Feb 1437  (Murdered) Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Carthusian Church, Perth Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I48762  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 May 2018 

    Father Robert III,   b. Abt 1337   d. 4 Apr 1406, Dundonald Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Annabella DRUMMOND   d. 1401 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Abt 1367  [3] 
    Family ID F07110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan-Jane BEAUFORT,   b. Westminster, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Between 02 and 13 Feb 1424  St. Mary, Overy Southwark, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth-Isabel Of SCOTLAND   d. 1494  [Natural]
     2. Margaret Of SCOTLAND,   b. 1424, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1445, Chalons Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Natural]
     3. Mary Of SCOTLAND   d. 20 Mar 1465  [Natural]
     4. Alexander Of SCOTLAND,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Holyrood, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. Joan-Janet Of SCOTLAND,   b. Abt 1428  [Natural]
     6. Eleanor Of SCOTLAND   d. 1480  [Natural]
     7. James II,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Holyrood Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Aug 1460, Killed - A Canon burst during a siege of Roxburgh Castle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Birth]
     8. Annabella Of SCOTLAND  [Natural]
    Family ID F05243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between 01 Aug and Dec 1394 - Dunfermline Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - 1406-1437 - King of Scots Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Feb 1437 - (Murdered) Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Carthusian Church, Perth Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland.

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    4. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).


  

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