Margaret Stewart was a princess of Scotland and the dauphine of France. She was the firstborn child of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort.
Margaret Stuart Dauphine of France
Tomb of Margaret Stewart in the Saint-Laon Church, Thouars.
James I of Scotland
Videos
James I was King of Scots from 1406 to 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond. His older brother David, Duke of Rothesay
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France
…French: Marguerite; 25 December 1424 – 16 August 1445) was a princess of Scotland and the dauphine of France. She was the firstborn child of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort. She married the eldest son of the king of France, Louis, Dauphin of France, at the age of eleven. Their marriage was unhappy, and…
Portrait in the Forman Armorial, 1562
Windsor Castle, where James I was held prisoner. Drawing from the Album amicorum ('Friendship album') of Michael van Meer. Edinburgh University Library
A modern depiction of Joan Beaufort
Entrance and only remaining part of Scone Abbey