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Kirkpatrick Family History
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 1394 - 1437 (42 years)
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| Name |
James STEWART |
| Suffix |
,James I ,King of Scotland(1424 - 1437) |
| Born |
10 Dec 1394 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Feb 1437 |
Blackfriars Monastery  |
| Person ID |
I4022 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Father |
John STEWART, ,Earl of Carrick , Robert III,King of Scotland., b. 1340, d. 4 Apr 1406, Rothesay Castle , Argyll and Bute, Scotland (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Annabella DRUMMOND, daughter of Sir John Drummond of Stobhall, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
1367 |
| Family ID |
F1253 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lady Joan BEAUFORT, ,Queen Consort of Scotland, b. 1404, d. 15 Jul 1445 (Age 41 years) |
| Married |
2 Feb 1424 |
London, Middlesex, England |
- James and Joan had six daughters and twin sons
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| Children |
| | 1. Princess Margaret STEWART, ,of Scotland, b. 25 Dec 1424, Perth, Scotland , d. 16 Aug 1445 (Age 20 years) |
| | 2. James STEWART, ,James II,King of Scotland(1437-1460), b. 16 Oct 1430, d. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburgh , during the Wars of the Roses (Age 29 years) |
| | 3. Alexander STEWART, ,Duke of Rothesay, d. Infancy. |
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F1256 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Robert III had attempted to send his younger son to France to guard him from the machinations of his uncle, but he was captured by English ships just off Flamborough Head. On hearing the lamentful news, his depressed father is reported to have died of grief and despair. James thus found himself King of Scotland and the most unwilling guest of his English enemies at the age of twelve. His captor, Henry IV, had him provided with an education at Windsor Castle.
After eighteen long years of captivity, James I was finally released by the English. For his return the English demanded forty thousand pounds.
The new King was crowned at Scone in May, 1424.
- (Medical):On the fateful night of 20th February, 1437, Sir Robert Stewart dismissed the King's guards and allowed the party of assassins, lead by Sir Robert Graham, to enter his chamber. They found the King preparing for bed and rushed at him, James fought back heroically. He attempted to escape his assailants through a sewer but was overpowered and died of multiple stab wounds. Queen Joan was also wounded in her frantic attempts to protect her husband.
James I is considered one of the greatest of Scotland's Kings.
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