ruled by an English woman was unpopular in Scotland. The Earl of Douglas was thus appointed to power, though Joan remained in charge of her son. Near the end of July 1439, she married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne after obtaining a papal dispensation for both consanguinity and affinity. James was an ally of the latest Earl of Douglas, and plotted with him to overthrow Alexander Livingston, governor of Stirling Castle, during the minority of James II. Livingston arrested Joan in August 1439 and forced her to relinquish custody of the young king. In 1445, the conflict between the Douglas/Livingston faction and the queen's supporters resumed, and she was under siege at Dunbar Castle by the Earl of Douglas when she died on 15 July 1445. She was buried in the Carthusian Priory at Perth. Issue With James I of Scotland: Margaret Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1424–1445) married Prince Louis, Dauphin of Viennois (later King Louis XI of France) Isabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1426–1494) married Francis I, Duke of Brittany Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan (c. 1428 – 1465) married Wolfart VI van Borsselen Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428–1486) married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 1430); twin of James James II of Scotland (1430–1460) Annabella Stewart, Princess of Scotland (c. 1436 – 1509) married and divorced 1. Louis of Savoy, and then married and divorced 2. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly Eleanor Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1433–1484) married Sigismund, Archduke of Austria With James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (c. 1440 – 1512) James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (1442–1499) Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Moray (c. 1443 – 1501) Ancestry Notes References |- 1404 births 1445 deaths 15th-century Scottish women 15th-century Scottish people 15th-century viceregal rulers Beaufort family House of Stuart Scottish royal consorts 15th-century women rulers Daughters of British earls Regents of Scotland Remarried royal consorts Queen mothers