Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland 1210-1238

On 29th August 1189 [her father] King John of England [aged 22] and [her step-mother] Isabella Fitzrobert 3rd Countess Gloucester and Essex [aged 16] were married at Marlborough Castle [Map]. He by marriage Earl Gloucester. See Gesta Regis Henrici and Gesta Regis Henrici by Benedict of Peterborough. She the daughter of William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester and Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester. He the son of [her grandfather] King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 67]. They were half second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around April 1200 [her father] King John of England [aged 33] and [her step-mother] Isabella Fitzrobert 3rd Countess Gloucester and Essex [aged 27] marriage annulled due to consanuinity but more likely because John's new status as heir to the English throne mean't he had better prospects. He may have already decided to marry [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 12] who he married on 24th August 1200.

On 24th August 1200 [her father] King John of England [aged 33] and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 12] were married. She had been engaged to Hugh IX of Lusignan IV Count of La Marche [aged 37] who subsequently appealed to King Philip II of France [aged 35], their feudal overlord, who used the position to justify a war against John. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Aymer I Count Angoulême [aged 40] and [her grandmother] Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 78]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 22nd July 1210 Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland was born to King John of England [aged 43] and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 22].

In September 1214 [her future brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 24] and Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 68] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 42].

In or before 1218 Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 37] and [her future sister-in-law] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 71] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 45]. He the son of Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 10th May 1220 [her step-father] Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 37] and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Seigneur of Lusignan, Countess La Marche. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Aymer I Count Angoulême and [her grandmother] Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême.

On 22nd November 1220 [her future brother-in-law] Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 25] was crowned II Holy Roman Emperor. [her sister] Isabella Plantagenet Holy Roman Empress [aged 6] by marriage Holy Roman Empress.

In 1221 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent [aged 51] and [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of King William I of Scotland and [her future mother-in-law] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland [aged 51].

Annals Londonienses. In the same year, the lord Henry, King of England, gave his sister Joan [aged 10] in marriage to [her husband] Alexander [aged 22], King of Scots. He married her at York on a Friday, namely on the day after the feast of Saint John the Baptist [25th June].

Eodem anno dominus Henricus rex Angliæ dedit Alexandro regi Scotiæ suam sororem in uxorem, nomine Johannam, quam desponsavit apud Eboracum die Veneris, scilicet in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistæ.

On 25th June 1221 King Alexander II of Scotland [aged 22] and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland [aged 10] were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 33]. He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland [aged 51]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 23rd April 1224 [her brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 34] and [her sister] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [her father] King John of England and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 36]. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were fifth cousins.

Around May 1225 Roger Bigod 4th Earl Norfolk [aged 16] and [her sister-in-law] Isabella Dunkeld Countess Norfolk [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Norfolk. She the daughter of King William I of Scotland and [her mother-in-law] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland [aged 55]. He the son of Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 31]. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 9th November 1225 [her future brother-in-law] Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 30] and Isabella Brienne II Queen Jerusalem [aged 13] were married. He by marriage John I King Jerusalem. She the daughter of John de Brienne I King Jerusalem [aged 55] and Maria the Marquise Unknown. He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor.

On 30th March 1231 [her brother] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 30] were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of [her father] King John of England and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

Before 1235 [her half-brother] Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême [aged 13] and [her sister-in-law] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany [aged 47] and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. He the son of [her step-father] Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 51] and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 46]. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 15th July 1235 [her brother-in-law] Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 40] and [her sister] Isabella Plantagenet Holy Roman Empress [aged 21] were married at Worms Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of [her father] King John of England and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 47]. He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 1st August 1235 Gilbert Marshal 4th Earl Pembroke [aged 38] and [her sister-in-law] Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Pembroke [aged 35] were married at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of King William I of Scotland and [her mother-in-law] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1238 [her brother-in-law] Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 30] and [her sister] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 23] were married at Westminster Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. She the daughter of [her father] King John of England and [her mother] Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 50]. He the son of Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix Montmorency. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Annals Londonienses. Joan [aged 27], Queen of Scots and sister of the King of England, died. She had come to England to visit her brother the king. She was buried on the fourth day before the Nones [4th] of March.

Obiit Johanna regina regis Scotiæ, soror regis Anglorum, quæ venit in Angliam, ut fratrem suum regem visitaret. Sepulta est IIII nonas Martii.

On 4th March 1238 Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland [aged 27] died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She was buried at Tarrant Abbey, Dorset [Map].

In May 1239 [her former husband] King Alexander II of Scotland [aged 40] and Marie Coucy Queen Consort of Scotland [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of King William I of Scotland and [her former mother-in-law] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 6th July 1249 [her former husband] King Alexander II of Scotland [aged 50] died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son Alexander [aged 7] succeeded King Scotland.