Joan OF THE TOWER (Queen of Scotland)

5 JUL 1321 - 7 SEP 1362

• TITLE: Queen of Scotland
  
• BIRTH: 5 JUL 1321, London, England, United Kingdom
• CHRISTENING: 1321, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
• DEATH: 7 SEP 1362, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
• BURIAL: 17 SEP 1362, Christ Church Newgate Street with St Leonard Foster Lane, London, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: On 17 July 1328, in accordance with the Treaty of Northampton, Joan age 7 was married to David age 4, at Berwick-upon-Tweed. David was the son of King Robert I of Scotland. They would be married 34 years but had no children.
  MARRIED+AT+AGE+7 : 17 JUL 1328, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
• EVENT: King Robert the Bruce died on June 7 1329 and Joan's 5 year old husband succeeded his father as King.
  ROBERT+THE+BRUCE%2C+KING+OF+SCOTLAND%2C+DIED : 7 JUN 1329
• EVENT: King Robert the Bruce died on June 7 1329 and Joan's 5 year old husband succeeded his father as King.
  5 YEAR OLD HUSBAND SUCCEEDS AS KING OF SCOTLAND : 7 JUN 1329
• EVENT: David and Joan were both crowned on 24 November 1331 at Scone. David as David II King of Scotland, Joan as Queen Consort of Scotland.
  JOAN%2C+QUEEN+CONSORT+OF+SCOTLAND+AT+AGE+10 : 24 NOV 1331, Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
• EVENT: Queen Joan and King David II were sent to France for safety following the Battle of Halidon Hill in July 1333, they reached Boulogne in May 1334. Joan's cousin King Philip VI received them graciously and gave them Château Gaillard for a residence. They
  SENT+INTO+EXILE+IN+FRANCE+-+age+12 : JUL 1333
• EVENT: Joan and David returned to Scotland on 2 June 1341, landing at Inverbervie in Kincardineshire. King David, now 17 years old, finally took control of the government for himself.
  RETURNED+TO+SCOTLAND : 2 JUN 1341
• EVENT: In 1346 King David, allied with France who was at war with England, invaded England. At the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346, David was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London. David remained a captive of his wife's brother,
  HUSBAND+CAPTURED+%26+IMPRISONED+IN+TOWER+OF+LONDON+BY+HER+BROTHER : 17 OCT 1346, Neville's Cross, Durham, England
• EVENT: David was finally released in 1357, however, due to his blatant infidelities Joan decided to remain in England.
  REMAINED+IN+ENGLAND : 1357
• EVENT: Queen of Scotland, Princess of England
  Title of Nobility :

• MARRIAGE: 17 JUL 1328, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

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