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Joan of The Tower
Queen Consort
Female
Born
Jul 5, 1321
Hometown
London
Died
Sep 7, 1362
Death Place
Hertfordshire
Joan of England, known as Joan of The Tower, was the first wife and Queen consort of king David II of Scotland.
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CHILDHOOD
1321
Birth
Born on July 5, 1321.
1328
6 Years Old
In accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Northampton, she was married on 17 July 1328 (at seven years of age) to David II of Scotland at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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1329
7 Years Old
On 7 June 1329, her father-in-law Robert I of Scotland died and David II became King.
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TEENAGE
1333
12 Years Old
Owing to the victory of Edward III of England and his protégé Edward Balliol at Halidon Hill in July 1333, David and his Queen were sent for safety into France, reaching Boulogne in May 1334, where they were received by the French King, her relative Philip VI.
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1339
18 Years Old
David was present at the bloodless meeting of the English and French armies at Vironfosse in October 1339.
TWENTIES
1341
20 Years Old
Meanwhile David's representatives had obtained the upper hand in Scotland, and David and Joan were thus enabled to return to his kingdom in June 1341, when he took the reins of government into his own hands.
1346
25 Years Old
In 1346, David II was taken prisoner at the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346, and remained imprisoned in England for eleven years.
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THIRTIES
1357
36 Years Old
After he was released in 1357, she decided to remain in England. Joan was close to her mother, whom she nursed during her last days. Joan herself died in 1362, aged 41, at Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire and was buried at the Grey Friars Church, London.
FORTIES
1362
41 Years Old
Died on September 7, 1362.
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