What is Joan of the Tower?
{{Infobox royalty |consort=yes |house=[[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] |death_place=[[Hertford Castle]], [[Hertfordshire]] |death_date=7 September 1362 (aged 41) |birth_place=[[Tower of London]], London |birth_date=5 July 1321 |mother=[[Isabella of France]] |father=[[Edward II of England]] |spouse={{marriage|[[David II of Scotland]]|1328}} |name=Joan of the Tower |coronation=November 1331 |reign=7 June 1329 – 7 September 1362 |succession=[[List of Scottish consorts|Queen consort of Scotland]] |caption= |image_size=200px |image=Joan Queen of Scotland.jpg |burial_place=[[Christ Church Greyfriars]], London }} '''Joan of the Tower''' (5 July 1321 &ndash; 7 September 1362) was the queen of Scotland from 1329 until her death as the first wife of [[David II of Scotland]]. She was the daughter of [[Edward II of England]] and [[Isabella of France]]. == Life == Joan was the youngest daughter of King [[Edward II of England]] and [[Isabella of France]]. She was born in the [[Tower of London]] on 5 July 1321.<ref>Panton (2011), 281</ref> According to the [[Treaty of Northampton]], Joan was married on 17 July 1328 to [[David II of Scotland|David]] the son and heir of [[Robert I of Scotland]] at [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]].<ref>Marshall, (2003), 36</ref> At the time of the marriage Joan was 7 and David was 4. Their marriage lasted for 34 years.<ref>Ashley (1999), 551</ref> == References == <references /> ==Sources== {{refbegin}} *[[Mike Ashley (writer)|Ashley, Mike]]. ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens''. London: Robinson Publishers, 1999. {{ISBN|1-84119-096-9}} *Marshall, Rosalind. ''Scottish Queens 1034–1714''. East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0859766777}} *Panton, James. ''Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0810857797}} {{refend}} == Other websites == {{commons category-inline|Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1362)}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1362 deaths]] [[Category:1321 births]] [[Category:Kings and Queens consort of Sco