James I

BoRN 1394. Capturcd by the English in time of peace 1405, and kept a prisoner in the Tower, in Nottingham Castie, at Croydon, and at Windsor, tiii 1424, when he was released. In that year he married Lady Jane Beaufort, daughter of the Eari of Somerset, and granddaughter of John of Gaunt. She was the heroine of his principai poem, The King^s Quair. n 1437, after reigning thirteen years in Scotland, the king was assassinated at Perth. Besides The King's Quair, he is commoniy supposed to have written one or two other poems, notabiy the humorous ballad Christ*s Kirk on the Green.

1394 - 1437