Giovanna Stuart

Le tombe di Lord e Lady Morton come apparvero nel 1902.

Giovanna Stuart, contessa di Morton, anche chiamata Joanna (142822 giugno 1493), è stata una principessa scozzese[1].

  1. ^ Secondo l'uso moderno questa signora sarebbe intitolata principessa, ma ai figli e alle figlie dei re di Scozia veniva raramente dato quel tipo di cortesia fino a dopo l'unione delle corone. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus . . . ” See: Maxwell, House of Douglas, Vol. 1, p. 238, note 1. In the 1440s, it was common for noble daughters to be married at 13, 14 or 15. (See: Elizabeth Ewen, 'The Early Modern Family' in T[homas]. M[artin]. Devine and Jenny Wormald, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), p. 271 ISBN 0199563691. Marriages could be arranged even when children were still in their cradles. The actual marriage required consent which could be given as early as age 7, but could also be voided until the girl was 12 and the boy 14. See: Eileen Power, Maxine Berg, Medieval Women (Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 31–32 ISBN 1107650151

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