Queen Joan of Scotland's letter to her brother King Henry III of England, date probably March 1224

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Above: Joan of England, queen consort of Scotland, artist unknown.

Joan of England (born July 22, 1210, died March 4, 1238) was queen consort of Scotland from 1221 until her death. She was the third child of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.

In this letter, likely written in March 1224, the fourteen year old Joan writes to her brother, King Henry III of England, and mentions as a rumour that the King of Norway will come to Ireland in summer to help the rebel Hugo de Lascelles.

The letter:

Henrico, Dei gratia illustri regi Anglie, domino Hibernie, duci Normannie et Aquitannie, comiti Andegavie, venerabili domino et carissimo fratri suo, J[oanna] eadem gratia regina Scotie, salutem, et felices ad vota successus. Literas quas nobis destinavit vestra excellentia cum magno gaudia suscepimus, sicut decuit, apud.. on' die Mercurii ante Annunciationem B. Marie. Auditis tamen literis illis tristiores fuimus effecte, per romores quos nobis significatis.. que gravi molestia quam Hugo de Lascelles vobis et fidelibus vestris de Hibernia intulit. Sed, mediante gratia divina, in brevi carebit effectu..... guerra, per consilium et auxilium fidelium vestrorum. Ad hec sciatis quod dominus rex Scotie nobis dixit, quod in recessu presentium latoris non perce.... aliquem armatum, equitem vel peditem, de terra sua velle proficisci in Hibernia in damnum pel gravamen vobis vel vestris. Et si hoc posset....... scire de aliquo de terra sua vel aliena, et inde posset intercipi, debita de ipso caperetur vindicta. In partibus quidem nostris secretius....... videremus ...... quod rex Norwagie in hac estate proximo futura veniet in Hiberniam, ad auxilium dicto Hugoni prestandum............... Hoc autem vobis significamus, ut inde pre...... sitis. Valete.