The youngest daughter of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France, Joan was born in the Tower of London on 5 July 1321.

[2] In accordance with the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, Joan was married on 17 July 1328 to David, the son and heir of Robert the Bruce, at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Little is known about the life of the Scottish king and queen in France, except that they took up residence at Château Gaillard and Philip treated them with regard.

[10] David II was taken prisoner at the Battle of Neville's Cross in County Durham on 17 October 1346,[11] and remained imprisoned in England for eleven years.

[13] After years of being estranged from her husband, David II, Joan died in 1362, aged 41, at Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire.