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William Keith

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Death: October 1444 (50-59)
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Robert Keith, Marischal of Scotland and Matilda Urquhart, Heiress of Troup
Husband of Marjorie Fraser and Mary Hamilton
Father of Janet Keith; Sir Robert Keith, Marischal of Scotland; John Keith; Alexander Keith; Mary Keith and 9 others
Brother of Robert Keith; Christian Keith; Elizabeth Keith; Alexander Keith; Marion Keith and 2 others

Occupation: He was invested as a Knight before 1 April 1426
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About Sir William Keith, Kt.

  • Sir William Keith1
  • M, #109265, d. October 1444
  • Last Edited=25 Nov 2012
  • Sir William Keith was the son of Sir Robert Keith.2 He and Mary Hamilton obtained a marriage license on 26 April 1414. He died in October 1444.1
  • He was invested as a Knight before 1 April 1426.1
  • Children of Sir William Keith and Mary Hamilton
    • Sir Robert de Keith+2 d. b 22 Sep 1446
    • William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal+1 d. fr 10 Dec 1482 - 1483
    • John Keith2
    • Alexander Keith2
    • Marion Keith2
    • Elizabeth Keith+2
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3426. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2195.
  • 3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1642.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10927.htm#i109265 _________________________
  • Sir William Keith, 1st Great Marischal1
  • M, #3633, d. before 1463
  • Father Sir Robert Keith, Great Marischal d. b 20 Jul 1430
  • Mother (Miss) Troup
  • Sir William Keith, 1st Great Marischal and Mary Hamilton obtained a marriage license on 26 April 1414; Dispensation. Sir William Keith, 1st Great Marischal died before 1463.
  • Family Mary Hamilton d. b Aug 1442
  • Children
    • Marion de Keith d. a 1450
    • Egidia Keith+ b. c 1429, d. a 1473
    • William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal+ b. b 1442, d. b 1483
  • Citations
  • [S231] Unknown author, Wallop Family, p. 465.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p121.htm#i... ___________________
  • A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303#v...
  • Pg.303
  • This great and illustrious family has held from the earliest ages the dignified post of Great Marischals of Scotland. With out attempting to trace the line of hereditary Great Marischals of Scotland from the year 1010, when Robert, the direct ancestor of this family was invested with that dignity by King MALCOM II., we will commence with Sir WILLIAM KEITH, Great Marischal of Scotland, the 11th in direct descent from the founder of the family, and who d. prior to 1476. He was created Earl Marischal of Scotland prior to 1458. By Mary, dau. of Sir James Hamilton, of Cadzow, he had, with other issue, a son,
  • WILLIAM KEITH, 2nd Earl Marischal. He m. Muriella, dau. of Thomas, 1st Lord Erskine, by whom he had issue,
    • I. WILLIAM 3rd earl.
    • II. Robert.
    • III. Alexander, of Auquhorsk, ancestor of the late Rev. Dr. George Skene Keith.
    • IV. John, of Craig, ancestor of the late Sir Robert Murray Keith, K.B., a distinguished ambassador.
  • The eldest son,
  • WILLIAM KEITH, 3rd Earl Marischal, d. 1530. He m. 1482, Lady Elizabeth Gordon, dau. of George, 2nd Earl of Huntley, and grand-dau. of JAMES, 1st King of Scotland and Queen Jane Beaufort, by whom he had issue,
    • I. .... etc. ________________
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Sir William Keith, Kt.'s Timeline

1389
1389
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1416
1416
1425
September 1425
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1425
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1426
1426
Scotland
1428
1428
Scotland
1430
1430
Scotland
1444
October 1444
Age 55
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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