Robert Keith (1483 - 1525)

Born 1483 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Douglas — married 8 Jan 1506 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1525 at about age 42 in Northumberland, England

Biography

Robert Keith is a member of Clan Keith.

Robert Keith, was born 1483, the second son of William Keith, 2nd Earl of Marischal^[1] and Lady Elizabeth Gordon. ^[2][3]

Robert Keith was styled as "Lord Keith, Master of Marischal." Robert never became the 3rd Earl of Marischal because he died before his father, and that title went to his son, William.^[4]

Before January 8 1505. Lord Keith married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and Janet Crichton.^[4][3][5] They had issue:

1. Elizabeth, married George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and had twelve children.^{[6][7][8][2][3]}
2. Janet^[9][2][3]
3. Christian, died circa July 12, 1553^[2][3]
4. Robert, died June 12, 1551^[2][3]
5. Beatrice, m. Alexander Fraser, s. h. of Alexander, 7th of Philorth.^[3]
6. William, 3rd Earl Marischal, born 1506, died October 7, 1581^[2][3]

Lord Keith was involved in the Battle at Flodden field on 9 September 1513. This battle was when King Henry VIII of England's northern army under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, annihilated the invading Scots army near Branxton, Northumberland. Among the more than 10,000 dead was James IV King of Scotland. His infant son would succeed him as James V King of Scotland and the queen, Margaret Tudor, would assume the regency.

Research Notes

The date of Lord Keith's death is highly disputed. While some biographers report that he died in the battle at Flodden Field, in 1513,^[2] others, including Sir James Balfour Paul's "Scots Peerage"^[3] have him still alive after April 5, 1514. Peerage.com notes that he died some time between 24 August 1524 and 22 April 1525, while another source indicates "He was definitely alive on 10/10/1518, when he gave consent to a charter by his father Earl William to his younger brother Gilbert, of the lands of Troupe. See NRS GD57/1/133"

Sources

1. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 117
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire", London: Harrison,1866, Archive.org, p. 303
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p 43
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VIII, FamilySearch, p. 477
5. ↑ Burke, John and Burke, John Bernard, "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: With Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects", London: E.Churton, 1851, Vol. II, Hathitrust, p. 208, Pedigree V
6. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 314
7. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1912, Ed. 2 Vol II, Archive.org, p. 239
8. ↑ Wikipedia:Elizabeth_Gordon,_Countess_of_Huntly
9. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VIII, Archive.org, p. 258, p. 677

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q75257545

• Clan MacFarlane: Robert Keith, Master of Marischal

• The Peerage: Robert Keith

• Familypedia: Robert Keith