Edward Keith
Sir Edward Keith | |
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Great Marischal of Scotland | |
Died | 17 October 1346, k. at Battle of Durham |
Noble family | Clan Keith |
Spouse(s) | Isabella de Synton Christian Menteith |
Father | William de Keith |
Mother | Barbara de Seaton |
Sir Edward Keith (d. c. 1351) was a Scottish nobleman and hereditary 11th Marischal of Scotland.[1]
Biography[]
Sir Edward Keith was the son of (d. c. 1293), 8th Marischal of Scotland, and Barbara de Seaton, daughter of Adam de Seaton.[2] In 1328 he received a charter to the lands of Kelly from King Robert the Bruce, witnessed by his brother Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland.[3] Neither he nor his brother Robert were at the Battle of Halidon Hill but his son William, fighting under Sir Archibald Douglas was taken prisoner there.[3] He inherited the hereditary Sheriffdom of Selkirk through his first wife, Isabella de Synton.[3] Sir Edward Keith died before 1351 and succeeded by his son William.[4]
Family[]
Sir Edward Keith married first, before July 1305, Isabella de Synton,[4] daughter of Alexander de Synton.[3] Together they had:
- Sir , succeeded his father as 12th Marischal of Scotland.[3]
- John Keith, who married (with a dispensation dated 12 March 1368/9) Mariota de Cheyne, daughter of Reginald de Cheyne.[5]
- Catherine Keith, who married Alexander Barclay and were the ancestors of the Barclays of Ury.[6]
He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John de Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar. They had one daughter:
- Janet Keith, who married first, Sir David Barclay of Brechin.[7] She married secondly, before 13 April 1370, Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.[a][6]
Notes[]
- ^ It was through this marriage that the son of Janet and Thomas, , claimed the Earldom of Mar making Janet the link between the ancient Earls of Mar and the modern Earls of Mar. See: Complete Peerage, Vol. VIII, p. 400-401; Scots Peerage, Vol V. pp. 598-602; Scots Peerage, Vol VI, p. 35.
References[]
- ^ McGladdery, C. A. "Keith family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54236. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 30
- ^ a b c d e George Edward Cokayne, The complete Peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times, Volume VIII, Ed. H. A. Doubleday & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1932), p. 471
- ^ a b The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 33
- ^ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), pp. 33-4
- ^ a b The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 35
- ^ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. V, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908), p. 598
See also[]
- 1351 deaths