William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal

"William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal[1]
M, #16936, b. after 1425, d. from 10 December 1482 to 1483
Last Edited=16 May 2021
Consanguinity Index=0.01%
William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal was born after 1425.[2] He was the son of Sir William Keith and Mary Hamilton.[3],[4] He married Margaret Erskine, daughter of Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine and Janet Douglas.[5] He died from 10 December 1482 to 1483.[6] He held the office of Great Marishal of Scotland.[3] He was created 1st Lord Keith [Scotland] before July 1451.[7] He was created 1st Earl Marischal [Scotland] between 5 November 1457 and 4 July 1458.[6]
Child of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal and Marjorie Fraser

Lady Janet Keith+7 d. b 1504

Child of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal

Egidia Keith+

Children of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal and Margaret Erskine

William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal+3 d. fr 24 Nov 1526 - 2 May 1527
Lady Mary Keith+8"..

https://www.thepeerage.com/p1694.htm#i16936

The numbering of the Earls Marischal is not consistent among scholars of different eras. It is generally accepted now that this William Keith, who died about 1464, was married to Mariota Erskine, and was the *1st Earl* Marischal, having been raised to this title about 1458. [1]

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"The title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland.
History
The office of Marischal of Scotland (or Marascallus Scotie or Marscallus Scotiae) had been hereditary, held by the senior member and Chief of Clan Keith, since Hervey (Herveus) de Keith, who held the office of Marischal under Malcolm IV and William I. The descendant of Herveus, Sir Robert de Keith (d.1332), was confirmed in the office of Great Marischal of Scotland by King Robert the Bruce around 1324.
Robert de Keith's great-grandson, William, was raised to the Peerage as Earl Marischal by James II in about 1458. The peerage died out when George Keith, the 10th Earl, forfeited it by joining the Jacobite Rising of 1715.
The role of the Marischal was to serve as custodian of the Royal Regalia of Scotland, and to protect the king's person when attending parliament. The former duty was fulfilled by the 7th Earl during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, who hid them at Dunnottar Castle. The role of regulation of heraldry carried out by the English Earl Marshal is carried out in Scotland by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The separate office of Knight Marischal was first created for the Scottish coronation of King Charles I in 1633. The office is not heritable, although it has been held by members of the Keith family.
The title was forfeited in 1715, due to the last Earl's participation in the Jacobite Rising.
Marischals and Great Marischals of Scotland
Hervey de Keith (d. c. 1196)
Philip de Keith (d. c. 1225), paternal grandson of Hervey de Keith, older brother of David de Keith
David de Keith, paternal grandson of Hervey de Keith, younger brother of Philip de Keith (co-jointly with his brother above and paternal nephew below)
Hervey de Keith (d. c. 1250), paternal nephew of David de Keith
Richard de Keith (fl. 12??)[1]
David de Keith (fl. 1269)[2]
John de Keith (d. c. 1270)
William de Keith (d. c. 1293)
Sir Robert Keith (d. 1332)
Sir Robert Keith (d. 1346)
Sir Edward Keith (d. c. 1351)
Sir William Keith (d. c. 1410)
Sir Robert Keith (d. c. 1430)
William Keith, Marischal of Scotland (d. 1463)
Earls Marischal of Scotland (c. 1458)
William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal (d. 1483)"
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Marischal]

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A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke 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. __________________
• William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal1
• M, #16936,
• d. from 10 December 1482 to 1483
• Last Edited=27 Apr 2011
• Consanguinity Index=0.02%
• William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal was the son of Sir William Keith and Mary Hamilton.2 He married Margaret Erskine, daughter of Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine and Janet Douglas.3 He died from 10 December 1482 to 1483.4
• He held the office of Great Marishal of Scotland.5 He was created 1st Lord Keith [Scotland] before July 1451.6 He was created 1st Earl Marischal [Scotland] between 5 November 1457 and 4 July 1458.4
• Child of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal and Marjorie Fraser
  • Lady Janet Keith+6 d. b 1504
• Child of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal
  • Egidia Keith+
• Children of William de Keith, 1st Earl Marischal and Margaret Erskine
  • William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal+5 d. fr 24 Nov 1526 - 2 May 1527
  • Lady Mary Keith+7
• Citations
• 1.[S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 303. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
• 2.[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.
• 3.[S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."
• 4.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 476. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 5.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2195.
• 6.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, page 139.
• 7.[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 133. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1694.htm#i16936 ________________________
• William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal1
• M, #2930, b. before 1442, d. before 1483
• Father Sir William Keith, 1st Great Marischal d. b 1463
• Mother Mary Hamilton d. b Aug 1442
• William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal married Muriella Erskine, daughter of Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine, 14th Earl Mar, 7th Lord Garioch and Janet Douglas. William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal was born before 1442. He died before 1483.
• Family Muriella Erskine
• Children
  • William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal+ d. b 2 May 1527
  • Mary Keith+
  • Robert Keith, Lord Keith, Master of Marischal+ d. 22 Sep 1446
  • Janet Keith+2 d. b 1504
  • Alexander Keith
  • John Keith
• Citations
• [S190] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 395; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1459.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VIII, p. 139.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p98.htm#i2930 ______________________

References

• https://www.patrickspeople.scot/ourfamily/1813.htm cites
  • 1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).
  • 2 e-books, Politics and protestant Lordship in North East Scotland during the reign of James VI: The life of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal, 1554-1623 by Miles Kerr-Peterson (2016) PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.