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KEITH, William 2nd Earl Marischal
(About 1458-1526)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1468-After 1525)
DOUGLAS, John 2nd Earl of Morton, Sir
(About 1461-1515)
CRICHTON, Janet
(About 1476-)
KEITH, Robert Master of Marischal
(About 1487-1514)
DOUGLAS, Elizabeth
(About 1491-)
KEITH, Elizabeth
(About 1510-After 1562)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, George 4th Earl of Huntly, Lord Chancellor

KEITH, Elizabeth 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1510
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, George 4th Earl of Huntly, Lord Chancellor 27 March 1530(contract) 1
  • Died: After 28 October 1562 4

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Elizabeth married George GORDON 4th Earl of Huntly, Lord Chancellor, son of John GORDON Master of Huntly, Lord of Badenoch and Margaret STEWART, 27 March 1530(contract).1 (George GORDON 4th Earl of Huntly, Lord Chancellor was born about 1514,3 died on 28 October 1562 in Battle of Corrichie, Hill of Fare, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 3 4 and was buried after 21 April 1566 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth Keith is the daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal and Lady Elizabeth Douglas. She married George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, son of John Gordon, Lord Gordon and Margaret Stewart, on 27 March 1530."

from thepeerage.com




(3) Elizabeth (Keith), married (contract 27 March 1530) to George, fourth Earl of Huntly.

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

Other sources eg
Scots Peerage, volume 4, and The Records of Aboyne, erroneously state that Elizabeth was the daughter of William Keith, Earl Marischal. 1 3 4 5

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

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.

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

4 e-books, The Records of Aboyne 1230-1681 edited by Charles XI Marquis of Huntly (1894).

5 Internet Site, https://www.thepeerage.com/p10922.htm#i109219 Elizabeth Keith.

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