KEITH, Robert Master of Marischal 2
- Born: About 1487
- Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Elizabeth 1505(1506) (charter) 1
- Died: 1514 2
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Robert married Elizabeth DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir John DOUGLAS 2nd Earl of Morton and Janet CRICHTON, 1505(1506) (charter).1 (Elizabeth DOUGLAS was born about 1491.)
Marriage Notes:
"Robert (Keith), Lord Keith and Master of Marischal. He had a charter to himself and his wife 8 January 1505- 6, of the lands of Laidacht and Mulboy, in the parish of Skene, and of Auchincloich, Auchrynie, Auchorsk, and others, in the barony of Kintore. He is said to have been killed at the battle of Flodden 9 September 1513, but he sat in Parliament 26 November 1513, in the record called William by mistake, and he was witness to a charter, cited below, to his brother David on 4 February 1513-14, and was still alive 5 April 1514.
He married, in 1505, Elizabeth or Beatrice Douglas, eldest daughter of John, second Earl of Morton, and by her had :
(1) William, who succeeded as fourth Earl Marischal.
(2) Robert, who, in 1543, was appointed Abbot of Deer in commendam. He died in 1551, leaving an illegitimate son Andrew, who was created Lord Dingwall.
(3) Elizabeth, married (contract 27 March 1530) to George, fourth Earl of Huntly.
(4) Janet, married, in 1543, to John, seventh Lord Glamis.
(5) Christian, married, after 1529, as his second wife, to Robert Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott. Her testament dated 12 July 1553.
(6) Beatrice, married to Alexander Fraser, son and heir of Alexander Fraser, seventh of Philorth. He died v.p. in 1564."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
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