KEITH, William Master of Marischal 1 2
User ID: Z246. William married Elizabeth HAY, daughter of George HAY 7th Earl of Erroll and Margaret ROBERTSON, 15 January 1543(1544)(contract) 7 January 1551(1552)(dispensation).1 (Elizabeth HAY was born about 1537.) Marriage Notes: "Elizabeth, married (contract dated 14 January 1543- 44, and dispensation 7 January 1551-52) to William, Lord Keith, son and apparent heir of William, Earl Marischal. They were in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity, the common ancestor being evidently John, Earl of Atholl, from whom the bridegroom was fourth, and the bride third, in descent." William next married Unknown PARTNER. (Unknown PARTNER was born about 1548.) Marriage Notes: "In December (1581) his (George Keith's) illegitimate sister Anna was married to James Keith, the son of Canterland - the marriage of illegitimate children to cadet branches of the same family being a common noble marriage strategy." |