Keith

Clan Keith

A warrior of the Chatti slew the Danish General Camus at the Battle of Barrie in 1010, for which valour Malcolm II dipped three fingers into the blood of the slain and drew them down the shield of the warrior, thereafter named Marbhachair Chamuis, or ‘Camus Slayer’. Ever since then, the chief of the Keiths has borne on his arms the same three red lines. This is depicted as early as 1316 on the seal of Sir Robert de Keth, marischal. Malcolm’s victory at the Battle of Chathem in 1018 brought him into possession of Lothian, and Camus Slayer subsequently held the Lothian lands of Keth from which his progeny took their names. A Norman adventurer, Hervey, married the native heiress of Marbhachair and received a charter for the lands of Keth from David I around 1150. Hervey’s son was styled ‘Marischal of the King of Scots’ in a charter of 1176, which office the family held until the attainder of George, tenth Earl Marischal. The Marischal was custodian of the royal regalia and charged with the safety of the king’s person within Parliament. .... more

Dunnottar Castle

A1. Waren, lvd:1140;
- B1. Hervey;
  - C1. Hervey de Keith, King's Marischal;
    - D1. Malcolm de Keith;
      - E1. Philip de Keith, Marischal, m. Eda Lorens;
        F1. Hervey de Keith, Marischal;
        G1. Sir John de Keith, m. Margaret Cumyn;;
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- H1. Robert de Keith, m. Johanna de Galbrathe;
  - I1. Sir William de Keith of Galston, d:1336;
    - J1. Jonetta Keith, m. Sir David Hamilton; <== Clan Hamilton
- H2. Sir William de Keith, m. Barbara de Seton; ==> Clan Seton
  - I1. Sir Edward de Keith of Sinton, m1. Chritian Menteith, m2. Isabella Sinton;
    - J1. [m1]: Janet Keith, d:1413, m. Thomas Erskin; <== Clan Erskin
    - J2. [m2]: John Keith of Inverugie, m. Mariotta de Chayne;
      - K1. Andrew Keith;
        L1. N.;
        M1. Gilbert Keith of Inverugie;
        N1. Sir William Keith, d:1521, m. Janet Dunbar; ==> Clan Dunbar
        O1. Janet Keith, m. John Forbes; <== Clan Forbes
        O2. Sir William Keith, m. Janet Gray;
        P1. Elisabeth, m. William Forbes; <== Clan Forbes
        P2. Margaret, m. William Keith*;
  - I2. Sir Robert de Keith, Marischal, m. Barbara Douglas;
    - J1. John de Keith, m. N. de Soules
      - K1. Sir Robert de Keith of Sinton, m. Isabella Sinton;
        L1. Sir William Keith, Marischal, m. Margaret Fraser; ==> Clan Fraser
        M1. Marietta Keith, d:1449, m. Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Albany; <== House of Stewart
        M2. Elisabeth Keith, m. Sir Adam Gordon; <== Clan Gordon
        M3. Alexander Keith of Grandown, m. Marjory Stewart; ==> House of Stewart
        N1. Chritian Keith, m. Sir Patrick Ogilvy; <== Clan Ogilvy
        
        M4. Sir Robert Keith, Marischal;
        N1. Sir William, 1st Earl Marischal, m. Mary Hamilton; <== Clan Hamilton
        O1. Sir William, 2nd Earl Marischal, d:1483, m. Muriella Erskin; ==> Clan Erskin ;
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      - P1. Sir William, 3rd Earl Marischal, lvd:1457/1526, m. Elisabeth Gordon; ==> Clan Gordon
        Q1. Elisabeth Keith, b:1504, m. Colin Oliphant; <== Clan Oliphant
        Q2. Christian Keith, m. Sir Walter Ogilvy; <== Clan Ogilvy
        Q3. Gilbert Keith of Troup, d:1537, m. Elisabeth Forbes;
        R1. Elisabeth Keith, m. George Baird; <== Clan Baird
        
        Q3. Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, m. Elisabeth Douglas;
        R1. Elizabeth Keith, m. George Gordon; <== Clan Gordon
        R2. Beatrice Keith, m. Alexander Fraser; <== Clan Fraser
        R3. William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, d:1581, m. Margaret Keith*;
        S1. Elisabeth Keith, m. Alexander Irvine; <== Clan Irvine
        S2. Alison Keith, m. Alexander Abernethy; <== Clan Abernethy
        S3. William Keith, Master of Marischa, m. Elisabeth Hay; ==> Clan Hay
        T1. Barbara Keith, m. Alexander Forbes; <== Clan Forbes

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