Robert Keith, Master of Marischal

1483 - 1513  (30 years)

• Name	Robert Keith
  Suffix	Master of Marischal
  Born	1483	Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Sep 1513	Flodden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
  Alt. Death	1514	Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1]
  Alt. Death	Aft 1513
  Alt. Death	Bef 22 Apr 1525	Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [2]
  Name	Robert Keith  [2]
  Person ID	I6432	Clan current
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal,   d. Bef 2 May 1527
  Mother	Elizabeth Gordon,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1482  [2]
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Beatrice) Douglas,   b. 1488, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 1527  (Age 39 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1505	Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal,   d. 7 Oct 1581 + 2. Christian Keith,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Robert Keith, Abbot of Deer,   d. 12 Jun 1551 + 4. Elizabeth Keith,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Jean (Janet) Keith,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Beatrice Keith,   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Alexander Keith, of Pettie,   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Alice Keith,   d. 1559
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F3797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1 - William's eldest son, Robert, was at the battle of Flodden (where the dead included Sir William Keith of Inverugie, and Sir John Keith of Ludquhairn). This Robert Keith married Beatrix, daughter of John DOUGLAS (Earl of Morton) and died before his father, leaving sons: William, and Robert, Abbot of Deer. 2 - Most sources show him as dying at Flodden. Which means he had 6 children in 8 years. Robert Keith (son of William Keith and Lady Elizabeth Gordon) was born Abt. 1483 in Dunotter, Kincaid, Perthshire, Scotland, and died September 09, 1513 in Killed at the Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England. He married Elizabeth Douglas on January 08, 1505 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, daughter of John De Douglas Morton and Janet Crichton. [http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Karen-M-Simmons/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1708.html ] 3 - The Flodden Death-Roll shows his father as having lost two sons at the Battle of Flodden. His brother John is noted as being one. (The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries Vol. 13, No. 51 (Jan., 1899), pp. 101-111 (11 pages)) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25516912]

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Web Site, https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/royal-house-of-layton-of-stuart-and-rohan/ (Reliability: 3). [S12] Burkes Peerage 2003 107th Edition, (107th Edition pub 2003/4).