Sir Edward Keith (d. 17 Oct 1346) was a Scottish nobleman and hereditary 11th

Marischal of Scotland The title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland. History The office of Marischal of Scotland (or ''Marascallus Scotie'' or ''Marscallus Scotiae'') had been hereditary, held by ...

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Sir Edward Keith was the son of

William de Keith William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

(d. ), 8th Marischal of Scotland, and Barbara de Seaton, daughter of Adam de Seaton. In 1328 he received a charter to the lands of Kelly from King

Robert the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...

, witnessed by his brother Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland.George Edward Cokayne, ''The complete Peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times'', Volume VIII, Ed. H. A. Doubleday & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1932), p. 471 Neither he nor his brother Robert were at the

Battle of Halidon Hill The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III of England () and was heavily defeated. The year before, Edward Balliol had seiz ...

but his son William, fighting under Sir Archibald Douglas was taken prisoner there. He inherited the hereditary Sheriffdom of Selkirk through his first wife, Isabella de Synton. Sir Edward Keith died before 1351 and succeeded by his son William.''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 33

Family

Sir Edward Keith married first, before July 1305, Isabella de Synton, daughter of Alexander de Synton. Together they had: * Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland, succeeded his father as 12th Marischal of Scotland. * John Keith, who married (with a dispensation dated 12 March 1368/9) Mariota de Cheyne, daughter of Reginald de Cheyne. * Catherine Keith, who married Alexander Barclay and were the ancestors of the Barclays of Ury.''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 35 He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir

John de Menteith Sir John Menteith of Ruskie and Knapdale (c. 1275 – c. 1329) was a Scottish nobleman during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is known for his capture of Sir William Wallace in 1305 and later joined with King Robert I of Scotland and rec ...

, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar. They had one daughter: * Janet Keith, who married first, Sir David Barclay of Brechin.''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Vol. V, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908), p. 598 She married secondly, before 13 April 1370, Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.It was through this marriage that the son of Janet and Thomas,

Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

, claimed the

Earldom of Mar There are currently two earldoms of Mar in the Peerage of Scotland, and the title has been created seven times. The first creation of the earldom is currently held by Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar, who is also clan chief of Clan Mar. The ...

making Janet the link between the ancient Earls of Mar and the modern Earls of Mar. See: Complete Peerage, Vol. VIII, p. 400-401; Scots Peerage, Vol V. pp. 598-602; Scots Peerage, Vol VI, p. 35.

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