William KEITH

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• FamilySearch ID: GFYT-43D

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• TitleOfNobility: ; Baronet of Alnwick
• Name: Sir William Lord de Marischal KEITH

William married Lady Elizabeth GORDON on 11 Jan 1482 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir George GORDON, Of Huntly and Lady Annabella Beaufort STEWART, Princess of Scotland) was born in 1462 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 22 Apr 1525 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: ; Countess of Marischal

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• FamilySearch ID: GFMF-8SY
• Name: 2nd Earl MARISCHAL

William married Lady Mary Mariot ERSKINE, COUNTESS MARISCHAL. Mary (daughter of Thomas ERSKINE and Janet Elisabeth DOUGLAS) was born in 1440 in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland; died in 1482 in Dunnotar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GFMN-3YW
• Name: Erskine

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• Clan: ; Clan Gordon & Seton
• FamilySearch ID: LZL3-SJF
• _UID: 11BC8420478F4C0ABFC26F1B9555B263A738
• Office: 1449; Privy Counsellor
• TitleOfNobility: 1455; Knighthood
• Occupation: Between 1498 and 1501; High Chancellor of Scotland
• Find a Grave: 30 Jan 1502, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Notes:

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor was born circa 1441. A contract for the marriage of Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Dunbar was signed on 20 May 1455; No issue. Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Dunbar were divorced before March 1460; On grounds they were related in the 3rd & 4th degrees of consanguinity.

**Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor married Annabella Stewart, daughter of James I Stewart, King of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, before 10 March 1460; They had 1 daughter (Isabel, wife of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll). Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Annabella Stewart were divorced before 12 May 1466; Final decree pronounced in 1471. Divorced on grounds that she was related to his former wife, Elizabeth Dunbar, in the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity.

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland and Beatrix Douglas, after 12 May 1466; They had 4 sons (Alexander, 3rd Earl of Huntly; Adam, Earl of Sutherland; William, 1st Laird of Gight; & James) & 6 daughters (Janet, wife of Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford; Elizabeth, wife of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal; Margaret, wife of Patrick Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell; Katherine; Eleanor, wife of William Sinclair, & of David Hepburn; & Agnes, wife of Sir Gilbert Hay).
He also had an illegitimate son (Alexander) and an illegitimate daughter (Janet, wife of James Ogilvy of Findlater).

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Hay obtained a marriage license on 25 June 1466; Date of Dispensation, they being related in the 3rd & 3rd degree of affinity.

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor died on 8 June 1501 at Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Buried at Cambuskenneth, Stirlingshire.


The Gordons of Sutherland and Gordons of Huntly ancestry of Lady Mary Heron (nee McGeoch)

NOTE: The Life Sketch Info. above reflects the research of B. Phillips, Dr. Margaret Heron Selkirk, Dr. Liam Selkirk, et al, for their book : "The Heron & Bromfield Intrigue - Vols. 1, 2, & 3, from years of research on the ancestry of the "Jamaican Herons and their connection to Ford Castle, Chipchase Castle, Etal Castle (Northumberland),Heron House (Essex), Shacklewell Hall (Kent), Rycote (Oxfordshire), Cressy Hall, Surfleet Estate (Lincolnshire) Kirroughtree Estate. Bargaly Estate, Palnur Estate (Dumfries & Galloway), Heron House (Ayrshire); Wigton, Shooter's Hill, Williamsfield Great House (Jamaica) among many others over England, Scotland and Jamaical and the connections to the Huntingdon/Bruce/Stewart/Gordon/Drummond families and the Ruthven/Wemyss* families.

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In addition other sources:
1 - In 1488 James III's eldest son was proclaimed James IV by a group of nobles consisting of the Humes and Hepburns in the south and the earls of Angus and Argyll in the north. The earls of Huntly, Crawford, Errol, and Buchan in the north with their respective clans remained loyal and the two sides clashed at the battle of Sauchieburn near Bannockburn.

2 - GEORGE, second Earl of Huntly, was appointed, with the Earl of Crawford, joint justiciary of the country beyond the Forth. He was a member of the Privy Council of James IlI. Though he was an accomplice of Bell-the-Cat and the other disaffected barons in the murder of the royal favourites at Lauder, in the final struggle between them and James, Huntly supported the cause of that unfortunate sovereign, and, along with the Earl of Athole, commanded the vanguard of the royal army in the battle of Sauchieburn, where the King lost his life. James IV., however, seems to have entertained no hostile feelings towards the Earl, for in 1491 he nominated him his lieutenant in the northern parts of Scotland beyond the North Esk river; and, in 1498, he appointed Huntly High Chancellor of Scotland. He resigned this office in 1502, and died soon after. The Earl was twice married. His first wife, Annabella, daughter of James I., bore to him six daughters and five sons. His eldest son became third Earl. His second son, Adam, married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, and became Earl of Sutherland in her right. William, third son, was the ancestor of the Gordons of Gight, from whom Lord Byron was descended. James Gordon of Letterfourie, the fourth, was admiral of the fleet in 1513. Lady Catherine, the eldest daughter of Lord Huntly, who was regarded as the most beautiful and accomplished woman in Scotland, was given in marriage by the King to Perkin Warbeck, whose claims to the English throne he warmly supported. She accompanied that adventurer to England; after his execution King Henry granted her a pension, and assigned her a post of honour at the English Court, where she was known by the name of the White Rose of Scotland. Lady Catherine afterwards married Sir Matthew Cradock, an ancestor of the Pembroke family. The Earl had no issue by his second wife, a daughter of the first Earl of Errol.
[http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/gordons.htm]

3 - Although it does appear that there were no children by his first marriage, there is some uncertainty on which of his other wives mothered which of his children. Some sources report that Annabella was mother of only one daughter, the absence of any male issue probably being part of the reason why George divorced her. Claims that Annabella did in fact produce more children may have been made by later Gordons because of the greater social prestige that might have arisen through claiming close descent from the Royal family. We follow what is shown under Burkes Peerage 1934 (Huntly).

4 - George, second earl of Huntly, married Lady Jean[?] Stewart, the daughter of King James I, son of Queen Annabella Drummond.
("Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond" by David Malcolm 1808) [1, 4]

George married Lady Annabella Beaufort STEWART, Princess of Scotland before 10 Mar 1460 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Annabella (daughter of King James I STEWART, of Scotland and Joan BEAUFORT, Queen Consort of Scotland) was born in 1432 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 27 Jun 1509 in Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh, Scotland; was buried in Jul 1509 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9HR4-RTV
• TitleOfNobility: ; Countess of Huntly
• TitleOfNobility: ; Princess of Scotland, Countess of Huntley
• _UID: 09EDDB765DA14D56936BE2D053097268CE4E

Notes:

Annabella Stewart (ca. 1436 ? 1509) was the youngest daughter of King James I and Joan Beaufort.

Annabella was presumably named after her father's mother, Annabella Drummond. She was the youngest of the six daughters and two sons of James I and Joan Beaufort. Her sisters were Margaret, Isabella, Eleanor, Mary and Joan, and her brothers were James II of Scotland and his twin brother Alexander, who died in infancy.

Her first husband was Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva whom she married in 1447 on either 1 April or 14 December. However, in the year 1458 they separated, divorced and the marriage was annulled upon the request of Charles VII of France.

Annabella returned to Scotland and married George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly. Notwithstanding this alliance, her ill fate pursued her, and she was legally divorced from her second husband by a sentence pronounced in the year 1471 which proceeded on the ground of consanguinity with his first wife, Elizabeth Dunbar, 8th Countess of Murray, as the two ladies were within the third and fourth degrees of relation.

Annabella and her second husband, the Earl of Huntly had issue:
?Isabella (d. 1485), wife of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Errol (d. 1507).
?Alexander (d. 1523), 3rd Earl of Huntly (as established in The Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 22).

She was thought also to have been mother to another four of his children, however this has not been proved nor disproved.
Lord Byron claimed descent from Princess Annabella through his mother, Catherine, daughter of George Gordon, 12th Lord of Gight. Byron wrote: "By her [Annabella] he [the 2nd Earl of Huntly] left four sons: the third, Sir William Gordon, I have the honour to claim as one of my progenitors."

Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabella_of_Scotland
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Additional Info. on Princess Annabella of Scotland:

Annabella of Scotland (ca 1433 ? after 1471) was the youngest daughter of King James I and Joan Beaufort.

First marriage:

Her first husband was Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva whom she married in 1447 on either April 1 or December 14. However, in the year 1458 they separated, divorced and the marriage was annulled upon the request of Charles VII of France.

Second marriage:

Annabella returned to Scotland and married George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly. Notwithstanding this alliance, her ill fate pursued her, and she was legally divorced from her second husband by a sentence pronounced in the year 1471 which proceeded on the ground of consanguinity with his first wife, Elizabeth Dunbar, 8th Countess of Murray, as the two ladies were within the third and fourth degrees of relation.

Children:

Annabella and her second husband, the Earl of Huntly had issue:

- Isabella (d.1485), wife of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Errol (d.1507).
- She was thought also to have been mother to another five of his children, however this is thought improbable.
[What is certain is that there were no sons.]

Comments from Douglas Hickling via Rootsweb database:
"Probably the last and most authoritative word on Annabella's children as the Countess of Huntly belongs to Alison Weir in BRITAIN'S ROYAL FAMILIES, at 232. She regards Isabel as the only probable child of Annabella's marriage to the earl. She says that "Annabella was also possibly, but improbably," the mother of Janet, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Agnes. Weir shows no sons resulting from this marriage, and says that it is "highly improbable" that Alexander, 3rd Earl of Huntly, was her son. Obviously, if Alexander was not Annabella's child, then neither were the younger sons and daughters. Without mentioning him, Weir seems generally to agree with Ferrerius in identifying Annabella's children by the second earl. My own view is that, had Riddell not erroneously copied the date of the 1466 writ as 1476 or had Elizabeth Hay been the royal princess instead of Annabella, the Gordon family historians would have continued to follow Ferrerius."

Links
?http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00006053&tree=LEO

Source: Gordon Papers on=Line

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• FamilySearch ID: LZ86-YTM
• Name: Earl Marischal of Scotland Sir William KEITH
• Name: William Keith 2 nd Lord
• Name: William Keith KT.
• Title of Nobility: 1458, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• TitleOfNobility: 7 Oct 1458, Kincardineshire, Scotland; Earl Marischal & 1st Lord Keith

Notes:

Sir William Keith, succeeded his father [Lord Robert de Keith] between 2 July 1430 and 20 May 1431.

In a charter dated 20 May 1442, he conveyed to Robert de Keth, Knight, his eldest son, whom failing, to William, John, or Alexander, brothers of the said Robert, the lands of Keith, Garvock, Dunottar, Fetteresso, Strathechin, Culpersow, Kintore, and Aden, together with the offices of Marischal of Scotland and Sheriff of Kincardine.

Between 1446 and July 1451 he was made a Lord of Parliament as LORD KEITH. The date of creation can only be approximately ascertained. In an official report of evidence regarding a dispute between the family of Skene of Skene and that of the Marischal, held before a Court in the Cathedral of Aberdeen on 22 September 1446, he is styled Sir William Keith, Marischal.

In a series of charters granted by King James II on 6 July 1451, he is styled Lord Keith, and appears as the latest on the list of Peers after William, Lord Hay, the constable, who was created before 10 april 1450. His creation, therefore was then probably of recent date.

He was one of the guarantors of a treaty of peace with the English in 1457, and on 6 August of that year he witnesses the confirmation of a treaty by King James II as Lord Keith. Later he was raised a step in the Peerage, as in a royal charter dated 7 October of the following year (1458), he is designed 'dilectus consanguineus noster' EARL of MARISCHAL and 1ST LORD KEITH.

He died probably before Witsunday 1463, and certainly before 16 March 1463-64.

He married a lady named Mary who is usually said to have been the daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, but there is no evidence of this, and the dates make it doubtful.

On 26 April 1414, Pope Benedict XIII issued a commission to grant dispensation for the marriage of 'William de Ketht' of St. Andrews diocese and Marjorie Fraser, daughter of Alexander Fraser of Moray diocese. This is probably the wife of Sir William Keith, and the daughter of Alexander Fraser of Kinnell and Lovat, who, as stated above, appears to have married about the same time Sir William's youngest sister, Marion.

She was dead before August 1442.

Thy had issue:

1. Sir Robert, in whose favour his father resigned his estates and offices in 1442. He is said to have died v.p. in 1446, ...
2. William, who succeeded as second Earl Marischal.
3. John, mentioned in a charter by his father dated 20 May May 1442.
4. Alexander, mentioned in the same charter with his elder brother John.
5. Janet, married, first to John Leslie, Master of Rothes; secondly, to Thomas, second Lord Innermeath. Based on the ages of her husbands, this Janet is most likely to be the daughter of William, Second Earl, and she has been moved to his family.
6. Egidia, married to James, second Lord Forbes, and was still a widow 14 August 1473.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 39-41.
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I also found reference to his wife as the above Marjorie Fraser, dau of Alexander Fraser and Elizabeth Keith, The marriage date is correct, 26 April 1414, but to Marjorie Fraser.

William married Lady Mary Marjorie HAMILTON on 26 Apr 1414 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of Sir John HAMILTON, 4th Laird of Cadzow and Jacoba DOUGLAS) was born in 1395 in Lovat Castle, Kilmorack, Iverness-shire, Scotland; died on 1 Aug 1442 in Picardie, France; was buried in Jul 1442 in Dunotter Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Hamilton -- Birthdate: 1388 (54) Birthplace: Scotland Died 1442 Deathplace: Picardy, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow
Wife of Sir William Keith, Kt.
Mother of William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal; Thomas Keith; John Keith; Margaret Keith; Agnes Keith; David Keith; James Keith; Cadzow Keith; Catherine Keith and Egidia Keith

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• FamilySearch ID: LKY9-9ND
• Title: ; Lord of Erskine
• Title (Nobility): ; 14th Earl of Mar
• Title (Nobility): ; 7th Lord of Garioch
• Name: James ERSKINE
• Name: Thomas ERSKINE

Notes:

Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine (d. 1494), de jure 14th Earl of Mar, was a Scottish peer.

Erskine was the son of Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, and Elizabeth, daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford. He married Janet Douglas. They had several children. One daughter, Helen, married Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, son of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss. Another daughter, Margaret, married William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal.[1]

Lord Erskine died in 1494 and was succeeded by his son, Alexander.

http://www.erskinclan.com/gene4.html

Thomas Erskine, the King's bodyguard, foiled the Gowrie Conspiracy and was enobled as Lord Erskine by James II in 1460.

http://www.instirling.com/sight/tower.htm

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...

The identity of Thomas Erskine's wife is not certain. She may not have been a daughter of the 1st Earl of Morton although that is often stated, sometimes as Elizabeth but perhaps more often as Janet. Cunningham gedcom source says this Janet died without male issue which would seem to promote Elizabeths claim to the position of wife of Thomas Erskine and mother of his heir and probably other children.

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/erskine/378/

[These are the dates for Thomas, father of the 1st Lord !]

Parents: Sir Robert Erskine 1st Lord Erskine and Elizabeth Lindsay.

1st wife: Janet Douglas, heiress of Dalkeith, who died at the birth of her first child[This Janet Douglas was the 1st wife ofThomas, father of the 1st Lord]

He was married to Janet Douglas before 1445 in Scotland. Douglas' Peerage Vol. 5, pg. 105 - "He married, before 1445, Janet Douglas States in Douglas' Peerage she is the daughter of James, Earl of Morton, granddaughter of King James I.

[This is impossible, Janet dau of James, Earl of Morton by Joan, dau of King James I cannot have been born before 1459 ? the date of her parent's marriage.She married Bef. 1 Feb 1480/1 to Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, and died Bef. 1491.IfJanet Douglas, wife of Thomas, 2nd Lord Erskine was of the Morton family then she came from a previous generation, nothing can be stated with any certainty.She was his wife in Aug 1489]

2nd wife: Janet Keith or Barclay, widow of Sir David Barclay; It was Janet's heritage that connected the Erskine family with the Earldom of Mar.

[Janet Keith was the 2nd wife ofThomas, father of the 1st Lord ? vide supra]

children:[These are misplaced - children of Sir Thomas, father of the 1st Lord] i. - Sir Robert Erskine ii. - John Erskine - ancestor of the Erskines of Dun and of Pittodrie iii. - Elizabeth Erskine - married to Duncan Wemyss of Rires iv. - Margaret Erskine - married to Lord James Rutherfurd[Two of her ?!?]

Children were: Alexander Erskine 3rd Lord Erskine Helen Erskine Isobel Erskine Elizabeth Erskine Mariota Erskine Margaret Erskine - married Lord James Rutherfurd II[Not shown in SP V, p. 606-7.If their first child ? Peter was b Abt. 1450 then she CANNOT have been born after 1435.Her supposed parents were married Bef .1445 ? vide supra.Thomas d in or Abt. 1493, his parents m Aft. 1400, he was no doubt of age in 1441 ? therefore his birth had to occur between 1401-20, probably much towards the end of that range given his death date]

https://books.google.com/books?id=2ss6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=...

Thomas, second Lord Erskine, who married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of James, Earl Of Morton, and dying before 1494, had Alexander, third Lord Erskine, guardian to K. James the IVth.

Thomas married Janet Elisabeth DOUGLAS in 1430 in Selkirkshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of James DOUGLAS, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Lady Elizabeth GIFFORD) was born on 7 Mar 1415 in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; died on 22 Feb 1490 in Selkirkshire, Scotland; was buried in 1490 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GX9M-37C
• Name: Janet of Glamis
• Name: Jeannette Elizabeth DOUGLAS

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• FamilySearch ID: 9JJ1-XWN
• Name: Alexander Gordon
• Name: Alexander Seton
• Occupation: ; 1st Earl of Huntly
• Title of Nobility: 1439, Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland; Lord
• TitleOfNobility: 1439, Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland; Lord
• Title of Nobility: 1449, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; 1st Earl of Huntley
• TitleOfNobility: 1449, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; 1st Earl of Huntley

Notes:

LifeSketch
Sir Alexander Seton, eldest son of sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon, succeeded his father before 3 April 1441.

He is mentioned on record in 1427 and 1438 in connection with his first marriage. It was probably he who in 1435 was one of the Scottish gentlemen who attended the Princess Margaret of Scotland on her voyage to France to marry the Dauphin. The Chronicler describes him as 'Master of Gordon.'

He is styled Alexander of Seton, Master of Gordon, Lord of Tullibody, when, on 20 February 1439-40, he stood up in a General council at Edinburgh and protested that none of the writs made by his mother or grandfather should prejudice himself. But in a charter three days later, 23 February 1439-40, relating to the same matter, he is designed sir Alexander Seton of Tullibody, and heir of Elizabeth Gordon, late lady of that Ilk, when he confirmed an excambion made between the deceased Sir William Keith and Margaret Fraser (his grandparents) and the deceased William Lindsay, Lord of Byres, of certain lands in exchange for Dunottar.

On 3 April 1441 Sir Alexander Seton resigned his lands in the King's hands and received a charter to himself and Elizabeth [Crichton], his spouse, of the lordships of Gordon, co. Berwidk, and Strathbogie, co. Aberdeen, the lands of Aboyne, Glentanner, and Glenmuick, all in Aberdeenshire, with Panbride in co. Forfar, to be possessed by Sir Alexander in liferent, and by George of Seton their son in fee, and the lawful Heirs-male of his body.

The lands of Aboyne, Glentanner, Glenmuick, and Panbride had belonged to his mother, through his grandmother, Elizabeth Keith, 'Lady of Aboyne,' and a dispute arose between Sir Alexander and his kinsman Sir William Keith, the Marischal of Scotland. The parties and their friends met at Cluny on 1 August 1442, where an amicable arrangement was come to, and Seton bound himself to fulfil a contract (date not stated) formerly made between his father, his mother, and himself on one side, and Sir William Keith and his wife Mary on the other side.

About the same period, or in 1444, he made a friendly arrangement with James Forbes, younger of that Ilk, as to certain lands. He also had a grant for life of the barony of Kinedward from Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.

Sir Alexander Seton was, in or about 1445, raised to the Peerage as EARL OF HUNTLY. This honour was conferred on him some time between 30 October 1444 and July 1445. Bower states positively that he was created Earl of Huntly in 1445, without naming the exact date, but it may have been in the June Parliament of that year, as on 3 July he witnesses a charter to James, Lord Hamilton where he appears as the latest Earl, after Moray and Ormond, created in the same year. ...

During the next few years he appears as taking part in local affairs, and in January 1449-50 he had another charter of the same lands and baronies as before to himself and his heirs by Elizabeth his Countess. ... Later he attended at court, and seems to have lent money to the King. Perhaps as a reward for such services, he received a charter, on 28 April 1451, of the lordship of Badenoch and Castle of Ruthven, which refute the statement that they were granted for his conduct at the battle of Brechin. This conflict took place in the following year ... The parties met at Brechin, where a fierce conflict ensued in which Huntly was victorious, though he lost many men and two of his brothers. ... In 1454, notwithstanding the defeat of a party of his followers at Dunkinty, Huntly regained the upper hand, and the Douglas faction in the North were entirely overcome.

He seems to have changed the family name from Seton to Gordon about this time. In a remission to him and his son on 7 March 1456-57, the latter is styled George Seton. But in the following writ, George and his brothers are named Gordons.

In 1458, the Earl and his Countess again resigned their lands, the earldom of Huntly, comprehending Strathbogie, Aboyne, Glentanner, and Glenmuick in Aberdeenshir, the lordship of Badenoch in Inverness, Enzie in Banffshire, Gordon and Huntly in Berwickshire; and on 15 March 1457-58, King James II regranted the lands to the Earl for his lifetime, with remainder to George de Gordon, his son, and the Lawful heirs-male of his body; whom failing, to Alexander de Gordon, brother-german of George, and his lawful heirs-male; whom failing to William de Gordon, brother of Alexander, and his lawful heirs-male; whom failing to the lawful heirs-male of the body of the Earl; whom all failing, to the true, lawful, and nearest heirs of the said George de Gordon whomsoever.

After this the Earl does not appear often on record. ...

According to Ferrerius, the Earl died at Huntly on 15 july 1470, and was buried in the cathedral church of Elgin.

(1) The first Earl of Huntly married, on or about 8 January 1426-27, Egidia, daughter and heiress of John Hay of Tullibody. On that day, King James I granted to Alexander Seton and Egidia Hay, whom he shall marry, the barony of Tullibody, the forests of Boyne and Enzie, and barony of Kilsaurle, with the lands of Kinmundy in the barony of Kinedward.

The marriage was annulled some years later, it is said, at the instance of Sir William Chrichton, afterwards chancellor, though he was not actually Chancellor when the separation took place, before 26 November 1438, when Egidia Hay granted to her 'cousin' Sir Alexander Seton the lands of Tullibody, but came into office in the following April or May.

(2) Seton married, secondly, the Chancellor's daughter, Elizabeth Crichton, and on 18 March 1439-40 the spouses had a charter limiting the entail of the estates to their children only, with remainder (in case of a divorce) to Alexander's heirs whomsoever. Elizabeth Crichton survived her husband, and was alive in 1471. It is said by Ferrerius that she died 9 July 1479.

The first Earl of Huntly had issue:

1. Alexander Seton, son of the first marriage, who inherited his mother's estates ...

2. George, second Earl of Huntly.
3. Sir Alexander of Midmar, afterwards of Abergeldie. ...
4. Adam, Dean of Caithness, who had several natural sons, and a daughter ...
5. William, named after Alexander, and described a brother of Alexander in the charter ...
6. Margaret, contracted, before 9 November 1457, to Nicholas, second Earl of Erroll, but for some reason, perhaps her death, the marriage did not take place.
7. Elizabeth, married (contract dated 15 November 1461) to the above-named Nicholas, second Earl of Erroll, who died in 1470. she married, secondly, before 12 July 1471, John, Lord Kennedy, having issue to both husbands.
8. Christian, married, before 8 July 1468, to William, Lord Forbes.
9. Catherine, contracted on 30 September 1461, to marry Archibald, eldest son of George, Earl of Angus. He was then a boy about twelve years old. The marriage, however, did not take place.

The Earl had also two daughters, whose mother is said to have been a Cumming of Altyre, known as the 'Fair Maid of Moray,' and described as his fourth [third] wife, but his second wife survived him.

1. Janet, married to James Innes of that Ilk. She died about 1470 or before 1473.
2. Margaret, married, 26 June 1484, to Hew Rose, sixth Laird of Kilravock, and died about 1506.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 521-26

Alexander married Elizabeth CRICHTON on 18 Mar 1440 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of William CRICHTON, 1st Lord Crichton and Margaret Agnes MAITLAND) was born in 1410 in Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Jun 1479 in Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried in Jun 1479 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZPL-GLL
• Name: Elizabeth Crichton

Notes:

Elizabeth Crichton was the daughter of William Crichton of that Ilk, 1st Lord Crichton.1 She married Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, son of Sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon, before 18 March 1439/40.1 She died on 9 June 1479 at Strabolgie, Scotland.2
From before 18 March 1439/40, her married name became Seton.1 From circa 1457, her married name became Gordon.1 As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Crichton was styled as Countess of Huntly in August 1471.
Children of Elizabeth Crichton and Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
Lady Christian Gordon+
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly+3 d. 8 Jun 1501
Lady Elizabeth Gordon+4 d. 17 Apr 1500
Adam Gordon+5 d. 1528

Elizabeth Crichton1
F, #25801, d. 9 June 1479

Children of Alexander Gordon and Elizabeth Crichton:
1.Margaret Gordon (1440-)
2.*BARONESS ELIZABETH GORDON (1440-1500)
3.Sir George Gordon (1441-1501)
4.Alexander Gordon (1442-1458)
5.Janet Gordon (1442-1473)
6.Catherine Gordon (1446-1446)
7.Lady Catherine Janet Gordon (1446-1473)
8.Lady Christian Gordon (1451-1500)
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Other Events:

• Clan: ; Clan of Stewart
• FamilySearch ID: LZ6T-WZ8
• Name: James STEWART
• MilitaryService: Between 1406 and 1424; imprisoned in the Tower of London for 18 years.
• JAMES CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH: 22 Mar 1406, English Channel, At Sea; Wanting him out of reach of his brother Robert, Duke of Albany, King Robert III sent his only remaining son James to safety in France, Unfortunately James was intercepted by the English and taken hostage by King Henry IV.
• TitleOfNobility: 1424; Knighthood
• Coronation: 24 May 1424, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; King of Scotland
• Occupation: 1426, Midlothian, Scotland; Governor / Keeper of Edinburgh Castle
• Occupation: Bef Apr 1435; Master of the King's Household - James I of Scotland
• MilitaryService: 21 Feb 1437, Perthshire, Scotland; murdered by his uncle Walter, Earl of Athol, at Friars Preachers Monastery

Notes:

James I Stewart, King of Scotland was born on 25 July 1394 at Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, ScotlandG.1 He was the son of Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland and Annabel Drummond.2 He married Lady Joan Beaufort, daughter of John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, on 2 February 1423/24 at Priory Church, St. Mary Overy, Southwark, London, EnglandG.1 He died on 21 February 1436/37 at age 42 at Monastry of the Friars Preachers, Perth, Perthshire, ScotlandG, murdered by his uncle, Walter Stuart, Earl of Atholl.3 He was buried at Perth, Perthshire, ScotlandG.3
He was created Earl of Carrick on 10 December 1404, although never designated as such.1 He was created Duke of Rothesay on 10 December 1404, although never designated as such.1 In 1406 he was taken prisoner by the English while sailing to France shortly before the death of his father. He was held for ransom, mainly in the Tower of London, until 5 April 1424. During his exile, Scotland has been governened by his uncle Robert, the Duke of Albany until his death (1420) and then by Robert's son, Murdoch. On the 25th May, 1425, James had his revenge when he executed Murdoch and two of his kinsmen outside Stirling Castle. He succeeded as the King James I of Scotland on 4 April 1406.1 He was crowned King of Scotland on 2 May 1424 at Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, ScotlandG.1
Children of James I Stewart, King of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort

Margaret Stewart b. c 25 Dec 1424, d. 16 Aug 1444
Isabella Stewart+4 b. bt 1425 - 1427, d. 1494
Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan5 b. a 1427, d. 20 Mar 1465
Eleanor Stewart b. 26 Oct 1427, d. 20 Nov 1480
Joan Stewart+6 b. c 1428, d. a 16 Oct 1486
Annabella Stewart+4 b. a 1428
James II Stewart, King of Scotland+ b. 16 Oct 1430, d. 3 Aug 1460
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay b. 16 Oct 1430, d. 1430
Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas,

Scottish monarch. Son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He reigned 1406-1437, though from 1406 til 1424, he was imprisoned by the English. When his father sent him away as a child for his own protection, he was captured by the English and held in the Tower of London for 18 years. During his imprisonment, he fell in love with Joan Beaufort, and the two were married on February 2, 1424 in Southwark. They had 8 children together. James returned to Scotland to find his country in chaos. He was formally crowned on May 21, 1424 at Scone. He took immediate action to regain his authority and control, including executing the Albany family, his fiercest opponents. He ruled with a firm hand, achieving numerous legal and financial reforms, including remodeling the Scottish parliament after its English counterpart, and renewing the Auld Alliance with France. His actions, although very effective, upset many, namely the descendents of his grandfather, Robert II's second marriage (James was descended from the first marriage). Conflict arose between the two factions over who should be on the throne. The problems came to a head when James was murdered by his uncle Walter, Earl of Athol, at Friars Preachers Monastery in Perth. The king was 42. James was a handsome, accomplished man, being a poet, singer, and musician as well as a talented athlete, excelling at shotput and hammer throw.

James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn (m. 1439? 1445), James I of Scotland (m. 1424) Spouse of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots.

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James Stewart, I
Also Known As: "James l King of Scotland", "Seumas I Sti?bhairt", "Seumas I mac Roibairt", "Ard Righ Albainn", "Jacobus [Primus]", "Rex Scotiae", "Jacobum regem", "Rey James I de Escocia", "James I of Scotland", ""Black Knight of Lorn"", "King James I of Scotland", "The Black Knight"
Birthdate: July 25, 1394
Birthplace: Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Death: February 21, 1437 (42)
Monastery of the Friars Preachers, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Assassinated )
Place of Burial: Perth Abbey, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Immediate Family:
Son of Robert III, King of Scots and Annabella Drummond, Queen Consort of Scots
Husband of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
Father of Margaret of Scotland, Dauphine de France; Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany; Eleanor Stewart; Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton; Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan; Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay; James II, king of Scots and Annabella of Scotland ? less
Brother of Margaret Stewart, Lady of Galloway; David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay; Elizabeth Stewart, Princess of Scotland; Mary of Scotland, Countess of Angus; Robert Stewart, Prince of Scotland and 1 other
Half brother of Sir John Stewart, of Blackhall & Ardgowan and James Stewart of Killbride


Occupation: King of Scots, 35th King of Scots, King of Scotland

Scottish monarch. Son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He reigned 1406-1437, though from 1406 til 1424, he was king in name only. When his father sent him away as a child for his own protection, he was captured by the English and held in the Tower of London for 18 years. During his imprisonment, he fell in love with Joan Beaufort, and the two were married on February 2, 1424 in Southwark. They had 8 children together. James returned to Scotland to find his country in chaos. He was formally crowned on May 21, 1424 at Scone. He took immediate action to regain his authority and control, including executing the Albany family, his fiercest opponents. He ruled with a firm hand, achieving numerous legal and financial reforms, including remodeling the Scottish parliament after its English counterpart, and renewing the Auld Alliance with France. His actions, although very effective, upset many, namely the descendents of his grandfather, Robert II's second marriage (James was descended from the first marriage). Conflict arose between the two factions over who should be on the throne. The problems came to a head when James was murdered by his uncle Walter, Earl of Athol, at Friars Preachers Monastery in Perth. The king was 42. James was a handsome, accomplished man, being a poet, singer, and musician as well as a talented athlete, excelling at shotput and hammer throw.

James married Joan BEAUFORT, Queen Consort of Scotland on 2 Feb 1424 in St. Mary, Overy, Southwark, Surrey, London, England. Joan (daughter of John DE BEAUFORT, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret HOLLAND, Duchess of Clarence) was born on 27 Dec 1407 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland; was buried on 22 Nov 1445 in Carthusian Monastery, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: M72D-PDF
• Name: Joan BEAUFORT
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1424 and 1437, Scotland; Queen of Scotland
• Assassination attempt: 21 Feb 1437, Perth, Scotland; survived assassination attempt that killed James I
• Residence: 3 Aug 1439, Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; Imprisoned in Stirling Castle