George Keith, (4th or) 5th Earl Marischal was born 1553 in Scotland, United Kingdom to William Keith, Master of Marischal (-1580) and Elizabeth Hay (-) and died 1623 of unspecified causes. He married Margaret Home (c1565-1598) 4 February 1581 JL . He married Margaret Ogilvy (-) 1599 .
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (1553-1623) | 1553 Scotland, United Kingdom | 1623 | Margaret Home (c1565-1598) Margaret Ogilvy (-) |
[[William Keith, d. 1577
3. Robert Keith 4. John Keith]] || || || | |||
| 5. Margaret Keith | |||
[[6. Jean Keith
7. Mary Keith 8. Barbara Keith (sort these out soon)]] || || || | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Anne Keith (-) | |||
(Not checked yet)
Introduction
George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal was a Scottish nobleman and Earl Marischal. He succeeded as earl on 7 October 1581, upon the death of his grandfather, William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal.
Career
Described as one of the most important and powerful men of his day in Scotland, he was sent as ambassador to Denmark in 1589 to negotiate the marriage of King James VI of Scotland to Anne of Denmark. He founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593 and was Royal commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland in 1609. He rebuilt his family seat of Keith Marischal in 1589, and also constructed new buildings at Dunnottar Castle.
Family
He married firstly (c.Feb 1581) Margaret, the daughter of Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home, by whom he had:
- William, 6th Earl Marischal.
- Anne, who married William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton.
- Margaret, who married in 1615 (as his 1st wife) Sir Robert Arbuthnott, of that ilk but had no issue by him, though http://www.thepeerage.com/p1678.htm#i16772 says she had a daughter, Elizabeth Keith, from her earlier marriage to Sir William Keith of Ludquharne.
- Mary Keith, who married John Campbell of Cawdor
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal (c1585-1635) | 1585 | 28 October 1635 | Mary Erskine (-1648) |
| Anne Keith (bef1589-1648) | 1589 | 30 May 1649 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom | William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582-1648) |
| Margaret Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Keith of Benholm (-) | |||
| Alexander Keith (c1611-) | |||
| John Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-1620) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Keith (-) | |||
He married secondly (c.1599), Margaret Ogilvy or Ogilvie, daughter of James Ogilvy, 6th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, by whom he had:
- James Keith of Benholm, who had no male issue.
- John Keith who had no issue.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p2577.htm#i25761 lists those two but giving them no names; citation is BP2003 volume 2, page 2195. Genealogics, however, listing five sources, gives the Margaret Ogilvy marriage two additional though childless children - Alexander christened in 1611 and Mary dying in 1620 - and gives John a daughter.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal (c1585-1635) | 1585 | 28 October 1635 | Mary Erskine (-1648) |
| Anne Keith (bef1589-1648) | 1589 | 30 May 1649 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom | William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582-1648) |
| Margaret Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Keith of Benholm (-) | |||
| Alexander Keith (c1611-) | |||
| John Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-1620) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Keith (-) | |||
He appears to have had a productive liaison with a third woman: thePeerage.com shows daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, but Wikipedia and Genealogics show Margaret as daughter of Margaret Home, which we follow here. However, Elizabeth's dates are problematical; thePeerage says she was married to Alexander Irvine of Drum in 1552. Geni is another site that shows William's daughter Elizabeth marrying Irvine -
https://www.geni.com/people/William-Keith/6000000002116065206?through=6000000003043305527. A query has been posted to the managers of each site.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal (c1585-1635) | 1585 | 28 October 1635 | Mary Erskine (-1648) |
| Anne Keith (bef1589-1648) | 1589 | 30 May 1649 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom | William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582-1648) |
| Margaret Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Keith of Benholm (-) | |||
| Alexander Keith (c1611-) | |||
| John Keith (-) | |||
| Mary Keith (-1620) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Keith (-) | |||
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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References
- A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, 1883.
- "Keith, George, fourth Earl Marischal". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15263. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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| Preceded by The Duke of Lennox |
Lord High Commissioner 1609–1617 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Hamilton |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by William Keith |
Earl Marischal 1581–1623 |
Succeeded by William Keith |
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