Duchess Muriella de Keith

• Preferred Name: Duchess Muriella de Keith^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Alternate Name: Stewart
  
• Alternate Name: Muriel Stewart
  
• Gender: F
  
• Burial: 1449 in Inchmahome Priory, Inchmahome, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.1761 LONG: E4.2978
  
• MARRIED+BY+PAPAL+DISPENSATION: 4 MAY 1380 with note: Description: Papal dispensation issued dated 4 May 1380, married shortly after that
  
• Birth: 1358 in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.9646 LONG: E2.2086
  
• Death: 1 JUN 1449 in Buchanan Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.05 LONG: E4.4667 with note:
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Countess of MenteithABT 1360 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Graham,_Countess_of_Menteith
  
• Christening: in Scotland - Desc. of Earl Marischal at LATI: N6.8167 LONG: E4.184 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• After her marriage, Muriel Keith was styled as Duchess of Albany on 28 April 1398: 1398 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duchess of Albany
  
• SECOND+WIFE+OF+ROBERT+STEWART,+NOT+THE+SAME+AS+MARGARET+GRAHAM: with note: Description: Robert married Graham by Papal dispensation dated 9 September 1361,and after her death married Muriel Keith by Papal dispensation dated 4 May 1380. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10211.htm#i102101 Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219
  
• FSID: LZPW-3FK
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Muriella Kieth was the daughter of Sir William Keith, 12th Marischal of Scotland, and his wife Margaret Fraser Keith of Touchfraser. Her parents married about 1347 (certainly before 1351). Muriella was born at Dunotter Castle, seat of Clan Keith, in Kincardineshire, Scotland, her exact date of birth is not known. Muriella had 7 siblings, 3 older brothers and 4 sisters.
  
  Muriella was the 2nd wife of Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife and Duke of Albany, son of King Robert II of Scotland and his 1st wife Elizabeth Mure. They were married 4 May 1380 by Papal dispensation. Muriella and Robert had three children:
  - John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (1381–1424); killed at the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424.
  - Robert Stewart, Earl of Ross, died without issue
  - Lady Elizabeth Stewart, married to Malcolm Fleming
  
  Muriella's husband Robert died in 1420, Muriella herself died in 1449.
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  WILLIAM de Keith (-15 Oct [1407/09]). "Sir William of Keith marischal of Scotland" granted the lands of Mathers to Alexander of Berkley, with the consent of "Margaret his wife", by charter dated 3 May 1351[809]. The "Aberdeen Cathedral Breviary" records the death "15 Oct 140- [last digit illegible]" of William Keith the Marischal[810]. m MARGARET Fraser, daughter of JOHN Fraser & his wife ---. "Sir William of Keith marischal of Scotland" granted the lands of Mathers to Alexander of Berkley, with the consent of "Margaret his wife", by charter dated 3 May 1351[811]. William & his wife had children:
  
  a) JOHN Keith (-18 Mar 1374 [O.S.?]). The "Aberdeen Cathedral Breviary" records the death "18 Mar 1374" of John Keith, son of William Keith the Marischal[812]. m as her first husband, Lady JEAN Stewart, daughter of ROBERT II King of Scotland & his first wife Elizabeth Mure (-after 1404). She married secondly (1375) John Lyon of Glamis (-killed in battle 4 Nov 1382). She married thirdly ([Nov 1384]) James Sandilands of Calder (-before 9 Nov 1397). John & his wife had children:
  
  i) ROBERT Keith (-1401). The "Aberdeen Cathedral Breviary" records the death in 1401 of Robert Keith, son of John Keith[813]. Betrothed to ELIZABETH Graham, daughter of WILLIAM Graham of Kincardine & his wife ---. Balfour Paul states that Robert Keith was betrothed to "Elizabeth daughter of Sir William Graham" who had a dispensation dated 1 Aug 1404 to marry "Walter [Stewart] Earl of Caithness"[814].
  
  ii) ELIZABETH Keith . She was eventual sole heiress to her grandmother Margaret Fraser[815].
  
  b) ROBERT Keith (-before 20 Jul 1430).
  
  - KEITH, EARLS MARISCHAL.
  
  c) ALEXANDER Keith of Grandown (-after 2 Jun 1413). m ([1391/1403]) as her second husband, Lady MARJORIE Stewart, widow of JOHN Dunbar Earl of Moray, daughter of ROBERT II King of Scotland & his first wife Elizabeth Mure (-after 6 May 1417). The Papal dispensation for the marriage of "Johannis de Dovibar" and "Mariorie Senescalli", issued by Pope Urban V, is dated 11 Jul 1370[816]. Alexander & his wife had one child:
  
  i) CHRISTIAN Keith . m PATRICK Ogilvy, son of ALEXANDER Ogilvy, Sheriff of Angus & his wife ---.
  
  d) MURIELLA Keith (-before 1 Jun 1449). m (Papal dispensation 4 May 1380) as his second wife, ROBERT Stewart Earl of Fife, son of ROBERT Earl of Strathearn [later ROBERT II King of Scotland] & his wife his first wife Elizabeth Mure ([1340]-3 Sep 1420). Duke of Albany 28 Apr 1398.
  
  e) JANET Keith . m PHILIP de Arbuthnott, son of ---.
  
  f) MARGARET Keith (-after 1397). m JAMES Lindsay of Crawford, son of --- (-1397).
  
  g) ELIZABETH Keith (-[1436]). m firstly ADAM Gordon of Huntly, son of ---. m secondly NICHOLAS Erskine of Kinnoull, son of --- (-before Dec 1406). m thirdly (Papal dispensation 2 Nov 1411) THOMAS Somerville of Carnwath, son of ---.
  
  h) CHRISTIAN Keith . [m firstly] (Papal dispensation 1 Mar 1363) JOHN Hay, son of JOHN Hay of Tullibody & his wife ---. m [secondly] (before 27 Dec 1375) WILLIAM Lindsay of the Byres, son of ---.
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  Duchess of Albany. Name variations: Muriella Keith; Muriella de Keith; Muriel Stewart. Died on June 1, 1449; daughter of William Keith and Margaret Fraser ; became second wife of Robert Stewart (c. 1339–1420, son of Elizabeth Muir ), 1st duke of Albany (r. 1398–1420), who was prime minister to his brother Robert III, king of Scotland, and regent to James I, after May 4, 1380; children: John Stewart, 3rd earl of Buchan (1380–1424); Andrew Stewart (d. before 1413); Robert Stewart;Marjory Stewart (d. before 1432, who married Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Lochawe or Lochow);Elizabeth Stewart (who married Malcolm Fleming).
  
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  Robert III
  Robert Stuart 1st Duke Of Albany
  
  2. ROBERT STEWART,5 1st Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Menteith, Guardian of the Kingdom, born in 1339, died at Stirling Castle 2 Sept. 1420. Because his older brother, King Robert III, suffered from permanent lameness, Robert was appointed Guardian of the Kingdom and became the most powerful man in Scotland. In 1398 his nephew, the Crown Prince David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, began to challenge Robert’s power. However, Robert managed to imprison David in Falkland, one of Robert’s castles, where David died 27 March 1402, either from dysentery or from starvation. Thus having eliminated a dangerous rival, on 16 May 1402 a parliament in Edinburgh exonerated Robert from responsibility for his nephew’s death.
  
  In 1406 the king decided to send his only remaining son and heir, James, to France in order to prevent Robert from doing away with him as he had done away with David. But on or about 4 April 1406, the day King Robert III died, James was captured by the English, and he remained a prisoner in England until 1424. Instead of paying James’ ransom so he could return to Scotland and take the throne, Robert consolidated his own power and ruled Scotland with virtually a free hand until his death.
  
  Robert’s first wife (dispensation 9 Sept. 1361) was MARGARET DE MENTEITH, Countess of Menteith, only daughter of Sir John Graham, Earl of Menteith jure uxoris, and Mary, Countess of Menteith. Margaret died about 1380. The known children of Robert and Margaret are:
  
  3. MURDOCH STEWART, 2nd Duke of Albany, had issue.
  
  - Janet Stewart, eldest dau. of this marriage.
  
  Robert’s second wife was MURIELLA DE KEITH, eldest daughter of Sir William de Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland. Muriella died just before Whitsunday 1449. The known children of Robert and Muriella are:
  
  - John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, had issue.
  
  - Andrew Stewart, died ante 1413 without issue.
  
  - Robert Stewart, living 1431.
  
  Besides the above children, Robert had the following six daughters, but it is uncertain which of his wives was their mother. Most were probably Muriella’s:
  - Maria Stewart, married Sir William Abernethy of Saltoun, had issue.
  
  - Margaret Stewart, married Sir John Swinton of Swinton, had issue.
  
  - Joanna Stewart, married Sir John Stewart of Innermeath, had issue.
  
  - Isobel Stewart, married twice, had issue by both husbands.
  
  - NOTE- [ Marcellina (Marjory) Stewart,] md. Sir Duncan, 1st Lord Campbell, had issue.
  
  - Elizabeth Stewart, married Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, had issue.
  Albany married twice. Firstly, in 1361, he married Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, (1334–1380) a wealthy divorcee who took him as her fourth husband. His sister-in-law's claim to the Earldoms of Menteith and Fife allowed him to assume those titles after marriage. The couple had eight children, seven daughters and a son:
  
  Lady Janet Stewart (married Sir David de Moubray)
  Lady Mary Stewart (married Sir William Abernathy, 6th of Saltoun)
  Lady Margaret Stewart (married to Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk)
  Lady Joan Stewart (married Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorne and had descendants)
  Lady Beatrice Stewart (married Sir James Douglas of Balveny)
  Lady Isobel Stewart (married to Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross and later to Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton and had descendants)
  Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1362–1425) (Married Joan Douglas and later to Isabel, Countess of Lennox).
  Lady Margery (married Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell and had descendants)
  Margaret died in 1380 and Albany subsequently married Muriella Keith, with whom he had three children:
  
  John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (1381–1424); he fought in France against the English during the Hundred Years War, serving with distinction, but was killed at the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424.
  Robert Stewart, Earl of Ross, died without issue
  Lady Elizabeth Stewart (married to Malcolm Fleming, ancestor of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming)
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER.htm#MargaretGrahamMenteithdied1372 as of 12/7/2018
  
  MARGARET Graham (-[21 Jul 1372/4 May 1380]). Ctss of Menteith. John of Ford
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20UNTITLED.htm#WilliamKeithdied1410 as of 12/8/2018
  
  MURIELLA Keith (-before 1 Jun 1449).
  
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Muriella Keith - Event: ; ,Argyll, Scotland
   Author: "Heraldry Coat of Arms", Elliott, J. M., 12 Feb 2001, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A.~Kirk Larson~23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
   Note: Event: ; ,Argyll, Scotland Copyright © 1997-98-99 J.M. Elliott & On-Line-Publishing. All rightsreserved. "Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms. The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewasthat those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put theircrest or achieveme
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Muriella Keith - Unknown:
   Author: "Héraldique européenne", Arnaud Bunel , Coats of Arms for European Royalty and Nobility(http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org, Arnaud Bunel, 1998) , Internet, Arnaud Bunel, France~Arnaud Bunel~France
   Note: Unknown: "Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms. The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewasthat those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put theircrest or achieveme
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3248163161
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Marietta Keith -
   Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Keith01, Stewart02, Stewart06
   Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Muriella Keith - birth: 1351; Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
   Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants,1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A.~Kirk Larson~23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
   Note: birth: 1351; Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland death: Event: ; ,Argyll, Scotland
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6. Title: Muriella Keith in 'Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy' by Alison Weir
   Author: Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. See entry for Robert Stewart
   Publication: Name: https://www.readanybook.com/online/589286;
   Note: Part V The House of Stewart see page 219 Entry for Robert Stewart, Earl of Menteith Robert married secondly, after 4 May, 1380 (date of dispensation) (although no evidence exists as to where): Muriella She was the daughter of Sir William Keith by Margaret, daughter of John Fraser. She died shortly before 1 June, 1449. Issue of marriage: (i) John He was born in 1381 (?), and succeeded his father as Earl of Buchan before 20 September, 1406. He was killed on 17 August, 1424, at the Battle of Verneuil, France. John married, in November, 1413 (although no evidence exists as to where): Elizabeth She was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Duke of Touraine, by Margaret, daughter of Robert III. She married secondly Sir Thomas Stewart (d. by 1435), and thirdly William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney (d.1476/82), by whom she had issue: 1 William; he married Christina, daughter of George Leslie, Earl of Rothes, and had issue. 2 Katherine, Duchess of Albany ( Image Missingsee here, under James II). Elizabeth died before 1451. Issue of marriage: (a) Margaret She married George Seton, 1st Lord Seton (d.1478), before 1436, and had issue: 1 John, Master of Seton (d. by 1478); he married Christina (d.1496), daughter of John, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and had issue. 2 Dougal (?). (ii) Andrew He died before 1413. (iii) Robert He is said to have been killed on 17 August, 1424, at the Battle of Verneuil, France, but this is impossible as he was recorded as alive in 1431. (iv) Marjorie She married Duncan, 1st Lord Campbell of Lochawe (d.1453), and had issue: 1 Archibald or Celestine (d. by 1440); he married Elizabeth, daughter of John, 3rd Lord Somerville of Carwath. He is said to have married secondly a daughter of Murdoch, Duke of Albany ( Image Missing above), but this is improbable. Some sources name Marjorie as the mother of Colin, 1st Earl of Argyll (1431?–1493), and state that she died, possibly in childbed, before August, 1432. Colin was almost certainly the son of Lord Campbell by his second wife whom he married shortly after Marjorie’s death in c.1406. (v) Elizabeth She married Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld (executed 1440) before 28 June, 1413, and had issue: 1 Malcolm (d. after 1432). 2 Robert, Lord Fleming (d.1491); he married firstly Janet, daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, and had issue. He married secondly Margaret, daughter of John Lindsay of Covington. 3 Margaret; she married Patrick, Master of Gray. 4 Alexander Known as ‘the Wolf of Badenoch’, he was born in c.1343, and created Lord of Badenoch on 30 March, 1371. He was created Earl of Buchan on 22 July, 1382, and was styled Earl of Ross in right of his wife from July, 1382. Alexander died before 1406: a possible date is 24 July, 1394. However, he may have died as late as 25 March, 1406. Other possible dates are 20 February, 1395 (but here there is possible confusion with the date of his wife’s death), 1 August, 1405, or any date between August, 1405, and March, 1406. He was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire. Alexander had the following illegitimate issue: By Margaret Atheyn: 1 Alexander, Earl of Mar (1375?–1435); he married Elizabeth, Countess of Mar (1360?–1408). 2 Duncan. 3 Andrew of Sandhauch, Banffshire; a knight. 4 Walter. 5 James. 6 Robert of Atholl. 7 Margaret; she married Robert, Earl of Sutherland (d.1427), and had issue. Alexander married, on or before 22/24 July, 1382 ~
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Muriella Keith, Duchess of Albany -
   Author: visitation of oxford , p 16 . quarterly shows Robert throckmorton married the daughter of Maurice Lord Berkeley, harlien (---)
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8. Title: Muriel Keith - the Peerage.com
   Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10800.htm#i107991;
   Note: Muriel Keith1 F, #107991, d. before 1 June 1449 Last Edited=7 Oct 2012 Muriel Keith was the daughter of Sir William Keith and Margaret Fraser.1 She married Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, son of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, after 4 May 1380, by Papal dispensation.2 She died before 1 June 1449.3 From after 4 May 1380, her married name became Stewart. After her marriage, Muriel Keith was styled as Duchess of Albany on 28 April 1398. Children of Muriel Keith and Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany Andrew Stewart4 d. c 1413 Sir Robert Stewart4 d. a 1431 Lady Elizabeth Stewart+4 John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan+1 b. c 1381, d. 17 Aug 1424 Citations [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 78. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 79. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 220.
   
9. Title: Keith, Muriel (d. 1449) - Encyclopedia.com
   Publication: Name: https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/keith-muriel-d-1449;
   Note: Keith, Muriel (d. 1449) Duchess of Albany. Name variations: Muriella Keith; Muriella de Keith; Muriel Stewart. Died on June 1, 1449; daughter of William Keith and Margaret Fraser ; became second wife of Robert Stewart (c. 1339–1420, son of Elizabeth Muir ), 1st duke of Albany (r. 1398–1420), who was prime minister to his brother Robert III, king of Scotland, and regent to James I, after May 4, 1380; children: John Stewart, 3rd earl of Buchan (1380–1424); Andrew Stewart (d. before 1413); Robert Stewart;Marjory Stewart (d. before 1432, who married Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Lochawe or Lochow);Elizabeth Stewart (who married Malcolm Fleming).
   
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    Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: :3281087.
    
11. Title: Roots Web World Connect Project
    Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: :3281087.