Christian Menteih of Arran

• Preferred Name: Christian Menteih of Arran
  
• Alternate Name: Christian de Keith
  
• Gender: F
  
• Birth: 1305 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N7.1508 LONG: E2.0948
  
• Death: 1387 in Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N5.4833 LONG: E2.8333
  
• Burial: 1387 in Scotland
  
• FSID: G4RL-VZV
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 1360
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The Life Summary of Christian
  When Christian Menteith of Arran was born in March 1320, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her father, John Menteith, was 50 and her mother, Helena or Elyne De Mar of Rusky and Knapdale, was 28. She had at least 1 daughter with Sir Edward de Keith 11th Marischal of Scotland. She died in 1387, in Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 67, and was buried in Scotland, United Kingdom.
  
  Christian Menteith (also Christiana) was the daughter of John Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen (Helen) of Mar.
  Christian married Sir Edward Keith, 11th Marischal of Scotland, becoming his 2nd wife. Together they had one daughter:
  - Janet Keith, who married Sir David Barclay of Brechin and then Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.
  
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  Foundation for Medieval Geneology
  https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20UNTITLED.htm#JohnKeithdied1374
  
  EDWARD de Keith of Sinton, son of WILLIAM de Keith & his wife --- (-before 1351).
  
  m firstly (before Jul 1305) ISABELLA Sinton, daughter of ---.
  
  m secondly CHRISTIANA, daughter of JOHN Menteith Lord of Arran & his wife Ellen of Mar. Depositions dated 6 Oct 1447 made by “Andreas de Keth de Inverwgy etatis octoginta annorum” state that “domini Roberti de Erskyne comitis de Marr” was descended from “domino comiti de Marr dicto Gartnay”, recording that “dictus comes Gartnay de Marr genuit Donaldum comitem de Marr et duas filias”, that the sisters of Earl Donald married “una cum Roberto de Broyss Rege [incorrect] que sine liberis decessit et alia soror...Domino Johanne de Menteth” by whom she had two daughters, of whom the older married “Dominus Edwardus de Keth qui genuit ex ea Jonetam” who married “Domino Thoma de Erskyn” who fathered “Dominum Robertum de Erskyn comitem de Marr sepedictum”[808]. She married secondly as his second wife, Robert Erskine of that Ilk.
  
  Edward & his first wife had two children:
  
  1. 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 ---.
  
  2. JOHN de Keith . m (Papal dispensation 12 Mar 1369) MARIOT de Chen, daughter of REGINALD de Chen & his wife Mary de Moray.
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  Sir Edward Keith married first, before July 1305, Isabella de Synton,[4] daughter of Alexander de Synton.[3] Together they had:
  
  Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland, succeeded his father as 12th Marischal of Scotland.[3]
  John Keith, who married (with a dispensation dated 12 March 1368/9) Mariota de Cheyne, daughter of Reginald de Cheyne.[5]
  Catherine Keith, who married Alexander Barclay and were the ancestors of the Barclays of Ury.[6]
  He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John de Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar. They had one daughter:
  
  Janet Keith, who married first, Sir David Barclay of Brechin.[7] She married secondly, before 13 April 1370, Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER.htm#EuphemeRossM1JohnRandolphMoray as of 12/9/2018
  
  CHRISTIANA . Depositions dated 6 Oct 1447 made by “Andreas de Keth de Inverw
  
  === see Complete Peerage p 471 under Marisch ===
  see Complete Peerage p 471 under Marischal in the (f) footnote

• m. ABT 1342 in Scotland

1. Janet de Keith of Syntoun, b. 1342 in Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 1413 in Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

• m. BEF 1342