William Keith of Galston
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Sir William Keith of Galston
(d.1336) was a Scottish
Knight who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence
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Keith was in command of troops under Sir James Douglas
at the Capture of Berwick
in 1318.
Upon the death of Robert I of Scotland
in 1329 he accompanied Sir James Douglas on crusade in Spain, with the King's enbalmed heart. He was one of the few survivors of Douglas's party of knights and men-at-arms who survived the Battle of Teba
. He was responsible for returning The King's heart and Douglas's Bones and Heart to Scotland, where the King's heart was buried at Melrose, and Douglas's remains solemnly interred in the Kirk of St Bride in Douglas
.
He was in command at Berwick again in 1333 when the disastrous English victory at Halidon Hill
took place.
In 1335 Keith was an ambassador to England, and in 1336 he was fighting at the Siege of Stirling Castle, where he was killed.
Galston, East Ayrshire
Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland which has a population of 5000 . It is situated in wooded countryside 4 miles up-river from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. Galston is located in the Loudoun area...
(d.1336) was a Scottish
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
Knight who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the independent Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries....
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Life
Keith was the son of Robert de Keith, and grandson of John de Keith King's MarischalEarl Marischal
The title of Earl Marischal was created in the peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland.The office of "Marischal of Scotland" had been held heritably by the senior member of the Keith family since Hervey de Keith, who held the office of Marischal under Malcolm IV and...
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Keith was in command of troops under Sir James Douglas
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
Sir James Douglas , , was a Scottish soldier and knight who fought in the Scottish Wars of Independence.-Early life:...
at the Capture of Berwick
Capture of Berwick
The Capture of Berwick was an event in the First War of Scottish Independence which took place in April 1318. Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas took the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English, who had controlled the town since 1296....
in 1318.
Upon the death of Robert I of Scotland
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...
in 1329 he accompanied Sir James Douglas on crusade in Spain, with the King's enbalmed heart. He was one of the few survivors of Douglas's party of knights and men-at-arms who survived the Battle of Teba
Battle of Teba
The Battle of Teba took place in August 1330, in the valley below the fortress of Teba, now a town in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain...
. He was responsible for returning The King's heart and Douglas's Bones and Heart to Scotland, where the King's heart was buried at Melrose, and Douglas's remains solemnly interred in the Kirk of St Bride in Douglas
Douglas, South Lanarkshire
Douglas is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark. The placename is of Gaelic origin, derived from the Old Gaelic...
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He was in command at Berwick again in 1333 when the disastrous English victory at Halidon Hill
Battle of Halidon Hill
The Battle of Halidon Hill was fought during the Second War of Scottish Independence. Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated on unfavourable terrain while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed.-The Disinherited:...
took place.
In 1335 Keith was an ambassador to England, and in 1336 he was fighting at the Siege of Stirling Castle, where he was killed.
Issue
William Keith had a daughter:- Janet Keith, married 1st David Hamilton of CadzowDavid Hamilton of CadzowDavid Hamilton of Cadzow, 3rd Laird of Cadzow was a Scottish nobleman. The son of David fitz Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow, he was born at Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire....
; married 2nd Alexander Stewart of DarnleyAlexander Stewart of Darnley (d.1404)-Life:He was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley. It is not known who his first wife was, but evidence that his son John Stewart of Darnley bore the emblems of Clan Turnbull as a quartering on his arms, suggests that she was of that blood. By this unknown spouse Darnley had six...
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Sources
- Balfour Paul, Sir JamesJames Balfour PaulSir James Balfour Paul, KCVO was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926....
, Scots Peerage IX vols. London 1909.http://www.archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun06pauluoft - Burke, Sir BernardBernard BurkeSir John Bernard Burke, CB was a British officer of arms and genealogist.-Personal life:He was born in London, and was educated in London and in France. His father, John Burke , was also a genealogist, and in 1826 issued a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the...
,Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 31st ed. London 1869. http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00inburk