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William Keith

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• • 17th Generation — 14th Great-grandfather of Wernher von Braun
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 120256 
  • Father:
  • William Keith   
  • Mother:
  • Mariot Erskine   
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  • from 24 Nov 1526 to 2 May 1527 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Gordon
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 11 Jan 1481/1482 
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  • Child:
  • Robert Keith 
  • Notes: 

  • 2nd Earl of Marischal

• Sources for William Keith

  • ¹ Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 1610.
  • ² Paul, Sir James Balfour, ed., The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. 6, Edinburgh: David Douglas (1909), 41-45, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 56.