Margaret FRASER [7500] ¹⁷⁶⁷

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  General Notes:

Margaret Fraser of Touchfraser was the only child of John Fraser of Touchfraser and his wife Mary Bissett.
Her father was the son of Alexander Fraser Lord High Chamberlin of Scotland for King Robert I (Robert the Bruce) and Mary Bruce, younger sister of Robert the Bruce. John's parents died when he was young and he inherited vast land holdings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland including Touch fraser and the Barony of Cowie. John himself died young leaving Margaret as his sole heir.
Margaret married Sir William Keith, 12th Marischal of Scotland, some time before May 1351. She was named as his wife in a charter dated May 3 1351.
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About Margaret Fraser of Touchfraser, heiress of Touchfraser
Margaret Fraser
parents: John Fraser of Touchfraser
Married Sir William Keith, son of Sir William Keith, before 3 May 1351.
Children of Margaret Fraser and Sir William Keith include

1.Sir John Keith+4 d. b 27 Dec 1375
2.Margaret Keith+
3.Christiana Keith+4
4.Muriel Keith+1 d. b 1 Jun 1449
5.Elizabeth Keith+ d. c 1437
6.Sir Robert Keith+4 d. b 20 Jul 1430, who succeeded
7. Sir Alexander of Grandown
Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 219, says she is son of John's father, Alexander, Cockayne, vol I, page 79 also states this and vol XIV page 15 corects this.
.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 15. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2195. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
The Scots peerage founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Published 1904 by D. Douglas in Edinburgh. Page 36. "Margaret, only child and heiress of John Fraser (and granddaughter of Sir Alexander Fraser, High Chamberlain of Scotland,) and Mary, sister of King Robert l."
The Frasers of Philorth, Volume 1 (Google eBook). Alexander Fraser Saltoun (baron). 1879 - Reference. Page 79. "John Fraser of Touch-Fraser etc. died ante 1361. Left an only daughter and heiress, Margaret Fraser, married Sir William de Keith, the Marischal."

Heiress of Touchfraser.
Mary could not be the daughter of Alexander "5th Laird of Lovat" Fraser, according to TSP (The Scots Peerage), because Alexander was born in 1374.

Lady Margaret Fraser, of Touchfraser was the only child of John Fraser of Touchfraser and Mary Bisset.
Born 1337 in Touch, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Married before 3 May 1351 in Scotland to Sir William Keith, 12th Marischal of Scotland
Children:
Sir John de Keith 1350\endash 1375
Janet Keith 1351\endash 1421
Margaret Keith 1352\endash 1397
Muriella Keith, Duchess of Albany 1353\endash 1449
Christiana Keith 1358\endash 1435
Lady Elizabeth Keith of Aboyne 1361\endash 1436??
Robert de Keith, Marischal of Scotland 1363\endash 1430
Alexander Keith of Grandown 1365\endash 1413

The Life Summary of Margaret
When Lady Margaret Fraser was born in 1337, in Touchfraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland, her father, John Fraser of Touch Fraser, was 20 and her mother, Mary, was 20. She married Sir William Keith, 12th Marischal of Scotland, before 3 May 1351, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 3 September 1410, at Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at the age of 73, and was buried at Dunnottar Castle Cemetery.
Her father was the son of Alexander Fraser, Lord High Chamberlin of Scotland for King Robert I (Robert the Bruce) and Mary Bruce, younger sister of Robert the Bruce. John's parents died when he was young, and he inherited vast land holdings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland including Touchfraser and the Barony of Cowie. John himself died young leaving Margaret as his sole heir.
Margaret was named as his wife in a charter dated May 3, 1351.
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Sir William Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland, for encroaching on consecrated ground by building a tower upon the Rock of Dunottar, which had been previously occupied by the parish church.
In 1401 he got from Robert a charter of tailzie of the office of Marischal, barony of Keith, barony of Aden, forest of Kintore, and other lands. Sir William was still alive on 2 May 1407, when he granted a charter of the lands of Aboyne. He died before 1410 having married Margaret, the only child and heiress of John Fraser (and granddaughter of Sir Alexander Fraser, High Chamberlain of Scotland), and Mary, sister of King Robert I. With this lady he obtained large estates, including the forest of Cowie, which was in the Marischal's possession in 1359, Strachan and Fetteresso, and the lands of Aboyne and Strathekin.
By her he left issue:
1. John, who married Jean, youngest daughter of King Robert, by Elizabeth Mure. On 17 January 1373-74
2. Sir Robert, who succeeded.
3. Sir Alexander
4. Muriella, married, in terms of a papal dispensation dated 4 May 1380, as his second wife, to Robert, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, and by him had issue.
5. Janet, married to Philip de Arbuthnott.
6. Margaret, married to Sir James de Lindsay of Crawford. She survived her husband, who died in 1397.
7. Elizabeth, married, first, to Sir Adam Gordon of Huntly; secondly, to Sir Nicholas Erskine of Kinnoull, who died before December 1406 ; and thirdly, to Thomas Somerville of Carnwath.
She succeeded her mother in some of her large estates, including Aboyne. She died about 1436, having had issue.
8. Christian, had dispensation to marry John, son of John Hay of Tullibody, 1 March 1363. Later, before 27 December 1375, she was married to Sir William Lindsay of the Byres.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Title Of Nobility: Baroness of Cowie and Lady of Touchfraser, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁷⁰

2. Title Of Nobility: Heiress Of Holkettle, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁷⁰

Margaret married William KEITH 2nd Lord Marischal [7499] [MRIN: 5667], son of Sir Edward KEITH 1st Lord of Sinton [7511] and Isabella SYNTON [7512], before 3 May 1351 in Dunnotar, Kincardine, Scotland.¹⁷⁶⁹ (William KEITH 2nd Lord Marischal [7499] was born in 1308 in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,¹⁷⁶⁷ died on 2 May 1407 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland ¹⁷⁶⁷ and was buried on 2 June 1407 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland ¹⁷⁶⁷.)