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William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal
William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (d. 7 October 1581) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.
==Family background and career==
William Keith was the son of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal and Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton.〔Bernard Burke, ''Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (Burke's Peerage/Genealogical Publishing Co., 1883/1985, 1996) p. 303〕 He succeeded his grandfather, William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.〔George Edward Cokayne, ''The complete peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times'', Volume VIII (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1932), p. 477〕 He was one of the earls who accompanied James V to France for his marriage to Madeleine of Valois, daughter of King Francis I of France. The wedding took place on 1 January 1537 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and was followed by days of Jousting at the Louvre.〔Guy-Michel Leproux, ''La Peinture à Paris sous le règne de François Ier'' (Presses de l'Universite de Paris-Sarbonne, 2001), p. 26〕
He fought at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, in which the Scots were defeated by the English forces led by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset in a bloody battle that was part of the War of the Rough Wooing.〔George MacDonald Fraser, ''The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers'' (Skyhorse Publishing, NY, 2006), p. 252〕 Keith was said to have been in favour of the proposed marriage between the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, and Prince Edward of England, son of King Henry VIII.〔''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol. VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), pp. 46-7〕 He held the Office of Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1541, 1561, and lastly in 1573.
In 1561, he was a member of Queen Mary's Privy Council.〔 Later, the Earl Marischal retired with his great fortune to a secluded life at Dunnottar Castle becoming known locally as "William of the Tower."〔''Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts'', Volume 3, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, London, 1872〕 The Earl died on 7 October 1581〔
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