Seton family

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The Seton family is a historic Scottish noble lineage prominent in the northeast of Scotland and long associated with estates such as Fyvie Castle.

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Seton family canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family
associatedWithEstate Fyvie Castle
Seton Palace
Winton Castle
category Families associated with Fyvie Castle
Medieval Scottish nobility
Scottish noble families
coatOfArms or, three crescents within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules
country Kingdom of Scotland
ethnicOrigin Scottish
hereditaryRole Scottish peerage
historicalSignificance prominent Scottish noble lineage in the Middle Ages
supporters of the House of Stuart
involvedInEvent Jacobite risings
Scottish Reformation
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
languageHistoricallySpoken Scots
Scottish Gaelic
linkedClan Clan Seton
nobleTitleHeld Earl of Dunfermline
Earl of Winton
Lord Seton
notableFor loyalty to Mary, Queen of Scots
ownership of major estates in East Lothian and Aberdeenshire
notableMember Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston
George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton
George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton
George Seton, 4th Lord Seton
George Seton, 5th Lord Seton
originPeriod High Middle Ages
politicalAlignment Royalist
region northeast of Scotland
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
seat Fyvie Castle
Seton Palace
Winton Castle
status extinct in male line for principal titles
supportedDynasty House of Stuart

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fyvie Castle ownedBy Seton family
Earl of Winton nobleFamily Seton family
Earl of Winton traditionalTitleOf Seton family
Johnny Case associatedWithFamily Seton family
Edward Seton memberOfFamily Seton family