Clan Seton

It was during the reign of King David I that the Seton Family firmly established themselves in Scotland. Before that the family was previously known as de Lens, of the House of Boulogne and seniors of the ancient Carolingian line descended from the Emperor Charlemagne from the eldest son of Count Lambert de Lens from his first marriage. It was Count Lambert's eldest son, the Seigneur (or Seier) de Lens who held lands in both Northumbria and Scotland. Seier is the corrupted scots-french word from old French for Baron, from "Seigneur".

Count Lambert died when the boys were too young to administer to the important estate of Lens, and thus they followed the Flemish military contingent into England with their half-sister's husband, Duke William of Normandy, in his quest for the English crown and settled there in the north following William's success. Count Lambert himself was the second son of his father, Eustace I of Boulogne, and brother of Eustace II, and they were lineally descended in both Eustace I's mother and father from King Charles I, Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor and the first of the Carolingian Empire..... .... more

Seton clan crest

• A1. Saier de Lens de Seton;  ==>  Counts of Boulogne
  • B1. Dougall de Seton, d:1142;
    • C1. Secher de Seton;
      • D1. Alexander de Seton;
        • E1. Phillip de Seton, lvd:1177;
          • F1. Alexander de Seton, lvd:1195, m. Margaret de Berkeley  ==>  Berkeley family
            • G1. Adam de Seton, d:1249, m. Jane Gifford;
              • H1. Barbara de Seton, m. Sir William De Keith;  <==  Clan Keith
            • G2. Christopher de Seton, d:1269, m. Maud de Percy;
              • H1. John de Seton;
                • I1. Sir Christopher de Seton, Governor of Berwick, m. Christian Bruce;  ==>  Clan Bruce
                  • J1. Margaret de Seton, m. Sir John de Elphinstone;  <==  Clan Elphinstone
            • G3. Sir Seyer de Seton, m. Margaret Cumyn;
              • H1. Sir Alexander de Seton, m. Christian Cheyne;  ==>  Clan Cheyne
                • I1. Sir John de Seton;
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  • J1. Margaret de Seton, m. Alan de Wyntoun;
    • K1. Christiana de Seton, m. George Dunbar;  <==  Clan Dunbar
    • K2. Sir William de Seton, m. Janet Fleming;
      • L1. Sir Alexander de Seton, Lord Gordon, lvd:1408/1440, m. Elisabeth Gordon;  <==  Clan Gordon
      • L2. Sir John de Seton, m. Catherine St. Clair;  ==>  Clan Sinclair
        • M1. Christian de Seton, m. Sir Norman Leslie;  <==  Clan Leslie
        • M2. Sir William de Seton, m. Janet Dunbar;  ==>  Clan Dunbar
          • N1. Catherine Seton, m. Sir Alan Stewart;
          • N2. George Seton, 1st Lord, lvd:1436, m. Margaret Stewart;  <==  House of Stewart
            • O1. John, Master of Seton, m. Christian Lindsay;  ==>  Clan Lindsay
              • P1. George Seton, 2nd Lord, d:1508, m. Margaret Campbell;  ==>  Clan Campbell
                • Q1. George Seton, 3rd Lord, d:1513 Flodden, m. Janet Hepburn;
                  • R1. George Seton, 4th Lord, d:1549, m. Elizabeth Hay;  ==>  Clan Hay
                    • S1. Marion Seton, d:1567, m. John Graham;  <==  Clan Graham