Ancestral Trails 2016 » Alexander SETON (1164-± 1246)

Personal data Alexander SETON 

  • He was born in the year 1164 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • He died about 1246 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.

Household of Alexander SETON

He has/had a relationship with Jean BERKELEY.


Child(ren):

  1. Bertram SETON  1180-???? 


Notes about Alexander SETON

Son of Phillip de Seytoune (d 1179), and Alice (only dau of Waldeve, 4th Earl of Dunbar). He lived in the reign of William I of Scotland, witnessed a donation of William I, of the church of Strathardel, to the monastery of Dunfermline.

Alexander de Seytoun (1) (d c1211). Designed "son of Philip" in the charters of Dunfermline and Aberbrothick. He witnessed many charters of Alexander II, particularly his confirmation of all donations made by his predecessors to the Abbey of Kinloss, 1226. Dominus Alexander de Seton (and his brother Thomas de Seton) witnessed a charter of Sir David de Graham to the monastery of Sottray between 1227 and 1230. Alexander de Seton witnessed a donation of Sayer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, to the Abbey of Dumfermline, before 1233, and is also mentioned in a donation of the same Earl to the monastery of Newbottle, about the same period.

Alexander married Jean de Berkeley (dau of Sir Walter de Berkeley or Barclay, Chamberlain to the King).
SOURCE: http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/directory/Descents/early_seton_descent.htm

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander SETON

Alexander SETON
1164-± 1246


Jean BERKELEY
1169-????

Bertram SETON
1180-????

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