Alan de Wyntoun

Alan de Wyntoun (died c. 1347) was a Scottish soldier and crusader.

Life[]

Wyntoun was the son of Alan de Winton and Margaret de Bothwell. Alan abducted Margaret de Seton for the purposes of forcing her to marry him. This marriage led to a sanguinary contest with rival and disappointed suitors, called ‘the Wyntoun’s war".^[1] Upon the entering into the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, of his father-in-law, Alan became known as Lord of Seton, jure uxoris of his wife. He took up the cross in 1347 and died while on his way.

Marriage and issue[]

Alan married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Alexander de Seton and Christian le Cheyne, they are known to have had the following issue,^[2] who adopted the Seton arms and name:

• William Seton, 1st Lord Seton, married Janet Fleming had issue.
• Christiana Seton, married George Dunbar, 10th Earl of March had issue.

Citations[]

References[]

• Fordun (1447). Scotichronicon. Vol. II.
• Burke, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (27 ed.). Harrison and Sons.