A seat or Family Seat is the principal residence of a lord, noble, or aristrocrat, and his family. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, and political influence of the family within a given area. Some families took their dynasty name from their family seat (Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Windsor), or named their family seat after their own dynasty name. A residence may be a house, a place to live, like a nursing home. ... For other uses, see Lord (disambiguation). ... Look up Noble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noble can refer to: Nobility, a hereditary caste Nobel Prize, awarded to people who have made outstanding contributions to society Noble gas, chemical elements in group 18 (old-style Group 0) of the periodic table Noble metal, metals that are resistant to... Although the term social is a crucial category in social science and often used in public discourse, its meaning is often vague, suggesting that it is a fuzzy concept. ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [okos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. ... // For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation). ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. ... Windsor may refer to many places and other things. ...

The term family seat was first recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book where it was listed as the word caput. The term continues to be used in the British Isles today. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

For examples of family seats, see also:

• English Nobility Family Seats

• Scottish Nobility Family Seats

• Irish Nobility Family Seats

• Welsh Nobility Family Seats