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A seat or family seat is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social economic political or historic connection 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. The term family seat was first recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book where it was listed as the word caput.