LINKS

Links with Other Families

Scotland’s Fleming clan rose through service and kinship. Its chiefs forged alliances with the leading families of Scotland through marriage, bonds of manrent and royal service, and fought long and costly feuds with others. Some families, such as the Douglases and Livingstons, were by turns enemies and in-laws. Click an image to find out more about the family’s links with each of them.

Stewart
Lords, kinsmen and kings

Bruce
Early allies

Drummond
Three marriages

Livingstone
Enemies, then in-laws

Hamilton
Influential allies

Douglas
Feud, then marriage

Tweedie
The great feud

Lindsay
Marriages across centuries

Maule
of Panmure

Graham
of Montrose