Editing David Beaton (section)

==Marion Ogilvy==
Cardinal Beaton's mistress, [[Marion Ogilvy]], was born in 1500, the youngest daughter of James Ogilvy, 1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie. After the deaths of her parents, she managed the family estates in Angus. Around 1520 she met and fell in love with David Beaton. They lived together in [[Ethie Castle]] and produced eight children. According to Margaret H.B. Sanderson, their relationship, which appeared little different from marriage, deeply offended fellow Catholics who desired the [[Counter-Reformation]]. Furthermore, the [[double standard]], under which the Cardinal prosecuted Protestants who advocated the marriage of the clergy for [[heresy in Christianity|heresy]], yet lived in blatant violation of his own vow of [[clerical celibacy]], proved highly damaging in the long run to the Catholic Church in Scotland.<ref name="sanderson">[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66295 Sanderson, Margaret H. B., "Ogilvy, Marion (d. 1575)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 accessed 15 Nov 2013]</ref>

Cardinal Beaton's oldest surviving son, [[David Beaton of Melgund]], converted to [[Protestantism]], and later became master of the household to [[James VI and I|James VI]] and to [[Anne of Denmark]]. His daughter Margaret married [[David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford]], and Agnes married Alexander Gordon of [[Gight]].{{cn|date=May 2021}}