1. David Beaton was educated at the universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and in his sixteenth year was sent to Paris, where he studied civil and canon law.
11 Facts About David Beaton
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In 1525 David Beaton returned from France and took a seat as Lord Abbot of Arbroath Abbey in the Scottish Parliament.
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David Beaton took a leading part in the negotiations connected with the King's marriages, first with Madeleine of France, and afterwards with Mary of Guise.
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Politically, David Beaton was preoccupied with the maintenance of the Franco-Scottish alliance, and opposing Anglophile political attitudes, which were associated with the clamour for Protestant reform in Scotland.
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David Beaton tried to become one of the regents for the infant sovereign Mary, Queen of Scots.
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David Beaton based his claim on an alleged will of the late King; but the will was generally regarded as forged, and The 2nd Earl of Arran, heir presumptive to the throne, was declared regent.
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In 1543 David Beaton regained power, having earlier drawn up the "Secret Bond" against the marriage.
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Plots against Cardinal David Beaton had begun circulating as early as 1544.
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At the time of his death, David Beaton was Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Archbishop of St Andrews, and Cardinal Legate in Scotland.
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David Beaton was succeeded as Archbishop of Saint Andrews by Dr John Hamilton.
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Cardinal David Beaton's mistress, Marion Ogilvy, was born in 1500, the youngest daughter of James Ogilvy, 1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie.