page_title: House of Bethune
section_title: Descendants of the Cardinal
hierarchical_section_title: House of Bethune / Possibly related families / Descendants of the Cardinal
caption_attribution_description: English: Melgund Castle before restoration
context_page_description: The House of Bethune is a French noble house from the province of Artois in the north of France whose proven filiation dates back to Guillaume de Béthune who made his will in 1213. This family became extinct in 1807 with Maximilien-Alexandre de Béthune, duke of Sully.
  There are other families called de Bethune or Bethune, but their links with the house of Bethune is not proven.
context_section_description: Marion Ogilvy, lifelong partner of David, Cardinal Bethune, had at least eight children, whose descendants have spread throughout the world.
  Margaret, their eldest daughter, in 1546 married David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford.
  David, their eldest son, 2nd Laird of Melgund, in 1553 married Margaret Lindsay, daughter of the 5th Lord Lindsay of The Byres.
  Agnes, another daughter, married James Ochterlonie of Kellie, and secondly George Gordon, 3rd of Gight, and thirdly Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun.
  Alexander, another son, Laird of Hospitalfield & Carsgownie, was ancestor of Thomas, Laird of Tarvet, who acquired the estate of Kilconquhar in Fife, and was father of Margaret (1704–1778), wife of George Lindsay, 5th of Wormiston, and ancestress of the Earls of Lindsay.
caption: Melgund Castle before restoration
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