[Vigilanteman]

Later than that. Both Cardinal Wolsey (under Henry VIII) and Cardinal Richelieu (under Louis XIII, nearly a century later) were married.

Richelieu was also said to have multiple mistresses and to have spread his seed far and wide.

Wolsey, so far as we know, stuck to one wife and fathered a son and a daughter.

[Texan5]

I’ve read that, too-also, Peter-who is considered the 1st pope by Catholics-was married.

Plenty of popes-particularly in the middle ages-were not even close to celibate, even after the 12th century papal bull requiring it-they certainly would have been better off marrying and legitimizing their kids...