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Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret 1562–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland

Death Date: 24 November 1602

Death Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: Gerald FitzGerald

Mother: Joan Fitzgerald

Spouse(s): Grissel Fitzpatrick

Children(s): Elisabeth Butler, Helena Butler, John Poyntz

In 1562, Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret entered the world in Leinster, Leinster, Ireland, born to Gerald Fitzgerald And Joan Fitzgerald. Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret married Grissel Fitzpatrick, and had children including Elisabeth Butler, Helena Butler, John Poyntz. Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret passed away in 1602 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1562, Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret entered the world in Leinster, Leinster, Ireland, born to Gerald Fitzgerald And Joan Fitzgerald.
  • Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret married Grissel Fitzpatrick, and had children including Elisabeth Butler, Helena Butler, John Poyntz.
  • Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret passed away in 1602 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Edmund Mountgarret's Ancestors

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Edmund Mountgarret
1562–1602
Birth Place: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
Parents
Gerald FitzGerald
1533–1583
Ireland
Joan Fitzgerald
1514–1569
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Grandparents
James (Fitz Maurice) FitzGerald
1480–1529
County Cork, Ireland
Lady (Margaret Countess of Castletown Ireland Windsor Ormond) Fitzgerald
1472–1542
Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Gerald Kildare
1450–1513
Alice Fitz-Eustache
1455–1495
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund Mountgarret's Descendants

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Edmund (Butler 2nd Viscount) Mountgarret (1562–24 November 1602) m. Grissel Fitzpatrick (1543–1598)
  1. 1. Elisabeth Butler 1570–
  2. 2. Helena Butler 1575–1632
  3. 3. John Poyntz 1578–1617 m. Anne Sydenham 1570–1634 m. Margaret (Viscountess Mountgarret Brainthwait) Branthwaite 1598–1655 m. Margaret Branthwaite 1580–1655
    1. 1. Edmund (Roe 4th Viscount Mountgarret) Butler 1595–1679
    2. 2. Edmund (Roe 4th Viscount Mountgarret) Butler 1595–1679
    3. 3. Elizabeth Poyntz 1588–1675 m. Thomas Boteler 1587–1619
      1. 1. James Butler 1610–1688 m. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684
        1. 1. Elizabeth Butler 1640–1665
        2. 2. John Butler 1643–1677
        3. 3. Mary Cavendish 1646–1710 m. William (Cavendish, 1st Duke of) Devonshire 1641–1707
        4. 4. Richard Butler 1639–1685
        5. 5. Thomas Butler 1634–1680
        6. 6. Thomas ("Viscount Thurles") Butler 1632–1633
        7. 7. James Butler –1635
    4. 4. Margaret Butler 1603–
    5. 5. Sir (William) Spencer 1608–1647 m. Constance Lucy 1614–1711
      1. 1. Thomas Spencer 1639–1684 m. Jane Garrard 1637–1712
        1. 1. Richard Spencer 1655–1718
        2. 2. Elizabeth Spencer 1664–1705
        3. 3. Jane Spencer 1657–1689

Edmund Mountgarret's Timeline

2 Records

1562
1562
Birth of Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret in Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
1602
24 November 1602
Age 40
Death of Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret in St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 November 1602
    Event Place: St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: Ireland, Gravestone Index, 1600-2012

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