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Eleanor Butler 1544–1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

Birth Location: Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

Father: Edmund Butler

Mother: Julia MacCarthy

Spouse(s): Gerald Fitzgerald

Children(s): Alice FitzGerald, James FitzGerald

In 1544, Eleanor Butler entered the world in Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, born to Edmund Butler And Julia Maccarthy. Eleanor Butler married Gerald Fitzjames Desmond Xiv Fitzgerald, and had children including Alice Ellis Fitzgerald, Catherine Countess Of Fermoy Countess Of Clare Fitzgerald, James 1St Earl Of Desmond Fitzgerald, Margaret Fitzgerald. Eleanor Butler passed away in 1636 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1544, Eleanor Butler entered the world in Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, born to Edmund Butler And Julia Maccarthy.
  • Eleanor Butler married Gerald Fitzjames Desmond Xiv Fitzgerald, and had children including Alice Ellis Fitzgerald, Catherine Countess Of Fermoy Countess Of Clare Fitzgerald, James 1St Earl Of Desmond Fitzgerald, Margaret Fitzgerald.
  • Eleanor Butler passed away in 1636 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

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Spouses(s)

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Eleanor Butler's Ancestors

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Eleanor Butler
1544–1636
Birth Place: Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Parents
Edmund Butler
1515–1567
Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Julia MacCarthy
1500–1590
of, Muskerry, Cork, Ireland
Grandparents
James (10th of Dunboyne) Butler
1493–1538
Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland
Lady (Joan) Butler
1495–1529
Gowran, Killkenny, Ireland
Cormac (Oge Laidhir 9th Lord Of Muskerry) MacCarthy
1447–1537
Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Catherine (Katherine) Barry
1456–1527
Cork, County Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James Butler
1460–1508
Sir Garter
1464–1539
Margaret Fitzgerald
1472–1542
Cormac Kilcrea
1411–1494
Mary FitzMaurice
1418–1475
John Barry
1435–1486
Sheely Reagh
1445–1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Butler
1438–1487
Lady Kavanagh
1438–1492
Gerald Kildare
1450–1513
Alice FitzEustace
1455–1495
Teige MacCarthy
–1448
Sarah Carrick
1400–
William Barry
1397–1480
Ellen Fermoy
1397–1435

Eleanor Butler's Descendants

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Eleanor Butler (1544–1636) m. Gerald (Fitzjames Desmond XIV) Fitzgerald (1533–11 November 1585)
  1. 1. Alice (Ellis) FitzGerald 1571–1601 m. Sir (Valentine 1st Baronet Of Molahiffe) Browne 1572–1633
    1. 1. Valentine (2nd Baronet Browne Browne) II 1599–1640 m. Mary MacCarthy 1615–1649
      1. 1. Valentine (1st Viscount Molahiffe 3rd Baronet Browne Browne) III 1638–1694 m. Jane Plunkett 1642–1690
        1. 1. Ellice Browne 1671–1737 m. Nicholas (13th (Last) Baron of Loughmoe Purcell) Colonel 1651–1722
        2. 2. Nicholas Brown 1664–1720
        3. 3. Mary Browne 1665–1703
    2. 2. Eleanor Browne 1598–
  2. 2. James (1st Earl of Desmond) FitzGerald 1550–1601 m. Honora Ryan 1547–1605
    1. 1. Honora FitzGerald 1570–1624 m. Edmond (FitzThomas) FitzGerald 1567–1603
      1. 1. Ellen Fitzgerald 1585–1650 m. Diarmaid (5th Baron of Inchiquin) O'Brien 1594–1624
        1. 1. Mary O'Brien 1611–1710 m. Michael Boyle 1609–1702
        2. 2. Murrough O'Brien 1615–1674 m. Elisabeth (St.) Leger 1616–1685

Eleanor Butler's Timeline

4 Records

1544
1544
Birth of Eleanor Butler in Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland
Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland
1544
1544
Birth of Eleanor Butler in Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
1636
1636
Age 92
Death of Eleanor Butler
None
1638
5 September 1638
Age 94
Death of Eleanor Butler in St. Domminics Abbey Sligo, Ireland
St. Domminics Abbey Sligo, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Dunboyne, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 September 1638
    Event Place: St. Domminics Abbey Sligo, Ireland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1636
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

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