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Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler 1562–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Death Date: 28 January 1632

Death Location: St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Father: Edmond Mountgarret

Mother: Grania FitzPatrick

Spouse(s): Walter Ossington

Children(s): Thomas Butler

The story of Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler began in 1562 in Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland. Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler married Walter 11Th Earl Of Ormond Butler Of Ossington, and had children including Thomas Viscount Thurles Butler. Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler passed away in 1632 in St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler began in 1562 in Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.
  • Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler married Walter 11Th Earl Of Ormond Butler Of Ossington, and had children including Thomas Viscount Thurles Butler.
  • Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler passed away in 1632 in St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmond Mountgarret
1562–1602
Birth Location: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
EM
Grania FitzPatrick
1543–1598
Birth Location: Upper Ossary, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
GF

Spouses(s)

Walter Ossington
1559–1633
Birth Location: Kilcash, County Tipperary, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
WO

Children(s)

Thomas Butler
1582–1619
Birth Location: Kilcash, County Tipperary, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
TB

Helen Butler's Ancestors

Self
Helen Butler
1562–1632
Birth Place: Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Parents
Edmond Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret
1562–1602
Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
Grania ("Grisela") FitzPatrick
1543–1598
Upper Ossary, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Grandparents
Richard (1st Viscount Mountgarret) Butler
1500–1571
Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
Ellen (Evelyn) Butler
1501–1575
Neigham Castle, Neigham, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Brian Fitzpatrick
1505–1575
County Laois, Leix {Queens, Laois}, Leinster, Ireland
Margaretha Butler
1490–1580
County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Garter
1464–1539
Margaret Fitzgerald
1472–1542
Sir Garter
1464–1539
Margaret Fitzgerald
1472–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Butler
1438–1487
Lady Kavanagh
1438–1492
Gerald Kildare
1450–1513
Alice FitzEustace
1455–1495
Sir Butler
1438–1487
Lady Kavanagh
1438–1492
Gerald Kildare
1450–1513
Alice FitzEustace
1455–1495

Helen Butler's Descendants

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Helen (Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond) Butler (1562–28 January 1632) m. Walter (11th Earl Of Ormond Butler of) Ossington (1559–24 February 1633)
  1. 1. Thomas (Viscount Thurles) Butler 1582–1619 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Poyntz 1585–1673
    1. 1. Ellen ("Countess of Clancarty") MacCarty 1612–1682 m. Donough (MacCarthy, Baron of Blarney, Earl of) Cla 1594–1665
      1. 1. Callaghan (3rd Earl Clancarty 5th Viscount Muskerry) MacCarthy 1635–1676 m. Elizabeth Fitzgerald 1641–1698
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Hannah) Maccarthy –1740
        2. 2. Catherine Maccarty 1675– m. Paul (1st Viscount Mount Cashell) Davys 1665–1716
        3. 3. Donough (Oge 4th Earl Clancarty Baron Blarney) MacCarthy 1668–1734 m. Lady (Elizabeth Countess Clancarty) Spencer 1673–1704
        4. 4. Helen MacCarthy 1671–1698
        5. 5. Margaret MacCarthy –1731
      2. 2. Justin (Viscount Mount Cashel) McCARTHY 1642–1694 m. Lady (Arabella) Wentworth 1627–1698
      3. 3. Lady (Margaret) MacCarthy 1640–1702 m. Luke (3rd Earl Of Fingall) Plunket 1639–1684
        1. 1. Elizabeth Plunkett 1662–1729
        2. 2. Helena Plunkett 1665–1692
        3. 3. Luke Plunkett 1676–
        4. 4. Peter (4th Earl Of Fingall) Plunkett 1678–1717
      4. 4. Cormac (Charles Lord Viscount Muskerry) MacCarthy 1634–1665 m. Margaret (Maugurite De Burgh) Bourke 1640–1698
        1. 1. Cormac (Charles 2nd Earl Clancarty James) MacCarthy 1663–1666
      5. 5. Helen (Countess of Clanricarde) MacCarthy 1632–1722
    2. 2. James (12th Earl And 1st Duke Of Ormond) Butler 1610–1688 m. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684
      1. 1. Thomas (Viscount Thurles Earl Of Ossory) Butler 1634–1680 m. Emilia (Van) Nassau 1635–1688
        1. 1. Elizabeth Butler 1660–1717
        2. 2. Henrietta (Countess of Grantham) Butler 1662–1724
        3. 3. James (Duke of Ormond) Butler 1665–1745
        4. 4. Charles (Earl Of Arran) Butler 1671–1758
      2. 2. Thomas ("Viscount Thurles") Butler 1632–1633
      3. 3. Richard Butler 1639–1685
      4. 4. Lady (Mary Duchess Cavendish) Butler 1646–1710 m. William (1st Duke of Devonshire) Cavendish 1640–1707
        1. 1. William (2nd Duke of Devonshire) Cavendish 1672–1729
        2. 2. Lord (James) Cavendish 1681–1751
        3. 3. Henry (Cavendish) MP 1673–1700
        4. 4. Elizabeth Cavendish 1677–1741
      5. 5. James (Butler 4th son died at 9) years 1636–1645
      6. 6. Lady (Elisabeth Countess of Chesterfield) Butler 1640–1665 m. Philip (2nd Earl of Chesterfield Stanhope of) Shelford 1634–1714
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Countess Of Strathmore Stanhope possible daughter of James Duke Of York (1685 King James II of) England) 1663–1723 m. John (4th Earl Of Strathmore and Kinghorne) Lyon 1663–1712
    3. 3. Lady (Mary Hamilton) Butler 1610–1662 m. Sir (George 1st Baronet Of Donalong And Nenegh) Hamilton 1608–1679
    4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth Baroness Loughmoe) Butler 1613–1675 m. James (12th Baron of Loughmore) Purcell 1609–1652 m. Colonel (John Lawrence John) FitzPatrick 1640–1694
      1. 1. Nicholas (13th (Last) Baron of Loughmoe Purcell) Colonel 1651–1722 m. Ellice Browne 1671–1737 m. Rose Trevor 1650–
        1. 1. Catherine Purcell 1695–1732
        2. 2. Mary Purcell 1670–
      2. 2. Richard (Fitzpatrick The Right) Honorable 1662–1727 m. Anne Robinson 1689–1744
        1. 1. John FitzPatrick 1719–1758
        2. 2. Edward Fitzpatrick 1724–
        3. 3. Richard Fitzpatrick 1721–
    5. 5. John Butler 1609–1657
    6. 6. Richard (Butler Lieutenant-General Honourable of Kilcash) Castle 1617–1701 m. Lady (Frances Tuchet) Touchet 1617–1662
      1. 1. Walter Butler 1637–1700 m. Lady (Mary) Plunkett 1648–1697
        1. 1. Lucy Butler 1670–1703
        2. 2. Thomas Butler 1670–1738
      2. 2. Lady (Frances) Butler 1645–1709
      3. 3. Colonel (John) Butler 1645–1714 m. Catherine Aylmer 1647–1726
        1. 1. Mary Butler 1684–
        2. 2. Richard Butler 1686–
      4. 4. Lucia Butler 1641–1685 m. Sir (Laurence 2nd Baronet) Esmond 1634–1688
        1. 1. Laurence Esmonde –1720
      5. 5. Mary Butler 1643–1737 m. Christopher (Lord Delvin) Nugent 1650–1684
        1. 1. John (Earl Of Westmeath) Nugent 1671–1754
      6. 6. Thomas Butler 1646–

Helen Butler's Timeline

3 Records

1562
1562
Birth of Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler in Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
1581
1581
Age 19
Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler was married in Skeeries, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Skeeries, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
1632
28 January 1632
Age 70
Death of Helen Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond Butler in St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Ballyragget, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Skeeries, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 January 1632
    Event Place: St Canice, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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