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James Butler Earl van Ormond 1495–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland

Death Date: 28 October 1546

Death Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: Sir Garter

Mother: Margaret Fitzgerald

Spouse(s): Joan Desmond

Children(s): John Butler, Thomas Butler, Edmond Butler

James Butler Earl van Ormond was born in 1495 in Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland, the child of Sir Lord Knight Piers Pierce The Red Butler 8Th Earl Of Ormonde 1St Earl Of Ossory Knight Of The Garter And Margaret Fitzgerald. James Butler Earl van Ormond married Joan Fitz James Desmond, and had children including Edmond Butler, John Of Kilcash Butler, Thomas Butler. James Butler Earl van Ormond passed away in 1546 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • James Butler Earl van Ormond was born in 1495 in Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland, the child of Sir Lord Knight Piers Pierce The Red Butler 8Th Earl Of Ormonde 1St Earl Of Ossory Knight Of The Garter And Margaret Fitzgerald.
  • James Butler Earl van Ormond married Joan Fitz James Desmond, and had children including Edmond Butler, John Of Kilcash Butler, Thomas Butler.
  • James Butler Earl van Ormond passed away in 1546 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Garter
1464–1539
Birth Location: Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny County, Ireland
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Margaret Fitzgerald
1472–1542
Birth Location: Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Joan Desmond
1509–1565
Birth Location: Ireland
JD

Children(s)

John Butler
1531–1570
Birth Location: Kilcash, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
JB
Thomas Butler
1530–1614
Birth Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
TB
Edmond Butler
1534–1585
Birth Location: Cloghgrenan, Ireland
EB

James Ormond's Ancestors

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James Ormond
1495–1546
Birth Place: Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Parents
Sir Lord Knight Piers\Pierce "The Red" Butler; 8th Earl of Ormonde; 1st Earl of Ossory; Knight of the Garter
1464–1539
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny County, Ireland
Margaret Fitzgerald
1472–1542
Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (James Of Polestown) Butler
1438–1487
Lady (Sabh Countess Of Ormond) Kavanagh
1438–1492
Gerald (Fitz-Gerald Earl van) Kildare
1450–1513
Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
Alice (Alison) FitzEustace
1455–1495
Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Butler
1420–1464
Thomas FitzGerald
1421–1477
Lady Fitzgerald
1410–1486
Sir Eustace
1430–1496
Joan Tapton
1425–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cam
1367–1427
Margaret Herne
1385–1466
James FitzGerald
1380–1463
Mary Burgh
1390–1435

James Ormond's Descendants

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James (Butler Earl van) Ormond (1495–28 October 1546) m. Joan (fitz James) Desmond (1509–2 January 1565)
  1. 1. John ("of Kilcash") Butler 1531–1570 m. Lady (Katherine MacCarthy) Reagh 1533–1574
    1. 1. Walter (11th Earl Of Ormond Butler of) Ossington 1559–1633 m. Helen (Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond) Butler 1562–1632
      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
        2. 2. James (12th Earl And 1st Duke Of Ormond) Butler 1610–1688 m. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684
        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
        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
    2. 2. Eleanor Butler 1570–1614
    3. 3. Elice Butler 1568–
    4. 4. James Butler 1565–1619
    5. 5. Joan (Ellen) Butler 1561–1638
    6. 6. Katherine Butler 1561–
    7. 7. Theobald Butler 1560–1613
    8. 8. Thomas Butler 1571–
    9. 9. William Butler 1562–1633
  2. 2. Thomas Butler 1530–1614 m. Elizabeth Sheffield 1561–1601 m. Elizabeth Berkeley 1534–1582
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1593–1629 m. Theobald (1st Viscount Tilleophelim) Butler 1570–1613 m. Sir (Richard Baron Dingwall Preston created Earl of Desmond Nov 22,) 1622 1576–1628
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684 m. James (12th Earl And 1st Duke Of Ormond) Butler 1610–1688
        1. 1. Thomas (Viscount Thurles Earl Of Ossory) Butler 1634–1680 m. Emilia (Van) Nassau 1635–1688
        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
        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
  3. 3. Edmond Butler 1534–1585 m. Lady (Eleanor) Eustace 1539–1573
    1. 1. Theobald (1st Viscount Tilleophelim) Butler 1570–1613 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1593–1629

James Ormond's Timeline

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Birth of James Butler Earl van Ormond in Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland
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Age 51
Death of James Butler Earl van Ormond in London, City of London, Greater London, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Desmond, Cork, Munster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 October 1546
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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