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Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler 1331 – 1382 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Oct 1331

Birth Location: Kilkenny Castle, Ireland

Death Date: 18 Oct 1382

Death Location: Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Father: Lord Butler

Mother: Lady Bohun

Spouse(s): Lady Darcy

Children(s): Lady Butler, James Butler

Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle was born in 1331 in Kilkenny Castle, Ireland, the child of Lord Sir Knight James Butler and Lady Eleanor de Bohun. Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle married Lady Elizabeth Darcy, and had children including Lady Eleanor Butler, James "The Earl of Gowran" Butler. Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle passed away in 1382 in Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle was born in 1331 in Kilkenny Castle, Ireland, the child of Lord Sir Knight James Butler and Lady Eleanor de Bohun.
  • Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle married Lady Elizabeth Darcy, and had children including Lady Eleanor Butler, James "The Earl of Gowran" Butler.
  • Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle passed away in 1382 in Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lord Butler's Ancestors

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Lord Butler
1331 – 1382
Birth Place: Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
Parents
Lord Sir Knight James Butler
1304 – 1338
Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
Lady (Eleanor de) Bohun
1304 – 1363
Knaresborough Castle, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund Butler
1268 – 1321
Joan FitzGerald
1281 – 1320
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Lord (Humphrey de) Bohun
1276 – 1322
Pleshey Castle, Essex, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Plantagenent
1282 – 1316
Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Theobald Butler
1242 – 1285
Lady FitzJohn
1250 – 1303
Humphrey Bohun
1249 – 1298
Lady Fiennes
1246 – 1298
King Plantagenent
1239 – 1307
Queen León
1241 – 1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Theobald Butler
1224 – 1248
Margery Burgh
1224 – 1252
Baron Burgh
1194 – 1242
Egidia Lacy
1196 – 1240
Humphrey Bohun
Eleanor Braose
1228 – 1251
Lord Fiennes
1200 – 1267
Lady Condé
1215 – 1284
King Plantagenet
1207 – 1272
Eleanor Provence
1223 – 1291
King Ferdinand
1199 – 1252
Queen Joan
1220 – 1279

Lord Butler's Descendants

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Lord (James 'The Noble Earl') Butler (4 Oct 1331 – 18 Oct 1382) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Darcy (3 Apr 1332 – 24 Mar 1390)
  1. 1. Lady (Eleanor) Butler (6 Nov 1330 – 1392) m. Lord (Gerald) FitzGerald (1335 – 1398)
    1. 1. Lord (James 'the Usurper',) FitzGerald (20 Jul 1380 – 1462) m. Lady (Mary de) Burgh (1390 – 1435)
      1. 1. Lord (Thomas) FitzGerald (1419 – 1468) m. Lady (Ellice de) Barry (1431 – 25 Dec 1486)
        1. 1. Lady (Ellen) Fitzgerald (Abt. 1450 – Aft. 14 Nov 1497) m. King (Toirdhealbhach Mac-I-Brien-Ara) O'Brien (12 Sep 1450 – 29 Jul 1528)
        2. 2. Rev. (Sir John) FitzGerald (1460 – 17 Apr 1536) m. Lady (Móre) O'Brien (1470 – 1505)
        3. 3. Maurice FitzGerald ( – 1520) m. Lady (Ellen) Roche (1510 – )
  2. 2. James ("The Earl of Gowran") Butler (Abt. 1359 – 7 Sep 1405) m. Anne Welles
    1. 1. Sir (Richard) Butler (1395 – 1443) m. Catherine O’Reilly
      1. 1. Edmund (MacRichard "The MacRichard of Ossory") Butler (1420 – 13 Jun 1464) m. Catherine O'Carroll ( – 1506)
        1. 1. Sir (James) Butler ( – 1487) m. Sabh Kavanaugh

Lord Butler's Timeline

4 Records

1331
4 Oct 1331
Birth of Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle in Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
1331
4 Oct 1331
Birth of Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle in Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
1382
18 Oct 1382
Age 51
Death of Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle in Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
1382
18 Oct 1382
Age 51
Death of Lord James 'The Noble Earl' Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland, constable of Dublin Castle
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Oct 1331
    Event Place: Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Oct 1331
    Event Place: Kilkenny Castle, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1382
    Event Place: Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1382

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