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Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler 1460–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland

Death Date: 26 Aug 1539

Death Location: St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: James BUTLER

Mother: Lady Kavanagh

Spouse(s): "Countess" Fitzgerald

Children(s): James Butler, Margaret Butler, Thomas Butter, Eleanor Butler, Catherine Butler, Helen Butler, Ellice Butler, Richard Butler, Margaretha Butler, Archbishop Butler, Catherine Butler, Richard Butler, Joan Butler, Joan Butler, Ralph Butler, Elisabeth Butler

The story of Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler began in 1460 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland. Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler married Countess Margaret Fitzgerald, and had children including Archbishop Edmund Butler, Catherine Butler, Eleanor Butler, Elisabeth Butler, Ellice Butler, Helen Dedham Essex Butler, James 9Th Earl Of Ormonde Butler, Joan Butler, Joan Gowran County Killkenny Ire Butler, Margaret Butler, Margaretha Butler, Ralph Butler, Richard 1St Viscount Mountgarret Butler, Richard Butler, Thomas Butter. Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler passed away in 1539 in St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler began in 1460 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.
  • Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler married Countess Margaret Fitzgerald, and had children including Archbishop Edmund Butler, Catherine Butler, Eleanor Butler, Elisabeth Butler, Ellice Butler, Helen Dedham Essex Butler, James 9Th Earl Of Ormonde Butler, Joan Butler, Joan Gowran County Killkenny Ire Butler, Margaret Butler, Margaretha Butler, Ralph Butler, Richard 1St Viscount Mountgarret Butler, Richard Butler, Thomas Butter.
  • Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler passed away in 1539 in St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Piers Butler's Ancestors

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Piers Butler
1460–1539
Birth Place: Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
Parents
James Ormonde Knight BUTLER
1440–1487
Callan Gowran, Donegal, Kilkenny, Ireland
Lady (Sabine Countess Ormond) Kavanagh
1438–1492
Borris, Carlow, Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Edmund MacRichard Butler, 2nd Earl Ormonde, KNIGHT OF THE) GARTER
1408–1464
Knocktopher Castle, Wicklow or Poolstown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Lady (Catherine Giles) O'Carroll
1415–1506
Kilkenny, Kilk, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Sir GARTER
1395–1445
Lady O'REILLY
1395–1414
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ormond
1362–1405
Lady Ormond
1371–1396

Piers Butler's Descendants

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Piers ("8th Earl of Ormonde") Butler (1460–26 Aug 1539) m. "Countess" (Margaret) Fitzgerald (1464–9 Aug 1542)
  1. 1. James (9th Earl of Ormonde) Butler 1496–1546 m. Joan (Countess of Desmond and Ormonde) Fitzgerald 1509–1564
    1. 1. Honorable (John Kilcash) BUTLER 1538–1560 m. Lady (Katherine) MacCarthy-Reagh 1533–1585 m. Anne Counaugh 1538–
      1. 1. + (Walter Ossington Butler, "Walter of the) Beads" 1569–1633 m. Honorable (Helen Ormonde Butler) Mountgarret 1570–1631
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Viscount Thurles) Butler 1596–1619 m. Elizabeth ((Viscountess Thurles)) Poyntz 1588–1675
        2. 2. Ellena Butler 1564–1663
        3. 3. Katherine Butler 1577–
        4. 4. Margaret Butler 1580–
        5. 5. Hannah Butler 1582–1668
        6. 6. Eleanor Butler 1592–1633
        7. 7. Mary Butler 1600–
        8. 8. Ellen Butler 1604–1663
        9. 9. Elizabeth Butler 1613–1668
      2. 2. Joan (Ellen) Butler 1561–
      3. 3. Lady (Eleanor) Butler 1560–
      4. 4. Wouter (Butler Earl van) Ormond 1569–1632
    2. 2. Piers ("LORD DUNBOYNEI") Butler 1541–1601
    3. 3. James Butler 1544–1592
    4. 4. Walter Butler 1537–1560
    5. 5. Edmund Butler 1534–1559
    6. 6. Thomas ("10 EARL of ORMONDE\3RD OSSORY") Butler 1530–1614
    7. 7. Edmond Butler 1550–
    8. 8. Thomas (The Black) Butler –1614
  2. 2. Margaret Butler 1491–
  3. 3. Thomas Butter 1500–1555
  4. 4. Eleanor Butler 1504–1550
  5. 5. Catherine Butler 1506–1553
  6. 6. Helen (Dedham Essex) Butler 1508–1597
  7. 7. Ellice Butler 1510–
  8. 8. Richard ("1st Viscount Mountgarret") Butler 1487–1571
  9. 9. Margaretha Butler 1510–1545
  10. 10. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler 1490–1551
  11. 11. Catherine Butler 1488–1539
  12. 12. Richard Butler 1508–1571
  13. 13. Joan Butler 1506–1553
  14. 14. Joan (Gowran County Killkenny Ire) Butler 1495–
  15. 15. Ralph Butler 1487–
  16. 16. Elisabeth Butler 1490–

Piers Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
1539
26 Aug 1539
Age 79
Death of Piers "8th Earl of Ormonde" Butler in St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1539
    Event Place: St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File

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