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Piers Butler 1467–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1467

Birth Location: Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Death Date: 1539

Death Location: St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: Sir Butler

Mother: Sabina Ormond)

Spouse(s): Lady Ormond)

Children(s): Alice Butler, Ellena Thomond), Margaret Butler, Thomas Butler, Richard Butler, Helen Ormonde, Joan Butler, Ellice Butler, Catherine FitzGerald), Archbishop Butler, James Ormonde), Thomas Butler

Piers Butler was born in 1467 in Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the child of Sir James Black James Butler And Sabina Macmurrough Kavanagh Princess Of Leinster Countess Ormond. Piers Butler married Lady Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormond, and had children including Alice Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Catherine Catriona Butler Of Ormond Baroness Widow Of Richard Poer Countess Consort Of James Fitzgerald, Ellena O Brien Countess Of Thomond, Ellice Butler, Helen Butler Of Ormonde, James Butler 9Th Earl Ormonde, Joan Butler, Margaret Butler, Richard Butler, Thomas Butler. Piers Butler passed away in 1539 in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Piers Butler was born in 1467 in Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the child of Sir James Black James Butler And Sabina Macmurrough Kavanagh Princess Of Leinster Countess Ormond.
  • Piers Butler married Lady Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormond, and had children including Alice Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Catherine Catriona Butler Of Ormond Baroness Widow Of Richard Poer Countess Consort Of James Fitzgerald, Ellena O Brien Countess Of Thomond, Ellice Butler, Helen Butler Of Ormonde, James Butler 9Th Earl Ormonde, Joan Butler, Margaret Butler, Richard Butler, Thomas Butler.
  • Piers Butler passed away in 1539 in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Butler
1426–1515
Birth Location: Ormond, Kerry, Ierland
SB
Sabina Ormond)
1438–1508
Birth Location: Borris, County Carlow, Ireland
SO

Spouses(s)

Lady Ormond)
1464–1542
Birth Location: Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland
LO

Children(s)

Alice Butler
1510–1569
Birth Location: of Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
AB
Ellena Thomond)
1504–1550
Birth Location: Nechun, Kilk, Ireland
ET
Margaret Butler
1491–1580
Birth Location: Kilkenny, Ireland
MB
Thomas Butler
1498–1532
Birth Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
TB
Richard Butler
1487–1571
Birth Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
RB
Helen Ormonde
1502–1597
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
HO
Joan Butler
1495–1540
Birth Location: Killkenny, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
JB
Ellice Butler
1489–1530
Birth Location: of Shrule Castle, Mayo, Ireland
EB
Catherine FitzGerald)
1487–1552
Birth Location: Limerick, Ireland
CF
Archbishop Butler
1504–1551
Birth Location: County, Kildare, Ireland
AB
James Ormonde)
1496–1546
Birth Location: Ormond View, Galway, Ireland
JO
Thomas Butler
1504–1555
Birth Location: in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
TB

Piers Butler's Ancestors

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Piers Butler
1467–1539
Birth Place: Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Parents
Sir James "Black James" Butler
1426–1515
Ormond, Kerry, Ierland
Sabina (MacMurrough Kavanagh (Princess of Leinster, Countess) Ormond)
1438–1508
Borris, County Carlow, Ireland
Grandparents
James (Iv Butler Earl Van) Ormond
1392–1452
Ormond, Kerry, Ierland
Joan (De) Beauchamp
1395–1430
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Domhnall (Mac-Morrough Kavanagh (Koning van Leinster, Lord van) Ferns)
1407–1476
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Lady (Catherine Giles O' Carroll) (O’nolan)
1412–1506
Polestown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James Ormond)
1361–1405
Anne Welles
1359–1415
William Beauchamp
1358–1411
Joan FitzAlan
1375–1435
Sir Garter"
1386–1464
Lady O'Reilly
1376–1414
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Ireland)
1331–1382
Elizabeth Darcy
1332–1390
Thomas Beauchamp
1313–1369
Katherine Mortimer
1314–1369

Piers Butler's Descendants

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Piers Butler (ABT 1467–1539) m. Lady (Margaret Fitzgerald (Countess) Ormond) (1464–09 Aug 1542)
  1. 1. Alice Butler 1510–1569
  2. 2. Ellena (O'Brien (Countess of) Thomond) 1504–1550 m. Richard Butler 1505–1571
    1. 1. Edmund (Butler (2nd Viscount) Mountgarret) 1545–1602
  3. 3. Margaret Butler 1491–1580
    1. 1. Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1533–1581
    2. 2. Ulick Fitzpatrick –1544
  4. 4. Thomas Butler 1498–1532
  5. 5. Richard Butler 1487–1571
  6. 6. Helen (Butler Of) Ormonde 1502–1597 m. Donnchadh O'Brien 1521–1553
    1. 1. Toirdelbhach (Ó) Briain 1550–
    2. 2. Penelope O'Brien 1546–
    3. 3. Conor O'Brien 1535–1581
  7. 7. Joan Butler 1495–1540
  8. 8. Ellice Butler 1489–1530
  9. 9. Catherine ("Catriona" Butler Of Ormond (Baroness Widow of Richard Poer Countess Consort of James) FitzGerald) 1487–1552 m. James (Fitzjohn) Fitzgerald 1495–1558 m. Sir (Richard Power (1st Baron Le Power and) Coroghmore) 1485–1539
    1. 1. Elice (Le) Power 1530–
    2. 2. Thomas (Le) Power 1510–1564
    3. 3. Catherine (Le) Power 1515–1581
    4. 4. Edmond (Le) Power 1425–
    5. 5. Piers (Le) Power 1526–1545
    6. 6. John (Le Power (3rd Baron Le Power and) Coroghmore) 1516–1545
  10. 10. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler 1504–1551
  11. 11. James (Butler (9th Earl) Ormonde) 1496–1546 m. Lady (Joan) Fitzgerald 1509–1565
    1. 1. Pierce Butler 1547–1604
    2. 2. John Butler 1531–1570
    3. 3. Edmund Butler 1534–1602 m. Eleanor Eustace 1539–1598
      1. 1. Theobald (Butler (1st Viscount) Tulleophelim) 1565–1614
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas Butler (1st) Baronet) 1560–1642
      3. 3. Piers Butler 1558–1596
      4. 4. Joan Butler 1566–1631
      5. 5. James Butler 1562–1596
      6. 6. Katherine Butler 1563–
    4. 4. Walter Butler 1532–1560
    5. 5. Thomas Butler 1531–1614
    6. 6. James Butler 1534–1592
    7. 7. Lady (Joan Butler (Countess of) Baltinglass) 1508–1585 m. Sir (Rowland Eustace Of Baltinglass (2nd Viscount) Baltinglass) 1505–1578
      1. 1. Eleanor Eustace 1539–1598 m. Edmund Butler 1534–1602
      2. 2. Joan Eustace 1540–1585
      3. 3. James Eustace 1530–1585
      4. 4. Edmund Eustace 1540–1581
      5. 5. Rev (Richard) Eustace 1540–1596
      6. 6. William (Eustace (3rd) Viscount) 1533–1581
  12. 12. Thomas Butler 1504–1555 m. Lady (Joane Sutton (Duchess of) Northumberland) 1500–1555 m. Lady (Jane) Guildford 1504–1555
    1. 1. Godfrey Butler 1542–1564 m. Mary Joseph 1542–1566
      1. 1. William (Guilielmus) Butler 1564–1597 m. Shosanna ((Susanna) Whytman) (Whiteman) 1563–1637
        1. 1. Abraham (Guiliemus) Butler 1581–1637 m. Elizabeth (Makane) Jones 1610–1659
    2. 2. Lady (Agnes) Butler 1521–1580 m. Sir (Henry Sherman I (1st Earl of Yaxley) (Thomas) 1520–1590
      1. 1. Henry (Sherman) II 1545–1610 m. Susan (Renee) Lawrence 1548–1610
        1. 1. Ezekiel Sherman 1587–1654
        2. 2. Edmund Sherman 1577–1641 m. Joan Sherman –1613 m. Grace Sherman 1578–1644 m. Judith (Makin) (Makyng) 1587–1634
        3. 3. Elizabeth Sherman 1594–1571
        4. 4. Susan (Mary) Sherman 1567–1572
        5. 5. Anne (Susan) Sherman 1567–1573
        6. 6. Samuel Sherman 1573–1616
        7. 7. Henry (Sherman) III 1571–1643 m. Mary (Frances) Alexander 1575–1642 m. Isabella Keepe 1572–1610
        8. 8. Phebe Sherman 1570–1610
        9. 9. Daniel Sherman 1577–
        10. 10. Samuel Sherman 1573–1615
        11. 11. Martha (Sherman) Child 1566–1572
        12. 12. Anne (Susan) Sherman 1575–1638
        13. 13. Phebe (Fenn) Sherman 1570–1610
        14. 14. Daniel Sherman 1578–1634
        15. 15. Edmond Sherman 1577–1643
        16. 16. Nathaniel Sherman 1579–1579
        17. 17. Richard Sherman 1577–1660
        18. 18. Elizabeth Sherman 1569–1588
        19. 19. Phillipa Sherman 1577–1610
        20. 20. Bazaliel Sherman 1582–1604
      2. 2. Alice Sherman 1540–1580 m. Nicholas Fynce 1535–
      3. 3. Judith Sherman 1546–1610
      4. 4. John (V) Sherman 1550–1576
      5. 5. Robert Sherman 1561–1601
      6. 6. Anne Sherman 1543–1610
      7. 7. Edmund Sherman 1548–1600 m. Anne Clere 1548–1610
        1. 1. Edmund Sherman 1580–1615 m. Grace Hall 1583–1670
        2. 2. Bezaleel Sherman 1585–1618 m. Priscilla Burges 1589–1618
        3. 3. Susan Sherman 1591–
        4. 4. John Sherman 1595–1655
        5. 5. Anna Sherman 1589–1639
        6. 6. Benjamin Sherman 1597–1647
        7. 7. Samuel Sherman 1593–1644
    3. 3. Edmund Butler 1515–1567
    4. 4. Josiah (William) Butler 1525–1594
    5. 5. Lady (Abigail) Butler 1520–1580
    6. 6. William Butler 1521–1594
    7. 7. Joane Butler 1523–1555
    8. 8. Sibell Butler 1532–1556
    9. 9. Alice Butler 1540–1555
    10. 10. Gilbert Butler 1539–1555
    11. 11. Lady (Margaret) Butler 1520–1580
    12. 12. Pierce Butler 1534–1555
    13. 13. John Butler 1525–1555
    14. 14. Grace Butler 1531–1531
    15. 15. Lady (Margaret) Butler 1540–1578
    16. 16. Dinah Butler 1540–1570

Piers Butler's Timeline

6 Records

1467
1467
Birth of Piers Butler in Dedham, Essex, England
Dedham, Essex, England
1467
ABT 1467
Birth of Piers Butler in Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
1539
26 August 1539
Age 72
Death of Piers Butler in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
1539
26 AUG 1539
Age 72
Death of Piers Butler in St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
1539
26 August 1539
Age 72
Death of Piers Butler in County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
1539
1539
Age 72
Burial of Piers Butler in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1467
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1467
    Event Place: Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1539
    Event Place: Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 AUG 1539
    Event Place: St Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source: Age:
    About 71-72

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1539
    Event Place: County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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