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Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler 1500–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland

Death Date: 28 Aug 1571

Death Location: Solihull, Warwickshire, England

Father: Sir Garter

Mother: Margaret Fitzgerald

Spouse(s): Ellen Butler, Anne Plunket

Children(s): Ellen Butler, Lady Butler, Mary Butler, Ellice Butler, John Butler, Pierce Butler, Piers Butler, Theobald Butler, Thomas Butler, Edmond Mountgarret

In 1500, Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler entered the world in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland, born to Sir Lord Knight Piers Pierce The Red Butler 8Th Earl Of Ormonde 1St Earl Of Ossory Knight Of The Garter And Margaret Fitzgerald. Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler married Anne Plunket, Ellen Evelyn Butler, and had children including Edmond Butler 2Nd Viscount Mountgarret, Ellen Butler, Ellice Butler, Harriet Butler, John Fitzrichard Butler, Lady Eleanor Grace Butler, Mary Cicely Katherine Butler, Pierce Fitzrichard Butler, Piers Butler, Theobald Fitzrichard Butler, Thomas Fitzrichard Butler. Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler passed away in 1571 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler entered the world in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland, born to Sir Lord Knight Piers Pierce The Red Butler 8Th Earl Of Ormonde 1St Earl Of Ossory Knight Of The Garter And Margaret Fitzgerald.
  • Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler married Anne Plunket, Ellen Evelyn Butler, and had children including Edmond Butler 2Nd Viscount Mountgarret, Ellen Butler, Ellice Butler, Harriet Butler, John Fitzrichard Butler, Lady Eleanor Grace Butler, Mary Cicely Katherine Butler, Pierce Fitzrichard Butler, Piers Butler, Theobald Fitzrichard Butler, Thomas Fitzrichard Butler.
  • Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler passed away in 1571 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.

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)

Ellen Butler
1501–1575
Birth Location: Neigham Castle, Neigham, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
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Anne Plunket
1525–
Birth Location: Dubnsany Meath Ireland, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
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Children(s)

Ellen Butler
1518–1565
Birth Location: Burnchurch, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
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Lady Butler
1560–1602
Birth Location: –
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Mary Butler
1535–1614
Birth Location: Wexford, Wexford, Leinster, Ireland
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Ellice Butler
1542–1614
Birth Location: Ireland, Ireland
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John Butler
1537–1610
Birth Location: –
JB
Pierce Butler
1535–1599
Birth Location: –
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Piers Butler
1565–1597
Birth Location: Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
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Theobald Butler
1540–1600
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Butler
1536–1611
Birth Location: –
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Edmond Mountgarret
1562–1602
Birth Location: Leinster, Leinster, Ireland
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Richard Butler's Ancestors

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Richard Butler
1500–1571
Birth Place: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
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

Richard Butler's Descendants

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Richard (1st Viscount Mountgarret) Butler (1500–28 Aug 1571) m. Ellen (Evelyn) Butler (1501–4 June 1575) m. Anne Plunket (1525–)
  1. 1. Ellen Butler 1518–1565 m. Lord (David) Roche 1500–1581
    1. 1. Maurice (6th Viscount of Fermoy) Roche 1535–1600 m. Eleanor FitzGerald 1535–1590
      1. 1. Ellen (Helen) Roche 1550–1583 m. 1550–1624
        1. 1. Margaret O'Brien 1580–1626 m. Cormac (Oge Charles "The Younger" 1st Viscount Muskerry Of Blarney Castle) MacCarthy 1564–1641
      2. 2. David Roche 1573–1635 m. Joan Barry 1555– m. Johanna (de Burgh) (Barry) 1575–1627
        1. 1. Ellen Roche 1595–1652 m. Cormac (Oge Charles "The Younger" 1st Viscount Muskerry Of Blarney Castle) MacCarthy 1564–1641 m. Donal (MacCarthy Reagh of) Kilbrittain 1600–1636
      3. 3. Joan Roche –1565 m. James (fitz John) Desmond 1500–1558
        1. 1. Thomas (fitzJames Ruadh) FitzGerald 1539–1595 m. Ellice (Poer ,11th) Great-Grandmother 1515–1608
      4. 4. Theobald Roche 1571–1620
    2. 2. Ellen Roche 1552–1599 m. David (5th Viscount Buttevant De) Barry 1550–1617
      1. 1. David Barry –1604
        1. 1. David (1st Earl Of Barrymore) Barry 1604–1642 m. Alice Barry 1607–1667
    3. 3. John Roche 1549–
    4. 4. Redmond Roche 1550–
    5. 5. Richard Roche 1546–
    6. 6. Theobald Roche 1547–
    7. 7. William Roche 1544–
    8. 8. Jane Roche 1552–1599 m. Patrick (17th Baron Kerry) FitzMaurice 1541–1600
      1. 1. Thomas (18th Baron Kerry) Fitzmaurice 1574–1630 m. Julia (Gyles) Power 1580– m. Honor OBrien 1575–1600
        1. 1. Katherine Fitzmaurice 1605–
        2. 2. Patrick (Fitz 19th Baron of Kerry) FitzMaurice 1595–1661
      2. 2. Joan Fitzmaurice 1580–
      3. 3. Gerald Fitzmaurice 1576–
      4. 4. Maurice Fitzmaurice 1578–
      5. 5. Elinor Fitzmaurice 1582–
  2. 2. Lady (Eleanor Grace) Butler 1560–1602
  3. 3. Mary (Cicely Katherine) Butler 1535–1614
  4. 4. Ellice Butler 1542–1614
  5. 5. John (Fitzrichard) Butler 1537–1610
  6. 6. Pierce (Fitzrichard) Butler 1535–1599
  7. 7. Piers Butler 1565–1597
  8. 8. Theobald (Fitzrichard) Butler 1540–1600
  9. 9. Thomas (Fitzrichard) Butler 1536–1611
  10. 10. Edmond (Butler 2nd Viscount) Mountgarret 1562–1602 m. Grania ("Grisela") FitzPatrick 1543–1598
    1. 1. Helen (Ellen of Mountgarrett Countess Ormond) Butler 1562–1632 m. Walter (11th Earl Of Ormond Butler of) Ossington 1559–1633
      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
        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. Anne Butler 1586–
    3. 3. Eleanor (Ellen) Butler 1570–1631
    4. 4. Margaret Butler 1575–1626
    5. 5. Richard Butler 1578–1650
    6. 6. Thomas Butler 1574–1651
    7. 7. Mary Lynde 1562–1632

Richard Butler's Timeline

5 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
1500
1500
Birth of Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
1501
1501
Age 1
Birth of Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
1571
20 December 1571
Age 71
Death of Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
1571
28 Aug 1571
Age 71
Burial of Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret Butler in Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Solihull, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ierland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1571
    Event Place: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
    [3] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1571
    Event Place: Solihull, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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