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Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 1559 – 1633 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1559

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 24 Feb 1633

Death Location: Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

Father: Sir Kilcash

Mother: Katherine MacCarthy-Reagh

Spouse(s): Lady Butler

Children(s): Sir Thurles

The story of Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory began in 1559 in Ireland. Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory married Lady Helen Butler, and had children including Sir Thomas Butler, Viscount, Lord Thurles. Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory passed away in 1633 in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory began in 1559 in Ireland.
  • Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory married Lady Helen Butler, and had children including Sir Thomas Butler, Viscount, Lord Thurles.
  • Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory passed away in 1633 in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland.

Immediate Family

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Sir Butler's Ancestors

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Sir Butler
1559 – 1633
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Sir John Butler van Kilcash
1531 – 1570
Kilcash, County Tipperary, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
Katherine MacCarthy-Reagh
1533 – 1640
Upper Clara, Cy, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Grandparents
James (the Lame Butler 9th Earl of) Ormonde
1496 – 1546
Desmond Castle, Kinsdale, County Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Lady (Johanna Joane\Joan) FitzJames-Fitzgerald-Butler-Bryan-Desmond-Ormond
1509 – 1564
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Cormac (na Haoine MacTeige MacCarthy) Reagh
1510 – 1593
Kilbrittain Castle, Cork, Ireland
Julia Cronin
1506 – 1585
Kilcash, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James FitzGerald
1504 – 1558
Lady O'Caerbhaill-O'Carroll-FitzGerald-O'Desmond
1504 – 1548
Donal Carbery
1450 – 1531
*Eleanor Fitzgerald
1497 – 1550
Cormac Cronin
Katherine (1480-1506)
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Suffix
1460 – 1536
Mór O'Brien
1462 – 1548
King O'Carroll
1480 – 1532
Queen O'Carroll
1482 – 1558

Sir Butler's Descendants

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Sir (Walter “Walter of the Beads”) Butler (1559 – 24 Feb 1633) m. Lady (Helen) Butler (Abt. 1575 – 28 Jan 1631)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas Butler, Viscount, Lord) Thurles (1582 – 15 December 1619) m. Lady (Elisabeth\Elizabeth Poyntz, of Acton, Lady of) Thurles (Feb 1588 – 27 May 1673)
    1. 1. Mary (Marion Butler , 1605, 1620, of) Thurles (1605 – 16 Aug 1680) m. Sir (George HAMILTON , 1607, 1606 , 1610, 1617 van) Donalong, (September 1607 – 25 June 1681)
      1. 1. JAMES (HAMILTON 2ND EARL OF) ABERCORN (1630 – 6 June 1673) m. Lady (Elisabeth Elizabeth Colepeper Culpepper, Lady) Hamilton (1636 – Feb 1709)
        1. 1. Robert Hamilton (12 Mar 1656 – 28 Nov 1744) m. Margaret Murry (1660 – 06 Dec 1731)

Sir Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1559
1559
Birth of Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory in Ireland
Ireland
1633
24 Feb 1633
Age 74
Death of Sir Walter “Walter of the Beads” Butler 11th Earl of Ormond, 4th Earl of Ossory in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland
Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1633
    Event Place: Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

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