James BUTLER

Male 1331 - 1382


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  • Name James BUTLER  [1, 2, 3
    • James Butler or Le Botiller, 2nd Earl of Ormond, was born at Kilkenny on 4 Oct 1331. He resided chiefly in Ireland, distinguishing himself in the wars there, and receiving many grants for his good services. He was several times Chief Governor of Ireland.

      James Butler, Earl of Ormond, died aged fifty-one in his castle of Knocktopher on 18 Oct or 6 Nov. 1382, and was buried at Gowran. [1]
    Birth 04 Oct 1331  Kilkenny Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As James Le Botiller Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Name 2nd Earl of Ormond  [1, 2, 3
    Name the Chaste Earl  [2
    Name the Nobel Earl  [2
    Death Between 18 Oct and 06 Nov 1382  Knocktopher Castle Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Church of Gowran Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I09482  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2018 

    Father James LE BOTILLER,   b. Abt 1305   d. 6 Jan 1337/8 (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alianor DE BOHUN,   b. Oct 1304, Knaresborough, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1363 (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1327  [1, 2, 3
    Family ID F03075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth/Anne DARCY   d. 24 Mar 1389/90 
    Marriage 15 May 1346  Papal Dispensation Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Fact 15 May 1346  dispension Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Joan BUTLER  [Natural]
    +2. James BUTLER,   b. Aft 1360   d. Between 06 and 07 Sep 1405, Gowran Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Maurice BUTLER  [Natural]
     4. Thomas BUTLER  [Birth]
    Family ID F06726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 04 Oct 1331 - Kilkenny Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 18 Oct and 06 Nov 1382 - Knocktopher Castle Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Church of Gowran Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.