Piers Butler (earl of Ossory 1°, earl of Ormond 8°)

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Personal and Family Information

Piers was born about 1467, the son of sir James Butler and Sabh Kavanagh. The place is not known.

He died on 26 AUG 1539. The place is not known.

His wife was Margaret Fitzgerald. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their ten known children were Ellice (1481-1530), Margaret (1491-?), Joan (1495-?), James (1496-1546), Richard (1500-1571), Thomas (c1500-?), Catherine (1506-1552/53), Eleanor (c1520-?), Edmund (c1520-1566) and Helen (c1523-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Piers Butler
(c1467-1539)

 

sir James Butler
(c1437-1487)

 

Edmund MacRichard Butler
(c1420-1464)

 

sir Richard Welles Butler
(c1396-c1443)

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Catherine O'Reilly
 

 
   

Giles O'Carroll
(-1506)

 

Mulroney O'Carroll
(c1406-?)

 
     
 
 
   

Sabh Kavanagh
(c1440-1598)

 

Donal Reagh MacMurrough-Kavanagh
(1396-1476)

 

Gerald Kavanagh
(c1370-1431)

 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth ABT 1467
Death 26 AUG 1539

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM 1528 TO 1539 earl of Ossory 1°
Nobility Title FROM 1538 TO 1539 earl of Ormond 8°

Associations

AssociationRelationship
Teig O'Brienvictim