James Butler

Abt 1390 - Abt 1452  (~ 62 years)

• Name	James Butler  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1390	Carrig Mac Griffin, County Tipperary, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1452  [1]
  Person ID	I1232	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2011

  
  

  Father	James Butler,   b. Aft 1361, Carrig Mac Griffin, County Tipperary, Ireland d. Abt 1405 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Anne Welles   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Beauchamp   d. Abt 1430
  Marriage	England
  Children	1. Elizabeth Butler,   b. Abt 1420, Carrig Mac Griffin, County Tipperary, Ireland d. Abt 1473 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2011

  
  

• Photos

  Butler Coat of Arms

  
  

• Notes

  James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392-22 Aug 1452) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond and Anne Welles. He was called the "White Earl" and was the patron of the Irish literary work, The Book of the White Earl. He was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1420, 1425, and 1442. He built the castles of Nenagh, Roscrea and Templemore in the north of Tipperary and Tulleophelim in County Carlow. He died at Ardee on 23 August 1452 and was buried in St. Mary's Abbey near Dublin. [2] (Research):Marriage and issueHe married firstly, in 1413, Joan Beauchamp, who was the daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan. They had issue: i. James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond (1420-1461), married twice, but no issue. ii. John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond (died 1478), unmarried. iii. Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (c.1426- 1515), who married firstly, Anne Hankford. They had two daughters who were ancestors to Anne Boleyn. He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley and had another daughter. iv. Elizabeth Butler (b. b 1432-1473), married with John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, son of General John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, Baroness Furnivalle. Elizabeth died on the Saturday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary in 1473. v. Anne Butler, who died unmarried. The Earl married secondly Lady Joan FitzGerald daughter of 5th Earl of Kildare in 1432. She died on 3 August 1430 and was buried in the Hospital of St. Thomas D'Acres.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Bulkeley **main, (New Haven, Connecticut, 1933), pp82-83 (Reliability: 3). The Ancestry of Grace (Chetwood) Bulkeley House of Anjou-Plantagent, Kings of England [S29] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Bulkeley **main, (New Haven, Connecticut, 1933), pp82-83 (Reliability: 3).