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Birth:          1305 of Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
Death:          6 Jan 1338 
Burial:         St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Butler,_1st_Earl_of_Ormond
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338). James is buried in St. 
Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, was a noble in the Peerage 
of Ireland.
Family[edit]

He was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland, (1268- 13 
September 1321) and Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick. His paternal grandparents 
were Theobald le Botiller (1242–1285), (son of Theobald le Botiller and Margery de 
Burgh), and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeffrey) (died 4 April 1303), daughter of John 
FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere,[1] Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. His maternal 
grandfather was John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare.

Titles[edit]

Upon his father's death in 1321, the only hereditary title that James held was that of 
Chief Butler Of Ireland. As the 7th Chief Butler, he inherited the title from his ancestor 
Theobald Fitzwalter whose successors adopted the surname Butler.[2] A gap of 7 
years was to follow before James was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with an 
earldom in his own right. His benefactor, King Edward III created him the first Earl of 
Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury, the King then holding 
a Parliament there, with the creation fee of £10 a year.[3] Seven days afterwards, by 
patent dated at Wallingford, in consideration of his services, and the better to enable 
him to support the honour, the King gave to him the regalities, liberties, knights fees, 
and other royal privileges of the county of Tipperary, and the rights of a palatine in 
that county for life.

At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.[4]

In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg (a townland on the River Suir opposite 
Carrick-on-Suir) for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his 
castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of 
SS. Peter and Paul.

Marriage and Children[edit]

In 1327, he married Eleanor de Bohun (1304-1363), daughter of The 4th Earl of 
Hereford and The Lady Elizabeth, herself a daughter of King Edward I of England, and 
they had two daughters and two sons:
John Butler (born and died an infant in 1330)
Anne Butler (b. 1328 died a year later in 1329)
Eleanor (1330-1392/1346-1375)
Petronella Butler (1332-23 April 1368), married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot, son of 
Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn, and had issue.
Elizabeth Butler (1330-1392), married after 20 July 1359, Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of 
Desmond, son of Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond and Aveline FitzMorice, and 
had issue.
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 Oct 1331 – 18 Oct 1382), married Elizabeth Darcy 
daughter of Sir John Darcy, Lord Justice of Ireland, and Joan de Burgh, and had 
issue. James was born at Kilkenny and given in ward, 1 September 1344, to Maurice, 
Earl of Desmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who 
married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called the noble Earl, on 
account of his descent from the Royal Family.[5]

James' successors held the title Earl of Ormond, later merged with the higher title of 
Duke of Ormonde and held palatine rights in County Tipperary[4] until the County 
Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715.

Parents
BUTLER (LE BOTELER) Edmund (1268 - 13 Sep 1321)
FITZ GERALD Joan (1281 - 2 May 1320)

Siblings
BUTLER (LE BOTILLER) James (1305 - 6 Jan 1338)

Marriage To DE BOHUN Eleanor (17 Oct 1304 - 7 Oct 1363)
    m. 1327 

Notes

Parents
DE BOHUN Humphrey (1275 - 16 Mar 1322)
PLANTAGENET Elizabeth (7 Aug 1282 - 5 May 1316)

Children by DE BOHUN Eleanor 17 Oct 1304 - 7 Oct 1363
BUTLER (BOTELER) Petronella (ABT 1332 - 23 Apr 1368)

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