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Peter Butler Of Roscrea
Peter Butler of Roscrea, County Tipperary, was a descendant of the Butler family - the Earls of Ormond. He was the second son of Edmond Butler of Polestown. The "Roscrea" cadet branch of the family is in turn descended from the "Polestown" cadet branch. Ancestry * James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond :* Sir Richard Butler of Polestown, the second son of the 3rd Earl. ::* Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler, the eldest son of Sir Richard. :::* Walter Butler of Polestown, second son of Edmund MacRichard. ::::* Edmond Butler of Polestown, the son of Walter. He was the father of Peter Butler of Polestown. Through his ancestor Edmund MacRichard Butler, Peter is related to the Polestown cadet branch of the family. Edmund MacRichard Butler's eldest son, Sir James Butler headed up the Polestown house. This line would go on to produce a series of Earls and Dukes of Ormond. The second son of "The MacRichard", Walter, would go on to produce this "Roscrea" cadet line as well as the minor nobility o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with 8 counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 159,553 at the 2016 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Tipperary County Council is the local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two ridings, North and South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014. Geography Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population. It is the third-largest of Munster's 6 counties by both size and popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Ormond (Ireland)
The peerage title Earl of Ormond and the related titles Duke of Ormonde and Marquess of Ormonde have a long and complex history. An earldom of Ormond has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. History of Ormonde titles The earldom of Ormond was originally created in 1328 for James Butler. For many subsequent years, the earls took significant roles in the government of Ireland, and kept a tradition of loyalty to the English crown and to English custom. Several of the earls also had reputations as scholars. The fifth earl was created Earl of Wiltshire (1449) in the Peerage of England, but he was attainted in 1461 and his peerages were declared forfeit. The earldom of Ormond was restored to his younger brother, John Butler, the sixth earl, in 1476. Thomas, the 7th earl, died without issue in 1515; the ''de facto'', if not indeed the ''de jure'' earl, Piers Butler, a cousin of the 7th Earl, was induced to resign his rights to the title in 1528. This facilitated the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Butler, 3rd Earl Of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (c. 1359 – 7 September 1405), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He acceded to the title in 1382, and built Gowran Castle three years later in 1385 close to the centre of Gowran, making it his usual residence, whence his common epithet, ''The Earl of Gowran''. James died in Gowran Castle in 1405 and is buried in St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran together with his father James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, his grandfather James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and his great great grandfather Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland. James, the 2nd Earl, was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson, through his mother, Eleanor de Bohun, of King Edward I of England. Career In 1391, he purchased Kilkenny Castle from the Despencer family. He also built the castle of Dunfert (also called Danefort) and in 1386 founded a Friary of minorites at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. In 1384, he was deputy to Sir Philip Courtena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Butler Of Polestown
Sir Richard Butler (1395 – 1443) of Polestown, County Kilkenny, was the second son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, and Anne Welles. His older brother James inherited the earldom. Following the extinction of the senior family line, his great-grandson, Piers Butler, became the 8th Earl of Ormond. Richard was born at Kilkenny Castle and was named in honour of the visiting King Richard II, who had joined his cousin, James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, to campaign against the Irish. Marriage and children Richard lived at Polestown Castle and went against the Statutes of Kilkenny by marrying Catherine (1395–1420), the daughter of an Irish nobleman, Gildas O’Reilly, Lord of East Breifne.''Lodge, John'', ''The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom'', 1789, Vol. IV, pg. 17. By his wife he had several children, the eldest of whom adopted the Gaelic title of The MacRichard of Ossory. * Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler (1420– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund MacRichard Butler
Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler of Polestown (1420 – June 13, 1464) was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler of Polestown and adopted the Gaelic title of The MacRichard of Ossory. Career Like his father before him, Edmund was the Lord Deputy to his cousin, James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond who was absent from Ireland (and had even given the English title of Earl of Wiltshire in 1449). Edmund first came to attention in 1443 when he instigated the murder of Finan and Dermot MacGillapadraig, the sons of the King of the ruling Irish clan in Ossory. In 1447, Edmund founded the bridge at Carrick-on-Suir – the first over the estuary. In 1462, his second cousin John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond, arrived in Ireland with the objective of opening another front against the Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses. Enlisting Edmund MacRichard's help, he captured Waterford and along with it, the son of the Earl of Desmond. A longtime enemy of the Butlers, Desmond had been encroaching on the wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Butler Of Polestown
Walter Butler of Polestown was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1483. He was the second son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler. His nephew Piers would become the 8th Earl of Ormond.Byrne, Frances John, et al (2002). ''A New History of Ireland, Volume 9. '' New York: Oxford University Press, pg 169. He was the father of Edmond Butler of Polestown. See also * Butler dynasty Butler ( ga, de Buitléir) is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde ... References Walter 15th-century Irish politicians {{Ireland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Butler Of Polestown
Sir James Butler of Polestown (died 1487) was a warlord in Yorkist Ireland. Career James was the eldest son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler, whom he succeeded in 1464 as Lord Deputy of Ireland over his absentee cousins John and Thomas, the 6th and 7th Earls of Ormond, respectively. As was his family's tradition, he had a long career as a Gaelic warlord which included raiding and rustling across southern Leinster. He sided with the House of Lancaster against King Edward IV of England, for which he was attainted; but when that King was settled on the throne, he overlooked this mistake in his conduct, and an Act of Parliament passed in Ireland, repealed all attainders, judgments, and outlawries, against him. The King, in consideration of his faithful services from that time, granted him, in April 1468 (among other things) the manor and advowson (right to nominate the parish priest) of Callan for life. And on 12 October 1477, he was constituted by John, Earl of Ormond, his attorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet
Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet (died 1650) was an Irish nobleman. He was created a baronet, of Polestown, in the Baronetage of Ireland on 8 July 1645.George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 268. Family Sir Walter Butler was son of Edmond Butler of Polestown (died 21 April 1636) and descendant of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, belonging to the Polestown branch of the Butler family. He married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret and Margaret O'Neill, likewise a descendant of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond. They had issue Sir Richard Butler, 2nd Baronet Polestown (d. c. 1679). He held the office of Governor of Kilkenny on 28 March 1650, when it surrendered to Cromwell. Polestown, also known as Poulstown, is today called Paulstown and is located in County Kilkenny. See also * Butler baronets * Butler dynasty But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Butler Of Roscrea
Walter Butler of Ballinakill Castle, Roscrea (c. 1600 – 25 December 1634) was a military officer, who served as a colonel (''Oberst'') in the Imperial Army under Albrecht von Wallenstein and was involved in Wallenstein's murder in 1634. Ancestry Walter Butler was a descendant of the Butler family – the Earls of Ormond. He was the son of Peter Butler of Roscrea. The "Roscrea" cadet branch of the family is in turn descended from the "Polestown" cadet branch. * James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond :* Sir Richard Butler of Polestown, the second son of the 3rd Earl. ::* Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler, the eldest son of Sir Richard. :::* Walter Butler of Polestown, second son of Edmund MacRichard. ::::* Edmond Butler of Polestown, son of Walter. :::::* Peter Butler of Roscrea, second son of Edmond. Ballinakill Castle Ballinakill Castle lies between Roscrea and Dunkerrin. The ruins can now be seen on the main Dublin-Limerick road (N7) about six kilometers on the Nenagh side of Roscrea. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Hungary, and List of Croatian monarchs, Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551–1608), Maria of Bavaria. His parents were devout Catholic Church, Catholics, and, in 1590, they sent him to study at the University of Ingolstadt, Jesuits' college in Ingolstadt because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheranism, Lutheran nobles. In July that same year (1590), when Ferdinand was 12 years old, his father died, and he inherited Inner Austria–Duchy of Styria, Styria, Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthia, Duchy of Carniola, Carniola and smaller provinces. His cousin, the childless Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, who was the head of the Habsburg family, appointed regents to administer these lands. Ferdinand was installed as the actual ruler of the Inner Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler Dynasty
Butler ( ga, de Buitléir) is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde. The family has produced multiple titles such as Baron Cahir, Baron Dunboyne, Viscount Ikerrin, Viscount Galmoye, Viscount Mountgarret, Viscount Thurles, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Kilkenny, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Ossory, Marquess of Ormonde and Duke of Ormonde. Variant spellings of the name include ''le Boteler'' and ''le Botiller''. The Butlers were descendants of Anglo-Norman lords who participated in the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. The surname has its origins in the hereditary office of "Butler (cup-bearer) of Ireland", originating with Theobald Walter, 1st Chief Butler of Ireland. The arms of later family members depicted three cups in recognition of their original office. Origin The family descended from Theobal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
