Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim (died December 1613), was an Irish peer.

Birth and origins

Theobald was the son of

Sir Edmund Butler Sir Edmund Butler (1534 – c. 1585) of Cloughgrenan (and the Dullough), was an Irish people, Irish noble and the second son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, Lady Joan Fitzgerald. He was a scion of the ...

by the Honourable Eleanor Eustace, daughter of

Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass Roland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass of Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland, was born in 1505 and died in 1578. He was the son of Sir Thomas Eustace (1480–1549), 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot, daughter of Sir Peter Talbot of ...

James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory ( – 1546), known as the Lame (Irish language, Irish: ''Bacach''), was in 1541 confirmed as Earl of Ormond (Ireland), Earl of Ormond thereby ending the dispute over the Ormond earldom bet ...

, was his grandfather, and Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet, of Cloughgrenan, his younger brother. He was raised to the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

as Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim, in the County of Carlow. In 1605 he was appointed Governor of

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...

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Viscount

Butler was created Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim by letter patent on 4 August 1603.

Marriage

Lord Butler of Tulleophelim married his first cousin Elizabeth Butler, daughter of

Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and 3rd Earl of Ossory PC (Ire) (; – 1614), was an influential courtier in London at the court of Elizabeth I. He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1559 to his death. He fought for the crown in th ...

, in 1603. There were no children from the marriage. He died in December 1613, when the viscountcy became extinct. The dowager Viscountess Butler of Tulleophelim married as her second husband

Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond Sir Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond (died 1628) was a favourite of King James VI and I of Scotland and England. In 1609 the king made him Lord Dingwall. In 1614 he married him to Elizabeth Butler, the only child of Black Tom, the 10th Ea ...

. She died in October 1628.

Death and Timeline

Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim died in January 1613.

Notes and references

Notes

References

* * – Bass to Canning (for Butler of Tulleophelim) * 1613 deaths

Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tybal ...

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