Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (c. 1562 – 1602), was the son of

Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500 – 20 May 1571) was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Lady Margaret Fitzgerald. He married his half first cousin Eleanor Butler, daughter of Theo ...

and Eleanor Butler.Burke, John (1832). ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 2.'' London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 27

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He married Grany, Grania, or Grizzel FitzPatrick, daughter of

Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory Barnaby Fitzpatrick (born ) (c.1478–1575) was the last person to have claim to the kingship of Osraige; forfeiting his ancestral title in favour of being created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory by King Henry VIII of England, by patent dated 1 ...

. Among their children were: :*

Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651) was the son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret and Grany (''Grainne'') or Grizzel, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory. He is best known for his participation in t ...

(1578 - 1651) :* Helen Butler (d. 1631), who married her second cousin,

Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond Sir Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond and 4th Earl of Ossory (1559–1633), succeeded his uncle Black Tom, the 10th earl, in 1614. He was called "Walter of the Beads" because he was a devout Catholic, whereas his uncle had been a Protestant. ...

:* Anne Butler, who married Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye :* Margaret Butler, who married Oliver Grace of Carney, County Tipperary Burke, Sir Bernard (1914). ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage.'' London: Harrison and Sons, p. 878 His sister Eleanor married Thomas Butler, 4th Baron Cahir.

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Edmund Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Ed ...

Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland

Butler A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...

16th-century Irish nobility {{Ireland-viscount-stub

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