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James Butler

James was born in 1361 in Gowran,,Kilkenny,Ireland.¹ James' father was James Butler and his mother was Elizabeth Darcy. His paternal grandparents were James Butler and Eleanor De Bohun. He had a sister named Eleanor. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 44 on September 7th, 1405 in Gowran,,,Ireland.¹

General Notes
- James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (b. before 1376 -died 6 September 1405), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland who built Gowran Castle and made it his usual residence. He was commonly called Earl of Gowran. He also purchased by deed, from the heirs of Sir Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Kilkenny Castle. In 1392, he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland.
  
  The son of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond by his spouse Elizabeth Darcy, he married Anne Welles, daughter of John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles by his spouse Maud (née de Ros), before 17 June 1386; they had five children:
  
  * James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392-1452), married firstly Joan de Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan, and had issue. He married secondly, Lady Joan, widow of Jenico Grey, and daughter and heiress of Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare, without issue.
  * Sir Richard Butler of Polestown, county Kilkenny, (b. b 1396), who married Catherine, daughter of Gildas O'Reilly of Cavar, Lord of East Breffny, and had issue.
  * Anne Butler, married John Wogan, and had issue.
  * Sir Philip Butler, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by his wife Ida de Grey, and had issue.
  * Sir Ralph Butler, married Margaret de Berwick, and had issue.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Theobald LeBotiller
  - b.1223 in , Norfolk, , England d.26 Dec 1285 in Arklow, , Wicklow, Ireland
  
  Theobald LeBoteler
  - b.1242 in Arklow, , Wicklow, Ireland d.26 Sep 1285 in Arklow Castle, , Wicklow, Ireland
  
  Margaret De Burgh
  - b.1224 in Galway, , Galway, Ireland d.01 Mar 1252 in Carrick Drumrusk, CY, Leitrim, Ireland
  
  Edmund Butler
  - b.1271 in Kilkenny Castle, , Kilkenny, Ireland d.13 Sep 1321 in London, Middlesex, , England
  
  Joan Fitzjohn
  - b.1250 in Shere, Surrey, , England d.26 May 1303 in Worcester, Worcestershire, , England
  
  James Butler
  - b.1304 in Arklow, , Wicklow, Ireland d.06 Jan 1338 in Gowran, , Kilkenny, Ireland
  
  Joan Fitzthomas
  - b.1281 in Fermoy, , Cork, Ireland d.02 May 1320 in Ormonde, Cny, Limerick, Ireland
  
  James Butler
  - b.04 Oct 1331 in , , Kilkenny, Ireland d.18 Oct 1382 in Knocktopher Castle,Arklow,Wicklow,Ireland
  
  Eleanor De Bohun
  - b.17 Oct 1304 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, , England d.07 Oct 1363 in Aldgate, Middlesex, , England
  
  James Butler
  - b.1361 in Gowran,,Kilkenny,Ireland d.07 Sep 1405 in Gowran,,,Ireland
  
  Elizabeth Darcy
  - b.1331 in , Kilk, Kilkenny, Ireland d.24 Mar 1390 in Kilkenny, , Kilkenny, Ireland

Personal Timeline

Details of James' family with Anne Wells

Details of James' family with Anne Wells

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