1st Earl of Ormond James Butler 
James was born in 1305 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.1 James' father was Edmond Butler and his mother was Joan of Kildare. His paternal grandparents were Theobald de Verdun and Joan de Mandeville; his maternal grandparents were 1st Earl of Kildare John FitzThomas FitzGerald and Blanche de La Roche. He had two brothers and two sisters, named John, Lawrence, Joan and <Unknown>. He died at the age of 33 on January 6th, 1338 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.1 General Notes
James Butler, or Bottelier, 1st Earl Ormond, succeeded to the Butlership of Ireland, but notwithstanding his nonage, being under age at his father's death, had license 3d December, 1325, for the fine of 2,000 marks to marry whom he pleased, and was created Earl of Ormond (the north part of the County of Tipperary) by patent bearing date of 2 November, 1328, at Salisbury, the King then holding Parliament there. By patent, dated at Wallingford, in consideration for his services, and better to enable him to support the honour, had given to him the regalities, liberties, knight's fees and other royal privileges of the County of Tipperary, and the rights of a Palatine in that county for life. By virtue of this grant these privileges were enjoyed by the family until 1716. He is described by Clynn, the Annalist, to be a liberal, amicable facetious and comely person. He died in the flower of his youth in the year 1337. He married in 1327 Eleanor, 2nd daughter of Humphrey de Bohun (great-great-grand-son of Henry de Bohun Surety for the Magna Charta) and his wife, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I. They had John, who died an infant, James and a daughter, Petronilla, who married Gilbert, 3rd Baron Taubot.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 946)
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde was born circa 1305 and died on 6 January 1337. He was the son of Sir Edmond Butler and Lady Joan FitzGerald. He married Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, in 1327. They had one daughter and one son.
(Wikipedia)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1130 in West Dereham, Norfolk, England
- b.1160 in West Dereham, Norfolk d.04 Apr 1206
- b.Jan 1200 in Norfolk, East Anglia, England d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.1160 in Edlington, Yorkshire, England d.1254
- b.1187 in Edlington & Newborough, Yorkshire, England d.1226 in Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England
- b.1164 in Edlington, Yorkshire, England
- b.1219 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland d.26 Sep 1285 in Castle of Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
- b.1142 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.1192 in Joppa, Palestine
- b.1174 in Alton, Staffordshire d.Apr 1232
- b.1147 in Windsor, Hampshire, England
- b.1204 in Alton, Staffordshire, England d.10 Feb 1245 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.06 Jun 1235 in Blaen, Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.1178
- b.1165 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1225
- b.1271 in Kilkenny, Ireland d.13 Sep 1321 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1134 in Cherhill, England
- b.1162 in Walden, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.1138 in Costow, Wiltshire, England d.1232
- b.1215 in Shere, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.04 Jun 1225
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1224
- b.1242 in Shere, Surrey, England
- b.1150 in Norfolk, England d.02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.1170 d.Feb 1224
- b.1154 in Norfolk, England
- b.1222 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, Berkshire, England
- b.1192 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.1168 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1305 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland d.06 Jan 1338 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
- b.1150 in Windsor, Berkshire, England d.15 Jan 1202 in Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
- b.1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland d.20 May 1257 in Youghal, Ireland
- b.1155 in Offaly, Leinster, Ireland d.Dec 1226 in Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
- b.1230 in Banada, Sligo, Ireland d.1271 in Ballyloughmask, Mayo, Ireland
- b.1169
- b.1195 in Bampton, Devonshire, England d.1257
- b.~ 1251 in Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland d.12 Nov 1316 in Laraghbryan, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1203 in Reban, Ireland
- b.1230 in Athy, Kildare, Ireland
<Unknown>
- b.1281 in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland d.02 May 1320
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Details of James' family with Eleanor de Bohun
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I27542&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9092&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6139, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I28302
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9092&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6139, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I28302
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