James Butler , 2nd Earl of Ormond 
James was born on October 4th, 1331 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland. James' father was James Butler , 1st Earl of Ormond and his mother was Eleanor de Bohun. His paternal grandparents were Edmund le Botiller , 6th Butler, Ear of Carrick and Joan FitzGerald; his maternal grandparents were Humphrey VIII de Bohun , Earl Hereford & Essex and Elizabeth Plantagenet , Princess of England. He had a sister named Petronella (Pernel). He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 51 on October 18th, 1382 in Knocktopher Castle, Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.General Notes
James Butler, b. Kilkenny 4 Oct 1331, d. 18 Oct or 6 Nov 1382, 2nd Earl of Ormond; m. Elizabeth Darcy, d. 24 Mar 1389/90, daughter of Sir John Darcy of Knayth. [Magna Charta Sureties]
Note: by "Kilkenny" MCS must mean Kilkenny County because the Butler family did not purchase Kilkenny Castle until 1391-1393.
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He [James, 1st Earl of Ormond] was succeeded by his seven-year-old son, James, whom the Irish called "The Chaste", which was certainly a distinctive epithet where the Earls of Ormond were concerned. He was also called "The Noble Earl" because he was the grand-grandson of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. In the Ormonde MSS is an interesting charter of 1341, where Edward III calls him "Dilectus consanguineas et fidelis noster Jacobus Comes d'Ormond et de Carrick", which suggests that even at that period his grandfather had been regarded as hereditary Earl of Carrick. The 2nd Earl of Ormond spent most of his life in Ireland where the considerable estates he had inherited were augmented by grants for his good services. He was several times governor of Ireland, although he refused the post in 1381. Despite a stammer, he successfully proposed marriage to the daughter of his guardian, Lord Darcy. In 1382, the Earl died at Knocktopher aged 51, and, like his father, was buried in Gowran, not as sometimes stated at Kilkenny. [Butler Family History]
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- b.1200 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.1223 in Norfolk, England d.26 Dec 1248 in Monastery of Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
- b.~ 1202 in Ireland d.<04 Sep 1225
- b.~ 1242 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland d.26 Sep 1285 in Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland
- b.~ 1198 in Galway Castle, Connaught, Ireland d.17 FEB 1242/43 in Gascony, France
- b.~ 1224 in Galway, Connaught, Ireland
- b.~ 1208 in Galway, Connaught, Ireland
- b.~ 1271 in Knocktopher Castle, Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland d.13 Sep 1321 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.< 1163 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258 in Farmbridge, Essex, England
- b.~ 1168 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.<04 Jun 1225
- b.~ 1252 in Shere, Surrey, England d.~26 May 1303
- b.1186 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England d.BET 11 AND 18 FEB 1224/25 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1212 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1252
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248 in Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthsire, England
- b.~ 1305 in Knocktopher Castle, Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland d.6 JAN 1337/38 in Moyalvi, Tipperary, Ireland
- b.~ 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland (Justiciar of Ireland) d.1257 in As a Friar at Franciscan Friary at Youghal, Ireland
- b.1240 in Banada, Sligo, Ireland d.1271 in Ballyloughmask, Mayo, Ireland
- b.~ 1223 in Bampton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1257 in Castle of Woodstock, Athy, Kildare, Ireland d.12 Sep 1316 in Laraghbryan, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1203 in Castle of Woodstock near Athy, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1240 in Athy, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1281 in Offaly, Offaly, Ireland d.02 May 1320
- b.~ 1190 in Roche Castle, Roch, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1220 in Roche Castle, Roch, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1252 in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
- b.~ 1257 in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland d.> 1327
- b.~ 1224 in Manor of Eglwys Cwmmin, Wales
- b.04 Oct 1331 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland d.18 Oct 1382 in Knocktopher Castle, Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275
- b.1225 in Herfordshire, Essex, England d.27 Aug 1267 in (dvp)
- b.1208 in La Marche, Poitou, France d.14 Aug 1241
- b.~ 1249 in Herefordshire, England d.31 Dec 1298 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.1230 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales d.> 1252 in Llanthony Inn, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.~ 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 MAR 1321/22 in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain)
- b.1168 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d.1241 in Holy Lands
- b.1210 in Tolleshunt, Essex, England d.1265 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1177 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1243 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d.06 Nov 1298
- b.1177 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1213 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.<17 Oct 1305 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England d.07 Oct 1363 in Ireland
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-The-Sand near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1198 in Aragon, Spain d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.25 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1198 in Chambery, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.Dec 1266 in Aragon, Spain
- b.Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.~Jun 1180 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine d.08 Nov 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine
- b.1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, Somme, Picardy, France
- b.1216 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.15 MAR 1278/79 in Abbeville, France
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.Sep 1250 in Normandy, France
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