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Male 1st Earl of Ormond James Butler Click to view 1st Earl of Ormond James Butler in the family tree

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 

Family 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
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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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