ID: I28274
Name: *James BUTLER
Sex: M
Birth: 1392 in Kilkenny, Ireland 1
Death: 22 AUG 1452 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland 1
Occupation: BET 1405 AND 1452 4th Earl of Ormonde 1
Occupation: Deputy of Ireland 1
Note:
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde was born in 1392. He was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde and Anne Welles. He died on 22 August 1452. He was called The White Earl and esteemed for his learning. He prevailed upon Henry V to create a King of Arms in Ireland, by the title of Ireland King of Arms (altered by Edward VI to Ulster King of Arms), and he gave lands forever to the Heralds’s College, London. He was appointed Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant in 1420, 1425, and 1442.

In 1440 he had a grant of the temporalities of the See of Cashel for ten years after the death of the Archbishop Richard O’Hedian. He married firstly with Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter of William, Lord Bergavenny.
He married secondly, Lady Joan FitzGerald, widow of Jenico Grey, and daughter and heiress of 5th Earl of Kildare, without issue.
(Wikipedia)


Father: *James BUTLER b: ABT 1361 in Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: *Anne WELLES b: 1361 in Gainsby, Lincolnshire, England

Marriage 1 Joan FITZGERALD

Marriage 2 *Elizabeth Joan BEAUCHAMP b: ABT 1396 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Married: BEF 28 AUG 1413
Children
John BUTLER b: in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
James BUTLER b: 24 NOV 1420 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
*Thomas BUTLER b: ABT 1424 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Elizabeth BUTLER b: 1430 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Sources:
Title: Wikipedia