Person:Margaret FItzGerald (1)
Lady Margaret FitzGerald
b.1472 Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Republic of Ireland
d.9 Aug 1542 Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1478
  1. Lady Elilis FitzGerald
  2. Lady Margaret FitzGerald1472 - 1542
  3. Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare1487 - 1534
  4. Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald
  5. Lady Alice FitzGerald
Spouse and Children
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m. 1485
  1. Eleanor Butler - Aft 1550
  2. Margaret Butler
  3. James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond1496 - 1546
  4. Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret1500 - 1571
  5. Helen Butler1508 - 1597
  6. Edmund Butler - 1551
  7. Catherine Butler - 1552/53
  8. Joan Butler
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Facts and Events
Name Lady Margaret FitzGerald
Gender Female
Birth? 1472 Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Marriage 1485 to Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
Death[1] 9 Aug 1542 Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Burial[2] St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Reference Number? Q208901?
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Margaret Butler (née FitzGerald), Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines". She married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, by whom she had four sons and five daughters.

In 1501, she rebuilt Gowran Castle. In 1502, she also decorated St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran where her husband Sir Piers Butler's ancestors are buried including, Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Lord Deputy of Ireland, his son James Butler, First Earl of Ormonde, his grandson also James Butler second Earl of Ormonde his great grandson James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde. James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde built the first castle in Gowran in 1385 and made it his main residence. He bought Kilkenny Castle in 1391. She was a patron of schools and craftsmen and also played an active role in legal affairs pertaining to the Ormond estates. She is sometimes styled the Great Countess of Ormond or by her Irish name of Mairgread Gerroid. The Reverend James Graves in his History of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny described her as having been "unquestionably one of the most remarkable women of her age and country".

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References
  1. ↑ Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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