Person:James Butler (123)
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond
b.4 Oct 1331 County Kilkenny, Ireland
d.18 Oct 1382 or 6 Nov 1382 Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Oct 1326
  1. John Butler1330 -
  2. James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond1331 - 1382
  3. Petronella Butler1332 - 1368
  4. Alianore Butler - 1392
Spouse and Children
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m. 15 May 1349
  1. Eleanor Butler
  2. James Butler, 3rd Earl of OrmondBef 1376 - 1405
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Facts and Events
Name James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond
Gender Male
Birth[2] 4 Oct 1331 County Kilkenny, Ireland
Marriage 15 May 1349 Kildare, IrelandKilkenny Castle,
to Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Ormond
Death[2] 18 Oct 1382 or 6 Nov 1382 Arklow, Wicklow, IrelandKnocktopher Castle
Burial[2] Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
Reference Number? Q6130590?
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James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 133118 October 1382) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s.

The son of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and Lady Eleanor de Bohun, James was born at Kilkenny Castle and given in ward on 1 September 1344 to Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond for the fine of 2,306 marks; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson, through his mother, of King Edward I of England. He died at Knocktopher Castle in Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

References
  1.   James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 JAMES Butler, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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