Person:Piers Butler (5)
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
b.1467 Dedham, Essex, England
d.26 Aug 1539
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1465
  1. Theobald Butler of Polestown
  2. Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond1467 - 1539
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 Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1467 Dedham, Essex, England
Marriage 1485 to Lady Margaret FitzGerald
Death[1] 26 Aug 1539
Burial[2] St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Reference Number Q197540 (Wikidata)


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Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (1539) also known as Red Piers (Irish Piers Ruadh), was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland. In the succession crisis at the death of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond he succeeded to the earldom as heir male, but lost the title in 1528 to Thomas Boleyn. He regained it after Boleyn's death in 1538.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   Pierce Butler "Red Piers" 8th Earl Ormonde, in Find A Grave.
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