Swartz/Rand Family Tree » Piers Ruadh BUTLER, 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory (1467-1539)

Personal data Piers Ruadh BUTLER, 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory 

Source 1
  • He was born April 1467 in Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland.Source 1

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (14) when child (Ellice BUTLER) was born (??-??-1481).

  • (FamilySearch ID) : LD8D-N31.
  • He died on August 26, 1539 in St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland, he was 72 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried September 1539 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.Source 1
  • A child of James MacEdmund BUTLER OF POLESTOWN and Sara Sabine KAVANAGH
  • This information was last updated on September 28, 2019.

Household of Piers Ruadh BUTLER, 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory

(1) He is married to Margaret FITZGERALD.

They got married about 1485.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas BUTLER  ± 1496-1546 
  3. Catherine BUTLER  1487-1552
  4. James BUTLER  1496-1546
  5. Margaret BUTLER  1497-1580
  6. Richard BUTLER  1500-1571 
  7. Helen BUTLER  ± 1508-1597
  8. Eleanor BUTLER  1512-1580
  9. Joan BUTLER  1528-1553
  12. Ellice BUTLER  1481-1530


(2) He is married to Margaret de WINDSOR.

They got married.


(3) He is married to Mistress.

They got married

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Sources

  1. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch , FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 3 Jun 2019), entry for Piers Ruadh Butler,, person ID LD8D-N31.

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Historical events

Day of death August 26, 1539

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
    • April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
    • June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
    • June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
    • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.


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