Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Lady of Kildare Fitzgerald.
Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1495 te Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland.
Spouse: Piers Butler
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Piers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondNick name: Red Piers (Irish Piers Ruadh)Also known as: Piers Butler 8th Earl of OrmondGender: MaleBirth: Pottlerath, Kilkenny, IrelandBirth: 1467 - Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, IrelandBirth: Apr 1467 - Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, IrelandMarriage: Spouse: Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess Ormond - Circa 1485 - Kilkenny, IrelandDeath: Aug 26 1539 - St. Canice, County Kilkenny, IrelandBurial: Chancel of St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Donegal, IrelandParents: Sir James Butler, Earl of Ormond, Sabh MacMurrough Butler, Princess of Leinster (born Kavanagh,)Spouses: Lady Margaret Butler, Countess Ormond (born Fitzgerald,), Mistress Butler,Children: Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond, Lady Margaret Butler, Countess Ormonde, Ellice Butler, James "The Lame" Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, Lady Joan Butler, (born Butler), Hon. Thomas Butler, of Ormonde, Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret, Lady Ellen O'Brien (born Butler), Lady Eleanor Butler, (born Butler), Edmund Butler, Archbishop of CashelSiblings: Theobald Butler, of Polestown, Ellice Butler, John Fitz James Butler, Alice Butler, Margaret Plunket, (born Butler) Additional information:
LifeSketch: Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (1467 – 26 August, 1539) also known as (Irish Piers Ruadh) Red Piers, was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland.cess of Leinster, daughter of Donal Reagh Kavanagh, MacMurrough, King of Leinster (1396-1476).[2]He married Lady Margaret FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and had 9 children by that marriage: 3 sons and 6 daughters.[2]Ormond land and titles. This had precipitated a crisis in the Ormond succession when the seventh earl later died without a male heir. On 20 March 1489, King Henry VII appointed him High Sheriff of County Kilkenny. He was knighted prior to September 1497. The following year (1498) he seized Kilkenny Castle and with his wife, Margaret FitzGerald (d.1542), the dynamic daughter of the earl of Kildare, probably improved the living accommodation there. On 28 February 1498 he received a pardon for crimes committed in Ireland, including the murder of James Ormonde, heir to the 7th Earl. He was also made Senechal of the Liberty of Tipperary on 21 June 1505, succeeding his distant relation, James Butler, 9th Baron Dunboyne. On the death of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde on 3 August 1515, Piers Butler became the 8th Earl of Ormond. On 6 March 1522, the King appointed him Chief Governor of Ireland as Lord Deputy; he held this office until 13 May 1524 when he became Lord Treasurer.Loss of title[edit] As the king wanted the titles of Ormond and Wiltshire for Thomas Boleyn, he induced Butler and his coheirs to resign their claims on 18 February 1528. Aided by the king's Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Butler was granted the earldom of Ossory.s Cathedral, Kilkenny city Marriage and Children[edit]rriage was political; arranged with the purpose of healing the breach between the two families.[4] In the early years of their marriage, Margaret and her husband were reduced to penury by James Dubh Butler, a nephew, heir to the earldom and agent of the absentee 7th Earl, who resided in England.[5] Piers Butler retaliated by murdering James Dubh in an ambush in 1497. He was pardoned for his crime on 22 February 1498.ress of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond, and had issue.t)Eleanor Butler, daughter of his uncle Theobald Butler. They had issue.first married to Rory O'Moore of Laois, and lastly to Sir Maurice Fitzgerald of Lackagh. second son of the Earl of Desmond, and secondly to Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory and had issue.[6]f Ellen, daughter of James 14th Earl of Desmond.erald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies (1482–1533)-grandson of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond.ried Donough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, son of Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond and Annabell de Burgh.. The Earl also had an illegitimate elder brother, Theobald Butler.
TitleOfNobility: 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory.
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Piers Butler<br>Gender: Male<br>Alias name: Red Piers, 8th Earl of Ormonde<br>Birth: 1467 - Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny County, Ireland<br>Occupation: 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossuary, Chief Governor of Ireland, seized kilkenny castle, 8th Earl of Ormonde, of the line of Earls of Ormond., Knight, Chief Governor Sir Knight<br>Marriage: Spouse: Margaret Butler (born FitzGerald), Countess Ormonde - Circa 1495 - Ireland<br>Death: Aug 26 1539 - Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland<br>Burial: 1539 - St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland<br>Father: James Butler of Polestown, 7th Earl Of Ormond<br>Mother: Sabina MacMurrough Butler (born Kavanagh)<br>Wife: Margaret Butler (born FitzGerald), Countess Ormonde<br>Ex-partner: Unknown Mistress of Piers Butler<br>Children: Katherine FitzGerald (born Butler), Ellice Butler, Joan Butler, James Butler, Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret, Thomas Butler, of Ormond, Margaret Fitz-Patrick (born Butler), Helen O'Brien (born Butler)</a>, Eleanor Butler, Alice Butler, Edmund Butler, Archbishop of Cashel<br>Sibling: Theobald Butler
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Piers Ruadh 8th Earl of Ormonde, 1st Earl of Ossory Butler<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: 1464 - St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland<br>Marriage: 1485<br>Death: Aug 26 1539 - St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland<br>Father: Sir James Butler of Polestown (born Butler)<br>Mother: Sabine Kavanagh<br>Wife: Margaret Lady of Kildare Butler (born Fitzgerald)<br>Children: Countess Catherine Fizgerald (born Butler Power)James The Lame Butler 9th Earl of Ormonde, Viscount Thurles, 2nd Earl of OssoryMargaret Fitzpatrick (born Butler Burke)Sir Thomas Butler ButterHelen Ellen O'Brien (born Butler)Richard 1st Viscount Mountgarret ButlerJoan ButlerEllice FitzGerald (born Butler)<br>Photos:
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