Biography of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 1393-1452
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Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
On 18 Oct 1382 [his grandfather] James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde (age 51) died. His son [his father] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Ormonde.
Before 17 Jun 1386 [his father] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 27) and [his mother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde and Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde (age 54). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 23 May 1393 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde was born to James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 34) and Anne Welles Countess Ormonde (age 33) at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 13 Nov 1397 [his mother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde (age 37) died.
In 1399 [his father] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 40) and Katherine Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde and Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 07 Sep 1405 [his father] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 46) died. His son James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 12) succeeded 4th Earl Ormonde.
In 1413 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 19) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 24 Nov 1420 [his son] James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 27) and [his wife] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny.
Before 1422 [his son] John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 28) and [his wife] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde in Kilkenny, Ireland [Map].
In 1424 [his daughter] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 30) and [his wife] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde at County Tipperary.
In 1426 [his son] Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde.
On 18 Jul 1432 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 39) and Joan or Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare and Margaret Rocheford Countess Kildare. He the son of James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were half second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Chronicle of Gregory 1441. 16 May 1441. Ande the xvj day of May the Duke of Yorke (age 29), the Erle of Oxynforde (age 33), the Erle of Ewe (age 37), the Erle of Ormounde (age 47), and Syr Richard Woodevyle (age 56), whythe many othyr knyghtys and squyers, toke the way towarde Fraunce, and they schippyd at Portysmouthe [Map].
Before 1445 [his son-in-law] John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 27) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 20) were married. She the daughter of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 51) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 61) and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1445 [his son] Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Richard Hankford and Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter (age 44). He the son of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 51) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Chronicle of Gregory 1445. 04 Oct 1445. Ande that same yere there was a pechyng i-made uppon the Erle of Ormounde (age 52) by the pryour of Kylmayn (age 24)1 for certayne poyntys of treson, the whyche was takyn in to the kyngys grace, where uppon hyt lykyd oure soverayne lorde (age 23) to graunte a generalle pardon unto the sayde Erle (age 52). But nevyrtheles the sayde pryour (age 24) appayryde in Smethefylde [Map] the iiij day of the monythe of October, as hyt was apoyntyde, fulle clenly harnyssyd, redy whythe alle hys fetys and whythe alle hys wepyns, kepynge the fylde tylle hyghe none.
Note 1. Thomas Fitzgerald (age 24) grandson of Thomas Earl of Kildare, was at this time Prior of the Knights of St. John at Kilmainham in Ireland.
In Jul 1452 [his wife] Joan or Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde died.
On 23 Aug 1452 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 59) died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Abbey, Dublin. His son [his son] James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 31) succeeded 5th Earl Ormonde.
[his daughter] Anne Butler was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Butler
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Burgh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzjohn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde
GrandFather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor de Braose
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Father: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Darcy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Norman Darcy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Darcy
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Aton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Aton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Mór Burgh 1st Baron Connaught
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl Ulster
Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia Lacy Baroness Connaught
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl Ulster
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burgh
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Burgh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Valey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster
James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles
GrandFather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pierre Grandison
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison
Mother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ros
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Fitzpiers
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Vaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros
GrandMother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England