Biography of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 1467-1539

In 1467 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory was born to James Butler and Sabh Macmurrough Kavanagh.

In 1481 [his daughter] Ellice Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 14) and [his future wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

In 1485 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 18) and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory were married. She the daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare (age 28) and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare. They were half third cousin twice removed.

On 16th April 1487 [his father] James Butler died.

On 17th July 1497 James Ormond was murdered by Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 30).

In 1500 [his son] Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 33) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

Around 1501 [his son] James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

In 1506 [his daughter] Catherine Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

On 3rd August 1515 Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde (age 89) died. His first cousin twice removed Piers (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Ormonde. [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde.

In or before 1522 [his son-in-law] Richard Power 1st Baron Power (age 26) and [his daughter] Catherine Butler (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 54) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1523 [his daughter] Helen Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 56) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

In 1528 [his daughter] Joan Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 61) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

On 18th February 1528 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 61) resigned their claim to the Ormonde inheritance since King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 36) wanted the titles for Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 51) to whom they were subsequently granted.

After 18th February 1528 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 61) was created 1st Earl Ossory. [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ossory.

In 1530 [his daughter] Ellice Butler (age 49) died.

Before 21st December 1532 [his son] James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory (age 23) were married. She the daughter of James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond. He the son of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 65) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory. They were fifth cousins.

In or before 1534 [his son-in-law] Donough O'Brien 2nd Earl of Thomond and [his daughter] Helen Butler (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 66) and [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 13th September 1535. Titus, B. xi. 429. B. M. St. P. i. 445. 358. Lord Chancellor Audeley to [Cromwell].

Has drawn a proviso for the surety of the King, the Queen (age 34), and the Earl of Wiltshire (age 58), &c., and inserted it in the end of the Act that the Earl of Ossory (age 68) desires to have pass, because if it were in a schedule it might be craftily withdrawn. Sends the Acts, with the commission to the Deputy for holding Parliament after the old custom. Sends also a copy of the proviso to the Earl of Wiltshire. Has drawn up the commission for the Deputy only, else it might take away part of his reputation among the people. Desires him to report to the King the number of Acts annexed. Has also made two patents for barons for Sir Richard Power and Thomas Ewstace; and, hearing from Cowley that the old course is to have letters from the Chancery here in England, has sealed them, and sends them to Cromwell.

On 22nd February 1538 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 71) was restored 8th Earl Ormonde. [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde.

On 26th August 1539 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 72) died. His son [his son] James (age 38) succeeded 9th Earl Ormonde, 2nd Earl Ossory. [his daughter-in-law] Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory (age 30) by marriage Countess Ormonde, Countess Ossory.

[his son] Edmund Butler Archbishop Cashel was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory.

[his daughter] Eleanor Butler Baroness Cahir was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

[his daughter] Margaret Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

[his son] Thomas Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

[his father] James Butler and [his mother] Sabh Macmurrough Kavanagh were married.