Earl Ossory

Earl Ossory is in Earl Ireland.

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

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

On 28th October 1546 James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory [aged 45] died. His son Thomas [aged 14] succeeded 10th Earl Ormonde, 3rd Earl Ossory.

On 22nd November 1614 Thomas "Black Tom" Butler 10th Earl Ormonde 3rd Earl Ossory [aged 82] died. His nephew Walter [aged 55] succeeded 11th Earl Ormonde, 4th Earl Ossory. Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde, Countess Ossory.

On 24th February 1633 Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory [aged 74] died. His grandson James [aged 22] succeeded 12th Earl Ormonde, 5th Earl Ossory. Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 17] by marriage Countess Ormonde.

In 1662 Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 27] by writ of acceleration6th Earl Ossory. Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 26] by marriage Countess Ossory.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 21st July 1688 James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 77] died. His grandson James [aged 23] de jure 2nd Duke Ormonde, 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 13th Earl Ormonde, 6th Earl Ossory. Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Ormonde.

On 16th November 1745 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 80] died. His coffin-plate says 5th November 1645. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His brother Charles [aged 74] de jure 3rd Duke Ormonde (he didn't claim the title since his brother the second duke had been attainted for supporting the Jacobite rebellion), 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 14th Earl Ormonde, 7th Earl Ossory.

On 17th December 1758 Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond [aged 87] died without issue at his lodgings at Whitehall Palace [Map]. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. Duke Ormonde, Marquess Ormonde, Earl Arran extinct. His second cousin once removed John de jure 16th Earl Ormonde, 8th Earl Ossory although he never used these titles.

On 24th June 1766 John Butler 15th Earl Ormonde died. His first cousin Walter [aged 63] de jure 16th Earl Ormonde, 9th Earl Ossory although he never used these titles.

On 2nd June 1783 Walter Butler 16th Earl Ormonde 9th Earl Ossory [aged 79] died. His son John [aged 42] succeeded 17th Earl Ormonde, 11th Earl Ossory. Frances Wandesford Countess Ormonde and Ossory [aged 29] by marriage Countess Ormonde and Countess Ossory.

On 25th December 1795 John Butler 17th Earl Ormonde 11th Earl Ossory [aged 55] died. His son Walter [aged 25] succeeded 18th Earl Ormonde, 12th Earl Ossory.

On 17th March 1805 Walter Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde [aged 35] and Anne Price-Clarke [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde and Countess Ossory. He the son of John Butler 17th Earl Ormonde 11th Earl Ossory and Frances Wandesford Countess Ormonde and Ossory [aged 51].

On 10th August 1820 Walter Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde [aged 50] died without issue. Marquess Ormonde extinct. His brother James [aged 43] succeeded 19th Earl Ormonde, 13th Earl Ossory. Grace Louisa Staples Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Countess Ormonde Countess Ossory.

On 18th May 1838 James Wandesford Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde [aged 60] died. His son John [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 20th Earl Ormonde, 14th Earl Ossory, 2nd Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.

On 25th September 1854 John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde [aged 46] died. His son James [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 21st Earl Ormonde, 15th Earl Ossory, 3rd Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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On 26th October 1919 James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde [aged 75] died. His brother James [aged 70] succeeded 4th Marquess Ormonde, 22nd Earl Ormonde, 16th Earl Ossory, 4th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire. Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.

In 1949 James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde [aged 59] died. His brother James [aged 56] succeeded 6th Marquess Ormonde, 23rd Earl Ormonde, 17th Earl Ossory, 6th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.

In 1971 James Arthur Norman Butler 6th Marquess Ormonde [aged 78] died. His first cousin James [aged 71] succeeded 7th Marquess Ormonde, 25th Earl Ormonde, 19th Earl Ossory, 7th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.