Eleanor Butler

A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire

By John Burke

Published by H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832

Item notes: 4th ed.:v.1(1832)

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Aug 1, 2007

EDMUND BUTLER, esq. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Pierce Poer, of the county of Waterford, by whom he had two sons, the elder of whom, THOMAS BUTLER. esq. was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 10th November, 1543, by the title of Baron of Caher. His lordship m. Eleanor, fifth daughter of Pierce, Earl of Ormonde, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Edmund, second baron, who d. without issue, when the barony expired, and his two half sisters became his heirs. The dignity was, however, revived 6th May, 1563, by a new patent, granted to his lordship's first cousin, SIR THEOBALD BUTLER, knt. who became thus third Baron Caher.

Eleanor Butler1

F, #190146, d. after 1550

Last Edited=6 Mar 2008

Consanguinity Index=0.1%

    Eleanor Butler was the daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde and Lady Margaret FitzGerald.1 She married Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher, son of Edmund Butler and Catherine Power.1 She married Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher, son of Edmund Butler and Catherine Power, on 10 November 1543.2 She died after 1550.3

    As a result of her marriage, Eleanor Butler was styled as Baroness Caher on 10 November 1543.

Child of Eleanor Butler and Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher

Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Caher d. 15601

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 465. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1212. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 131. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

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Ellen FitzGerald1

F, #198967

Last Edited=2 Jul 2006

Consanguinity Index=3.2%

    Ellen FitzGerald is the daughter of Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald and Joan FitzGibbon.1 She married Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher, son of Edmund Butler and Catherine Power, after 1550.1

    As a result of her marriage, Ellen FitzGerald was styled as Baroness Caher after 1550. From after 1550, her married name became Butler.1

Children of Ellen FitzGerald and Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher

Ellenor Butler d. a 15601

Johan Butler+ d. b 15601

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 465. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.