Biography of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 1467-1539
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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.
On 16 Apr 1487 [his father] James Butler died.
On 17 Jul 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 "Lame" 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 03 Aug 1515 Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde (age 89) died. His first cousin twice removed Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 48) succeeded 8th Earl Ormonde. [his wife] Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde.
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 18 Feb 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 18 Feb 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 21 Dec 1532 [his son] James "Lame" 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 Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.
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 Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.
Letters and Papers 1535. 13 Sep 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 03 Feb 1537 six members of the Fitzgerald family, nephew and five uncles, Thomas "Silken" Fitzgerald 10th Earl of Kildare (age 24), [his brother-in-law] James Fitzgerald (age 41), [his brother-in-law] Oliver Fitzgerald (age 41), Richard Fitzgerald, [his brother-in-law] John Fitzgerald and [his brother-in-law] Walter Fitzgerald (age 41) were executed at Tyburn [Map].
On 22 Feb 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 26 Aug 1539 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 72) died. His son [his son] James "Lame" Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory (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 son] Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret and Catharine Barnewell Viscountess Mountgarret were married. She by marriage Viscountess Mountgarret. He the son of 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. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
[his daughter] Margaret Butler was born to Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde
Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Butler 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros Helmsley
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Edmund MacRichard Butler 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gildas Lord East Breifne Oreilly
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Oreilly
Father: James Butler 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Mulroney Barbatus King Elyocarroll
GrandMother: Catherine Ocarroll
Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Donal Reagh King Leinster
Mother: Sabh Macmurrough Kavanagh
