John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 1422-1476

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In 1413 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 19] and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of [his grandfather] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and [his grandmother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1422 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 28] and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde in Kilkenny, Ireland [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 18th July 1432 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 39] and [his step-mother] 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 [his grandfather] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and [his grandmother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were half second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

Before 1445 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 27] and [his sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 51] and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 61] and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1445 Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 19] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard Hankford and Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter [aged 44]. He the son of [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 51] and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1450 [his illegitimate son] Edward Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 28] and Reynalda Obrien.

On 23rd August 1452 James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 59] died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Abbey, Dublin. His son James [aged 31] succeeded 5th Earl Ormonde.

Before 3rd June 1457 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 36] and [his sister-in-law] Avice Stafford Countess Ormonde [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde.

Around April 1458 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 49]. He the son of [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

30th December 1460 Battle of Wakefield

                    On 30th December 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30], Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 24] and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], and included John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 25] and William Gascoigne XIII [aged 30], both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40], John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford [aged 25], John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 50], Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger [aged 20].
                
                    The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
                
                    Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 49] was killed. His son Edward [aged 18] succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl of Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
                
                    Thomas Neville [aged 30],  and Edward Bourchier were killed.
                
                    Father and son Thomas Harrington [aged 60] and John Harrington [aged 36] were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
                
                    William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] was killed. His daughter Cecily succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
                
                    Thomas Parr [aged 53] fought in the Yorkist army.
                
                    Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 60] was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville [aged 40] was executed.
                
                    Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 17] was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.

29th March 1461 Battle of Towton

                    On 29th March 1461 the Battle of Towton was a decisive victory for King Edward IV of England [aged 18] bringing to an end the first war of the Wars of the Roses. Said to be the bloodiest battle on English soil 28000 were killed mainly during the rout that followed the battle.
                
                    The Yorkist army was commanded by King Edward IV of England with John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 56], William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 30] (knighted), Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy [aged 45], Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57], John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 23] and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61].
                
                    The Lancastrian army suffered significant casualties including Richard Percy [aged 35], Ralph Bigod Lord Morley [aged 50], John Bigod [aged 28], Robert Cromwell [aged 71], Ralph Eure [aged 49], John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 51], John Beaumont [aged 33], Thomas Dethick [aged 61], Everard Simon Digby, William Plumpton [aged 25] and William Welles [aged 51] who were killed.
                
                    Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39] was killed. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick,  Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
                
                    Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 49] was killed. He was buried at the nearby Saxton church where his chest tomb is extant. Baron Dacre Gilsland extinct. 
                
                    Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 55] was killed. His son Richard [aged 33] succeeded 7th Baron Welles.
                
                    The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 25], Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30], Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Andrew Trollope.
                
                    Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter was attainted after the battle; Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit.
                
                    Those who fought for the Lancaster included William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], William Plumpton, John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 60], William Norreys [aged 20], Thomas Grey 1st Baron Grey of Richemont [aged 43], Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 30], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12], Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby, Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 56], James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40], John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 39], William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 22], Henry Roos and Thomas Tresham [aged 41]. Cardinal John Morton [aged 41] were captured.
                
                    John Heron of Ford Castle Northumberland [aged 45], Robert Dethick [aged 86], Andrew Trollope and his son David Trollope were killed.

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On 1st May 1461 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40] was beheaded at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] having been captured at, or after, the Battle of Towton. His brother John [aged 39] succeeded 6th Earl Ormonde. Earl Wiltshire forfeit.

Around 1462 [his illegitimate son] John Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 40] and Reynalda Obrien at Alfreton, Derbyshire [Map].

July 1462 Battle of Piltown

Around July 1462 the Yorkist army of Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond defeated the Lancastrian army of John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 40] at Piltown, Kilkenny [Map]. The Lancastrian army suffered around 1000 killed.

On 8th September 1473 [his sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 49] died at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map].

On 14th December 1476 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 54] died. His brother Thomas [aged 50] succeeded 7th Earl Ormonde. [his sister-in-law] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 45] by marriage Countess Ormonde.

                    Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1519. 4th April 1519. 160. For Anne Seyntleger [aged 64] [St Leger], widow.
                
                    Licence to found a perpetual chantry for one chaplain in the chapel of St. Mary, called "Hangfordis Chapell," in the church of St. George, Monklee, Devon, to pray for the King and Queen, and for the said Anne, Sir George Seyntleger [aged 35], Thomas Seyntleger, clk., and Margaret Boleyn [aged 65], widow, and for the souls of Sir Thomas Ormond, late earl of Ormond, and lady Anne his wife (father and mother of the said Anne Seyntleger), James and John, brothers of the said earl, William Hangford, Richard-Hangford his son, Sir Richard Hangford, son of the said Richard, and James Seyntleger and Ambrose Griseacre, husbands of the said Anne Seyntleger, and James Seyntleger, her son. Also licence to alienate possessions to the annual value of £10 for the said chaplain. Greenwich, 12 March 10 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 4 April.
                
                    Pat. 10 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 32.

[his illegitimate son] James Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde and Reynalda Obrien at Alfreton, Derbyshire [Map].

Ancestors of John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 1422-1476

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzjohn 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde 10 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Norman Darcy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Darcy

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Aton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde 10 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burgh 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Father: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles

Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison

Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ros Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley 2 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Albini 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vaux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bohun 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Geneville 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Baroness Geneville 8 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 6 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême

Mother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" 1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England