James Butler | |
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Earl of Ormond | |
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Tenure | 1539–1546 |
Predecessor | Piers, 8th Earl of Ormond |
Successor | Thomas, 10th Earl of Ormond |
Born | c. 1496 Ireland |
Died | 28 October 1546 |
Spouse(s) | Joan FitzGerald |
Issue Detail | Thomas, Edmund, John, Walter, James, & others |
Father | Piers Butler |
Mother | Margaret FitzGerald |
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory (c. 1496 – 1546), known as the Lame (Irish: Bacach), was in 1541 confirmed as Earl of Ormond thereby ending the dispute over the Ormond earldom between his father, Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. Butler died from poison in London.