James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond

James Butler
Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Wiltshire & Ormond by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg
Detail from the portrait below
Tenure1539–1546
PredecessorPiers, 8th Earl of Ormond
SuccessorThomas, 10th Earl of Ormond
Bornc. 1496
Ireland
Died28 October 1546
Spouse(s)Joan FitzGerald
Issue
Detail
Thomas, Edmund, John, Walter, James, & others
FatherPiers Butler
MotherMargaret 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.


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