Cook Family Ancestry James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormonde [13579] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Edmund Butler Styled Earl of Carrick [13563]
(Abt 1268-1321)

Joan FitzGerald [13564]
(-Bef 1320)

Humphrey de Bohun 4th Earl of Hereford and 3rd of Essex [8130]
(1276-1320)

Princess Elizabeth (Isabel) Plantagenet Countess of Hereford And Essex [4218]
(1282-1316)

James Butler 1st Earl of Ormonde [13580]
(Abt 1305-1337)

Alianore de Bohun Countess Ormonde [12041]
(1304-1363)

James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormonde [13579]
(1331-1382)

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth Darcy Countess of Ormonde [14702]

James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormonde [13579] ²⁴

Born: 4 Oct 1331, Kilkenny
Marriage: Elizabeth Darcy Countess of Ormonde [14702] on 14 May 1346 in Ormonde, Ireland
Died: 18 Oct 1382, Knocktopher at age 51
Buried: Gowran Church

bullet General Notes:

Called the Noble earl and by the Irish the Chaste.
Constable of Dublin Castle 1349. Chief Governor of Ireland.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal08881

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BUTLER.htm#James%20BUTLER%20(2°%20E.%20Ormonde)

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Earl of Ormonde, 1338. Earl of Ormonde 1338-1382

James married Elizabeth Darcy Countess of Ormonde [14702] [MRIN: 6389], daughter of John Darcy 1st Lord Darcy de Knayth [13463] and Lady Joan de Burgh [13466], on 14 May 1346 in Ormonde, Ireland. (Elizabeth Darcy Countess of Ormonde [14702] was born about 1332 in probably Platten Meath, Ireland and died on 24 Mar 1389.)

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James Butler 2nd Earl of Ormonde [13579] ²⁴