James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde

James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c.1305- January 6, 1337 Gowran, Co. Kilkenny), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland.

He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland, (1268- 13 September 1321) and Lady Joan FitzGerald, and married in 1327, Lady Eleanor de Bohun, (17 October 1304- 7 October 1363),) daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by his spouse Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile.His paternal grandparents were Theobald le Botiller (1242- 1285), (son of Theobald le Botiller and Margery de Burgh), and Joan FitzGeoffrey (died 4 April 1303), daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. His maternal grandparents were John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche de La Roche, who was the daughter of John de La Roche, Lord Fermoy and Maud de Waleys (Walsh).

They had two daughters and two sons: [Charles Cawley"Medieval Lands", Earls of Ormond]
* John Butler (6 November 1330- died young)
*Petronella Butler (d. 23 April 1368), married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn, and had issue.
* Alianore Butler (died 1392), married after 20 July 1359, Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, son of Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond and Aveline FitzMorice, and had issue.
*James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (1337-1382), married Elizabeth Darcy daughter of Sir John Darcy, Lord Justice of Ireland, and Joan de Burgh, and had issue.

References

* Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants" &c., London, vol.2, 1851, pedigree ccvii.