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Butler family

See also: Butler (Edmund MacRichard)

Butler (Edmund MacRichard)

(1420–1464)

Edmund MacRichard Butler, or in Irish, Éamonn Mac Risteard Buitilléar, was head of the Butlers of Polestown, eldest son of Sir Richard Butler and nephew to James Butler, fourth earl of Ormond; ‘MacRichard of Ossory’.

See more Butler (James) [1st duke of Ormond]

Butler (James) ... 1st duke of Ormond

(1610–1688)

Irish statesman, first duke of Ormond, lord lieutenant of Ireland.

See more Butler (James) [4th earl of Ormond]

Butler (James) ... 4th earl of Ormond

(1390–1452)

James Butler (in Irish, Séamus Buitilléar) was fourth earl of Ormond, known as the ‘White Earl’, elder son of James Butler, previous earl of Ormond, and Anne Welles; patron of Irish learning and literature.

Butler family

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