Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond

Piers Butler
Piers Butler
Earl of Ormond
Tenure	1515–1539
Predecessor	Thomas, 7th Earl of Ormond
Successor	James, 9th Earl of Ormond
Born	1467
Died	26 August 1539
Noble family	Butler
Spouse(s)	Margaret FitzGerald
Issue; Detail	James, Richard, & others. Edmund (illegitimate)
Father	Sir James Butler
Mother	Sabh Kavanaugh

Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (c. 1467 – 1539) also known as Red Piers (Irish Piers Ruadh), was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland. In the succession crisis at the death of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond he succeeded to the earldom as heir male, but lost the title in 1528 to Thomas Boleyn. He regained it after Boleyn's death in 1538.

Family tree

Piers Butler with wife, parents, and other selected relatives, among which the Boleyns.^[a]

James
3rd Earl
Ormond
c. 1395 – 1405

Anne
Welles
d. 1397

James
4th Earl
c. 1393 – 1452

Joan
Beauchamp
1396–1430

Richard
Butler
1396–1443

Catherine
O'Reilly
1395–1420

James
5th Earl
1420–1461

John
6th Earl
d. 1476

Thomas
7th Earl
1426–1515

Edmund
MacRichard
Butler
1420–1464

Catherine
O'Carroll
d. 1506

William
Boleyn
1451 – 1505

Margaret
Butler
c. 1454 –
c. 1539

James
Butler
d. 1487
of Polestown

Sabh
Kavanagh

Thomas
Boleyn
c. 1477 – 1536

Piers
8th Earl
1467–1539

Margaret
FitzGerald
c. 1473 – 1542

James
10th Earl
Desmond
d. 1529

Anne
Boleyn
1501 or 1507
– 1536

James
9th Earl
1496–1546

Joan
FitzGerald
d. 1565

Thomas
10th Earl
c. 1531 – 1614
Black Tom

Elizabeth
Sheffield

John of
Kilcash
d. 1570

Katherine
MacCarthy

Legend

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Subject of
the article

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Earls of
Ormond

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Earls of
Desmond

^ Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17. "Butler Family Tree condensed"
^ Cokayne 1895, p. 146pedigree
^ Burke 1883, pp. 204–206Genealogy of the earls of Desmond
^ Burke & Burke 1915, pp. 1548–1552Genealogy of the earls of Ormond

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[FOOTNOTEDunboyne1968[httpsarchiveorgdetailsbutlerfamilyhist00dunbpage16_16–17]-1] Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17. "Butler Family Tree condensed"

[FOOTNOTECokayne1895[httpsarchiveorgdetailscompletepeerage06cokahrishpagen147_146]-2] Cokayne 1895, p. 146pedigree

[FOOTNOTEBurke1883[httpsbabelhathitrustorgcgiptidmdp39015088438141view1upseq228_204–206]-3] Burke 1883, pp. 204–206Genealogy of the earls of Desmond

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1915[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb3136410xpage1548_1548–1552]-4] Burke & Burke 1915, pp. 1548–1552Genealogy of the earls of Ormond

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