Sir Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland

Male 1242 - 1285  (43 years)


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  • Name Theobald Butler 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix 4th Chief Butler of Ireland 
    Birth 1242  (Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Sep 1285  [2
    Person ID I46914  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2018 

    Father Sir Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland,   b. 1224, (Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1248 (Age 24 years) 
    Mother Margery de Burgh,   b. (Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft March 1253 
    Marriage 1242  (Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F17219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan FitzJohn,   b. ~1250   d. 4 Apr 1303 (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Marriage 1268  [1, 2
    Residence (Family) Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Sir Edmund Butler, Knight, Earl of Carrick,   b. 1268, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1321, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F17218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

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  • Notes 
    • Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (1242 – 26 September 1285) was the son of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland and Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht. He assisted King Edward I of England in his wars in Scotland. He died at the castle of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, and was buried at Arklow Monastery.[1]

      Marriage and Children

      He married Joan FitzJohn in 1268, the fourth and youngest daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Kirtling, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Isobel Bigod and the granddaughter of Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex.[2] She was co-heir with her three sisters to her brothers John and Richard.[3] On her marriage, she brought Theobald the manor of Faubridge in Essex, the hamlet of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey, the hamlet of Vacherie and the manor of Ailesbury (in Buckinghamshire). Joan died 4 April 1303. Their children were:

      Theobald Butler, 5th Chief Butler of Ireland (1269–1299)
      Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland (1268 – 1321)
      Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (1271-1329)
      Margaret Butler (1294–1344), she married John de Trenouth
      John Butler (1270-1321)
      Richard Butler (b.1275)
      Gilbert Butler (b.1275)
      Nicholas Butler (b.1277), elected Archbishop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never consecrated.
      James Butler (1278-1337)

      References

      Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 5.
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      Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 5.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S10105] "Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick" biography, accessed & downloaded Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, htt.

    2. [S10106] "Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland" biography, accessed & downloaded Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 by David A.

    3. [S10716] "Richard Mâor de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Tuesday, March.