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House Butler was a large dynasty with many titles, large amounts of land and a considerable amount of wealth, with close ties to the royal families of England and later other countries. Consequently, it has numerous descendants and sub-houses throughout the world, particularly in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.
Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (6 January 1771 – 16 July 1846) was created Earl of Kilkenny on 20 December 1793. [1] The son of Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and Henrietta Butler, he was thus a member of the powerful Butler Dynasty descended from the House of Butler of Ormond, who purchased and resided at Kilkenny Castle from 1391 to 1967.
Thomas's father had built Garryricken House around 1660. [1] The Butler dynasty is an Old English family that descends from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. [2] Thomas's mother was the only daughter of Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall. [3]
Walter was born on 10 June 1703, [1] probably at Garryricken House, the only son of John Butler and his wife Frances Butler. His father was the younger brother of Thomas Butler of Garryricken and part of a cadet branch of the Butler dynasty that started with Richard Butler of Kilcash (died 1701), a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Ormond.
Butler, unlike most of his family, was a Protestant and throughout the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s was the representative of Charles I in Ireland. However, his castle became the capital of a Catholic rebel movement, Confederate Ireland , whose parliament or "Supreme Council" met in Kilkenny Castle from 1642 to 1648.
His father's family was the Butler dynasty, who were of Anglo-Norman origin. The family descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. [7] Thomas's mother was a child of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond. Her family, the Geraldines, were of Cambro-Norman and Anglo-Norman origin.
The Butler dynasty is an ancient Hiberno-Norman aristocratic family which participated in the Norman invasion of Ireland. Variant spellings include le Boteler and le Botiller . The surname has its origins in the hereditary office of butler of Ireland .