House of Butler

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Anglo-Irish noble house dynasty noble family

The House of Butler is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble dynasty historically influential in Ireland and Britain, known for producing powerful earls and dukes, including the Dukes of Ormond.

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Label Occurrences
House of Butler canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish noble house ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
associatedTerritory County Kilkenny ⓘ
Ormond, Ireland ⓘ
Tipperary ⓘ
coatOfArms Or, a chief indented azure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
historicalRole Old English aristocracy in Ireland ⓘ
landed nobility in Ireland ⓘ
knownFor rivalry with the FitzGeralds in Ireland ⓘ
service to the English monarchy in Ireland ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
laterReligion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
militaryRole commanders in English and Irish wars ⓘ
notableFor holding high offices in the Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
producing dukes and earls influential in British and Irish politics ⓘ
notableMember James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond ⓘ
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ⓘ
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond ⓘ
Pierce Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond ⓘ
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond ⓘ
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond ⓘ
notableTitleHeld Earl of Ormond ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Ormond

Earl of Carrick ⓘ
Earl of Ormond ⓘ
Earl of Ormond ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Ossory

Marquess of Ormonde ⓘ
Viscount Thurles ⓘ
periodOfProminence early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalActivity participants in Irish parliamentary politics ⓘ
politicalAlignment supporters of the English Crown in Ireland ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
relatedHouse FitzGerald family ⓘ
surface form: House of FitzGerald

House of Talbot ⓘ
religionHistorically Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat Kilkenny Castle ⓘ
Ormonde Castle ⓘ
socialClass high nobility ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → memberOf → House of Butler ⓘ
Earl of Ormond → nobleFamily → House of Butler ⓘ
Lady Mary Butler → aristocraticHouse → House of Butler ⓘ
John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran → dynastic house → House of Butler ⓘ
Baron Butler → nobleHouse → House of Butler ⓘ
Duke of Ormonde → associatedWith → House of Butler ⓘ