Earl of Ormond

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The Earl of Ormond is a historic Irish peerage title long associated with the powerful Butler family, prominent in Anglo-Irish politics and society from the late Middle Ages onward.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Ormond canonical 7
Earl of Ossory 2
Earldom of Ormond 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish peerage title
hereditary title
aristocraticNetwork intermarriage with English and Irish noble families
associatedWith Anglo-Irish nobility
Butler family
conflictInvolvement Irish Confederate Wars
Tudor conquest of Ireland
Wars of the Roses
surface form: Wars of the Roses (Yorkist alignment of some holders)

Williamite War in Ireland
country Kingdom of Ireland
dynasticImportance one of the leading magnate houses in Ireland
ethnicContext Anglo-Irish
feudalStatus lordship of Ormond
firstCreationDate 14th century
governingLaw Irish peerage law
historicalFunction representation in Irish Parliament
service to English Crown in Ireland
languageContext English
Irish
linkedEstate Butler estates in Kilkenny
Butler estates in Tipperary
linkedTitle Duke of Ormonde
Earl of Ormond self-linksurface differs
surface form: Earl of Ossory

Marquess of Ormonde
Viscount Thurles
monarchOfFirstCreation Edward III of England
nobleFamily House of Butler
notableHolder James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
surface form: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde

James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
notableReligionPolicyRole mediation between English Crown and Irish Catholic interests (various holders)
peerage Peerage of Ireland
politicalAlignment support for English administration in Ireland
politicalInfluence Stuart period
Tudor period
late Middle Ages
region County Tipperary
Ormond, Ireland
surface form: Ormond (East Munster)
religiousAffiliationOfFamily Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
socialStatus high aristocracy of Ireland
successionPattern male-preference primogeniture
titleHolderRole Anglo-Irish magnate
landowner
politician
titleType earldom
traditionalSeat Kilkenny Castle

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Referenced by (16)

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

Marquess of Ormonde linkedTitle Earl of Ormond
House of Butler notableTitleHeld Earl of Ormond
House of Butler notableTitleHeld Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Duke of Ormond
House of Butler notableTitleHeld Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earl of Ossory
Elizabeth Preston, 2nd Lady Dingwall associatedWith Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Dukes of Ormond
Kilkenny Castle associatedWith Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earls of Ormond
Earl of Ormond linkedTitle Earl of Ormond self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Earl of Ossory
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles heirApparentTo Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earldom of Ormond
John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran title Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earl of Gowran
Eleanor de Bohun associatedWithTerritory Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earldom of Ormond
Douglas hasTitle Earl of Ormond
Ormond traditionalAssociation Earl of Ormond
this entity surface form: Earls of Ormond
Ormond associatedTitle Earl of Ormond
House of Boleyn titleHeld Earl of Ormond