James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond

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Anglo-Irish person human nobleman soldier statesman

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, was a prominent 17th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier, and statesman who played a leading role in Royalist politics and military campaigns in Ireland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Restoration era.

Aliases (2)

1st Duke of Ormond ×1
Duke of Ormond ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Irish person → human → nobleman → soldier → statesman →
allegiance	House of Stuart → Royalists →
birthDate	1610-10-19 →
birthPlace	Clerkenwell → London →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
child	John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran → Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran → Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Ireland →
deathDate	1688-07-21 →
deathPlace	King Street NERFINISHED → St. James's, London →
era	17th century →
familyName	Butler →
father	Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles →
givenName	James →
memberOf	House of Butler →
militaryRank	general →
mother	Elizabeth Poyntz →
nobleTitle	1st Duke of Ormond → Duke of Ormond → Earl of Ormond → Marquess of Ormond →
notableFor	leading Royalist politics in Ireland → role in the Restoration era in Ireland →
notableWork	Role in the Restoration settlement in Ireland → Role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in Ireland → Royalist command in the Irish Confederate Wars →
participatedIn	English Civil War → Irish Confederate Wars → Wars of the Three Kingdoms →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of Oxford → Commander of Royalist forces in Ireland → Lord High Steward of England → Lord Lieutenant of Ireland →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Dublin Castle → Kilkenny Castle → Whitehall, London →
spouse	Elizabeth Preston, 2nd Lady Dingwall →
supported	Charles I of England → Charles II of England →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Irish Rebellion of 1641 → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase →	hasKeyFigure
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond ("Duke of Ormond") → James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond ("1st Duke of Ormond") →	nobleTitle
Irish Confederate Wars →	commander