for life. He married Eleanor de Bohun (1304–1363), daughter of the 4th Earl of Hereford, and Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I of England; they had six children together, four of whom survived infancy: Anne Butler (1328–1329) Eleanor Butler (?) John Butler (born and died an infant in 1330) Elizabeth Butler (1330–1392), married (after 20 July 1359), Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, son of Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond and Aveline FitzMorice, and had issue. James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 133118 October 1382), married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, Lord Justice of Ireland, and Joan de Burgh, and had issue. He was born at Kilkenny and given in ward on 1 September 1344his father, James Butler, had died in 1338to Maurice, Earl of Desmond, for the fine of 2,306 marks; and afterwards to Sir John Darcy, who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. James Butler the son was called the Noble Earl on account of his descent from the Royal Family through his mother. Pernel Butler (133223 April 1368), married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth de Comyn, and had issue. They were ancestors to Lady Maud Parr, mother of queen consort Catherine Parr. James's successors held the title Earl of Ormond, which was later merged with the higher title of Duke of Ormonde; they held palatine rights in County Tipperary until the County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715. See also Barony of Iffa and Offa East Butler dynasty References Further reading Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants &c., London, vol.2, 1851, pedigree ccvii. James 1337 deaths Normans in Ireland 14th-century Irish politicians Year of birth uncertain Earls of Ormond (Ireland) 1304 births