About: Margaret Butler, Countess of Ormond

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Margaret Butler (née FitzGerald), Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines". She married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, by whom she had four sons and five daughters.

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  • Margaret Butler, geborene FitzGerald, irisch: Mairghréad Nic Gearailt, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory, (* um 1473; † 9. August 1542 in Kilkenny, Castle) war eine irische Adlige aus der mächtigen Dynastie der FitzGerald, auch bekannt als „The Geraldines“. Sie heiratete , mit dem sie neun Kinder hatte. Sie war politisch höchst aktiv. Und beide Eheleute agierten zusammen, um die Interessen ihrer Familien und Angehörigen zu fördern. Von den beiden war es jedoch Margaret, die in Bezug auf Bildung und familiäre Verbindungen die besser qualifizierte war, und sie war mindestens genauso ehrgeizig wie ihr Mann. (de)
  • Margaret Butler (née FitzGerald), Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines". She married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. In 1501, she rebuilt Gowran Castle. In 1502, she also decorated St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran where her husband Sir Piers Butler's ancestors are buried including, Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Lord Deputy of Ireland, his son James Butler, First Earl of Ormonde, his grandson also James Butler second Earl of Ormonde his great grandson James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde. James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde built the first castle in Gowran in 1385 and made it his main residence. He bought Kilkenny Castle in 1391. She was a patron of schools and craftsmen and also played an active role in legal affairs pertaining to the Ormond estates. She is sometimes styled the Great Countess of Ormond or by her Irish name of Mairgread Gerroid. The Reverend James Graves in his History of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny described her as having been "unquestionably one of the most remarkable women of her age and country". (en)
  • Margaret Fitzgerald, contessa di Ormond (... – Kilkenny, 9 agosto 1542), è stata una nobildonna irlandese. (it)
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  • Countess of Ormond (en)
  • Countess of Ossory (en)
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  • circa 1473 (en)
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  • Ireland (en)
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  • Effigies of Margaret FitzGerald and Piers Butler on their tomb inside St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny (en)
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  • 1542-08-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Kilkenny, Ireland (en)
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  • Alison FitzEustace (en)
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  • Margaret Butler (en)
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  • St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland (en)
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  • Countess of Ormond (en)
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  • Margaret Butler, geborene FitzGerald, irisch: Mairghréad Nic Gearailt, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory, (* um 1473; † 9. August 1542 in Kilkenny, Castle) war eine irische Adlige aus der mächtigen Dynastie der FitzGerald, auch bekannt als „The Geraldines“. Sie heiratete , mit dem sie neun Kinder hatte. Sie war politisch höchst aktiv. Und beide Eheleute agierten zusammen, um die Interessen ihrer Familien und Angehörigen zu fördern. Von den beiden war es jedoch Margaret, die in Bezug auf Bildung und familiäre Verbindungen die besser qualifizierte war, und sie war mindestens genauso ehrgeizig wie ihr Mann. (de)
  • Margaret Fitzgerald, contessa di Ormond (... – Kilkenny, 9 agosto 1542), è stata una nobildonna irlandese. (it)
  • Margaret Butler (née FitzGerald), Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines". She married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. (en)
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  • Margaret Butler (de)
  • Margaret FitzGerald (it)
  • Margaret Butler, Countess of Ormond (en)
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