Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde^[1]

1569 - 1632  (63 years)

• Name	Walter Butler
  Suffix	11th Earl of Ormonde
  Birth	1569
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	22 Nov 1614
  	Earl of Ormonde
  	Earl of Ormonde 1614-1632
  Death	24 Feb 1632	Carrick
  Burial	18 Jun 1632	St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09021 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BUTLER.htm#Walter%20BUTLER%20(11°%20E.%20Ormonde) Succeeded his uncle «u»«b»Black Tom <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasButler(10EOrmonde).htm>«/u»«/b» as Earl of Ormond; Member of Parliament for Tipperary. Consistently a devout Catholic, he was known as Walter of the Beads. His heritage brought his a surfeit of sorrow. His claim to the family estates was thwarted by «b»James I«/b». The failure of «u»«b»Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b»'s policy of a balance of power between the Butlers and Geraldines had been made all too apparent by the Battle of Affane. «b»James«/b» sought a different solution. He engineered the marriage of «u»«b»Black Tom <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasButler(10EOrmonde).htm>«/u»«/b»'s daughter/heiress, «b»Elizabeth«/b» «b»Butler«/b», with one of his own Scottish favorites, «b»Richard Preston«/b», made him Earl of Desmond, awarded her, instead of Walter, most of the Ormond estates, deprived «b»Walter«/b» of his ancient palatine rights and clapped him into prison for 8 years on his refusal to submit. Neither was «b»Walter«/b» without disappointment as a father. His son «b»Thomas, Viscount Thurles«/b», married the dau. of «b»Sir John Poyntz of Gloucestershire«/b» against «b»Walter«/b»'s wish and then was drowned in the Skerries at the beginning of «b»Walter«/b»'s long imprisonment in the Fleet. Eventually in 1633, «b»Walter«/b» was released, died at Carrick, and was buried in St Canice's. «b»James«/b», a son of the marriage of which he had disapproved, would revive the fortunes of his family.
  Person ID	I14818	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	John of Kilcash Butler   d. 10 May 1570
  Mother	Catherine MacCarthy   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Butler, Countess. Ormonde   d. 28 Jan 1632
  Children	1. Thomas Butler, 2nd Viscount Thurles,   b. Bef 1596   d. 15 Dec 1619 (Age ~ 24 years)   2. Eleanor Butler,   b. Abt 1592   d. 1628 (Age ~ 36 years)   3. Margaret Butler   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ellen Butler   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).