John Butler (abt. 1576 - 1602)

Born about 1576 in Ireland

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John Butler was the son of James Butler, 2nd/12th Baron Dunboyne and Margaret FitzPatrick.^[1]

John married his mother's cousin Joan FitzPatrick (died bef. 1597), daughter of Florence FitzPatrick, 3rd Baron of Upper Ossory and Catherine O'More (daughter of Patrick O'More of Abbeyleix, who was the younger son of Connell m'Melaghlin O'More, Lord of Leix).

John & Joan had one son: Edmund Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne.

John died on 7 January 1602, slain by Richard Grace^[2] "as a result of a longstanding feud between the Graces and John Butler's mother's family, the Fitzpatricks, which had been going on since the 1570s." The Dunboynes and the FitzPatricks were generally loyal to the English Crown starting from the 1570s.^[3]

After John's murder, his next brother Pierce tried (unsuccessfully) to become heir to the Dunboyne title by having John's son Edmund declared illegitimate. Details on the profile for Pierce Butler.

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1. ↑ Margaret's father was Barnaby FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron of Upper Ossory (ca. 1535-1581), who was raised in the Court of Henry VIII and was a noted defender of the English Crown in Ireland, being knighted by Sir Henry SIdney, Lord Deputy of Ireland and killing many Irish "rebels" before his death from illness in Dublin in 1581.
2. ↑ Very likely the same Richard Grace who was a younger son of Sir Oliver Grace, MP and Mary FitzGerald.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Fitzpatrick#Family

• Pedigree of Butler, Barons Dunboyne, and of Grellagh and of Clare in Co. Tipperary and of Killoskehan, and of Wilford, and of Park, 1541 - 1817. GO MS 170. Ireland. Genealogical Office. Registered Pedigrees Vol. 16, [between ca. 1816 and 1817]. pp. 300-308 (Image 131. Genealogical Office. The National Archives of Ireland
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p19012.htm#i190114