Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland

Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (1242 – 26 September 1285) was the son of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland and Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht. He assisted King Edward I of England in his wars in Scotland. He died at the castle of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, and was buried at Arklow Monastery.

Marriage and children

He married Joan FitzJohn in 1268, the fourth and youngest daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Kirtling, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Isobel Bigod and the granddaughter of Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex. She was co-heir with her three sisters to her brothers John and Richard. On her marriage, she brought Theobald the manor of Faubridge in Essex, the hamlet of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey, the hamlet of Vacherie and the manor of Ailesbury (in Buckinghamshire). Joan died on 4 April 1303. Their children were:

• Theobald Butler, 5th Chief Butler of Ireland (1269–1299)
• Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland (1268–1321)
• Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (1271–1329)
• Margaret Butler (1274–1344), she married John de Trenouth
• John Butler (1270–1321)
• Richard Butler (b.1275)
• Gilbert Butler (b.1275)
• Nicholas Butler (b.1277), elected Archbishop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never consecrated.
• James Butler (1278–1337)

See also

• Butler dynasty

References

External links

• Inquisition Post Mortem #608, dated 1285.

1. Butler dynasty
2. Theobald Walter, 1st Chief Butler of Ireland
3. Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland
4. Theobald Butler
5. James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
6. Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick
7. Earl of Carrick (Ireland)
8. Baron Dunboyne
9. Butler (surname)
10. List of chief governors of Ireland
11. James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
12. James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
13. Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
14. Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
15. Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
16. Henry Butler, Lord of Umallia
17. Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
18. Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
19. Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde
20. Earl of Ormond (Ireland)