James Butler of Duiske - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

James Butler of Duiske was a younger son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald

Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond

Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond was a Norman-Irish noblewoman and heiress, a member of the Fitzgerald family, who were also known as the "Geraldines". She married three times...

. In 1576, Queen Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

awarded him the lands of Duiske Abbey which had been confiscated by the Crown.

Marriage and issue

He had a son, James, on whose decease without male issue, the lands of Duiske reverted to his uncle Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond.

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