Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne

Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (1271 - 9 October 1329) was the third son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland and Joan FitzJohn.

Marriage and Children

He married Synolda le Petit, daughter of William le Petit[1]

  • Piers Butler, 2nd Baron Dunboyne (1294-1370)

Career

In 1324 he was called to the Irish Parliament (as were intermittently his descendants in the succeeding two centuries before the creation of the Barony of Dunboyne as a lordship of Parliament by patent 1541). He was created 1st Baron Dunboyne 1324, by prescription. He fought in the Battle of Ardnocher on 9 October 1329 and was killed in action by the Chief of the Clan Geoghegan.

gollark: Or could be actual RPG-ish combat I guess.
gollark: Except the battles to the death would be iterated prisoner's dilemma.
gollark: You would submit code, which would engage in daily battles to the death.
gollark: I could probably make "iterated prisoner's dilemma online".
gollark: What if other osmarksMMO™ (massively multiplayer... onlines)?

See also

References
  1. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1211.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.