Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret

Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (c. 1562 – 1602), was the son of Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret and Eleanor Butler.[1]

Marriage and Children

He married Grany, Grania, or Grizzel FitzPatrick, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory.[2][3]

Among their children were:

• Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578 - 1651) [1]
• Helen Butler (d. 1631), who married her second cousin, Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
• Anne Butler, who married Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye[4]
• Margaret Butler, who married Oliver Grace of Carney, County Tipperary [5]

His sister Eleanor married Thomas Butler, 4th Baron Cahir.

See also

Butler dynasty

References

1. Burke, John (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 2. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 27
2. Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume 2. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, p. 93
3. Pedigree chart completed by Max C. and Sue T. Wilson December 2001
4. Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison, p. 97
5. Burke, Sir Bernard (1914). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London: Harrison and Sons, p. 878

Bibliography

• Burke, Sir Bernard (1914). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London: Harrison and Sons.
• Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison and Sons.
• Burke, John (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 2. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley.
• Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume 2. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker.

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Butler	Viscount Mountgarret 20 May 1571 – 24 Nov 1602	Succeeded by Richard Butler