James "Gallda" Butler

James "Gallda" Butler (from Irish gallda 'alien or Englishman') (died 1434) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond and Catherine FitzGerald of Desmond.[1] From him springs the Cahir branch of the Butler family who were ennobled as Barons Cahir.[2][3] He married a daughter of MacWalter and together they had one son, Piers (1425-1464).[4]

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References
  1. Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh, Volume 27 By Robin Flower, pages 173 - 176
  2. Butlers of Cahir.
  3. Lodge, Edmund, "The genealogy of the existing British peerage with brief sketches of the family history of the nobility.", 1832, pg 159.
  4. The Irish Archaeological Society, Volume 10 By Irish Archaeological Society, page 220.


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