Margaret Butler

Abt 1454 - 1539  (~ 85 years)

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• Name	Margaret Butler  [1]
  Born	Abt 1454
  	Butler-1
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	8058
  Died	1539
  Person ID	I8058	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas Butler,   b. Abt 1425,   d. 3 Aug 1515  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anne Hankford,   b. 1431,   d. 1485  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir William Boleyn,   b. Abt 1451,   d. 1505  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Children	+ 1. Alice Boleyn,   b. Abt 1490,   d. 1 Nov 1538, Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 48 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lady Margaret Butler Lady Boleyn Born c. 1454 Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland Died 1539 (aged 84-85) England Noble family Butler Spouse(s) Sir William Boleyn Issue Anne Boleyn Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire John Boleyn Anthony Boleyn Jane Boleyn Alice Boleyn Margaret Boleyn William Boleyn James Boleyn Edward Boleyn Father Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond Mother Anne Hankford Lady Margaret Butler, Lady Boleyn[2] (c. 1454 [3] - 1539) was an Irish noblewoman, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. She married Sir William Boleyn and through her eldest son Sir Thomas Boleyn, was the paternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England, and great-grandmother of Anne and Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I of England. Life She was born at Kilkenny Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond and Anne Hankford. Her paternal grandparents were James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp. Her maternal grandparents were Sir Richard Hankford (c. 1397 - 1431) and Anne de Montagu. She had two sisters: Anne who married Sir James de St. Leger, by whom she had issue, and Elizabeth. Anne and Margaret claimed to be co-heiresses of their father and the Earldom of Ormond, but their cousin, Piers Butler, who had physical control of the Irish estates and the backing of the Irish Council, claimed to be the heir through the direct male line. In 1520, the King granted her a pardon for the alienation of Fritwell Manor, Oxfordshire.[4] The issue wasn't resolved until 1528, by which time Margaret's position was good, with the influence of her granddaughter, then betrothed to Henry VIII, and Margaret's son, Thomas Boleyn's, status as King's adviser.[5] In 1465 Margaret married Sir William Boleyn, and in total they had ten children. Her son, the ambitious courtier Sir Thomas Boleyn, became the first Earl of Wiltshire and by his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, the Duke of Norfolk's daughter, was the father of Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England. Thus, Margaret was great-grandmother to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Margarets role in the rise and fall of the Boleyn clan is unknown, although there has been much speculation and theorizing.[citation needed] She was the last of the Boleyns to live in Hever Castle as it was given to Anne of Cleves in 1540 sometime after her death. Margaret's lands were claimed by her only surviving grandchild, Mary Boleyn and her husband William Stafford.[6] Issue Name Birth Death Notes Anne 18 November 1475 6 January 1555 married John Shelton; had issue Thomas, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde c. 1477 12 March 1539 married Lady Elizabeth Howard; had issue, including Queen Anne Boleyn John 1481 1484 Anthony 1483 30 September 1493 Jane c. 1485 unknown married Sir Philip Calthorpe Alice c. 1487 1538 married Robert Clere Margaret c. 1489 unknown married John Sackville, Esq. William c. 1491 18 December 1571 James c. 1493 5 December 1561 married Elizabeth Wood Edward c. 1496 unknown married Anne Tempest

  
  

• Sources

  [S808] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families Vol 1, Douglas Richardson, (Date: 2011;).