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Eleanor Butler
d. 1404
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1404
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Eleanor Butler, daughter of the second Earl of Ormond, married the third Earl of Desmond - so that Gerald the Poet's sons were cousins to the Butlers they so often fought, and both earldoms meet in this tree in her marriage.
Research notes
✓ ELEANOR BUTLER (d.1404), da. of JAMES BUTLER 2nd Earl of ORMOND (I99744, already in the tree); wife of Gerald the Poet, 3rd Earl of Desmond; mother of James 6th Earl (our line). This rung LOOPS the Desmond line onto the existing Ormond earls. Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities (web-confirmed 7 Aug 2026); contested rungs note-only, not hardened.