Piers Butler

✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 23 Jul 2026): PIERS BUTLER, 8TH EARL OF ORMOND and 1st Earl of Ossory (1467-1539), of the Polestown cadet branch; recovered the Ormond earldom; m. MARGARET FITZGERALD (the formidable 'Great Countess'), dau. of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare. Father of Helen (our line). *** CARRIES THE EDWARD I DESCENT: the Ormond Butlers descend from James Butler 1st Earl of Ormond x Eleanor de Bohun (granddau. of EDWARD I) - the Plantagenet gateway. The full Ormond succession (1st Earl -> Piers 8th, via the Polestown line) = documentable in Burke's 'Ormonde'; FLAGGED to wire. Direct ancestor. Added 23 Jul 2026.