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Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, was an Irish earl born around 1467 as the third son of James Butler and Sabh Kavanagh. He was known as Red Piers and held a dual heritage combining English ambition with Gaelic royalty through his mother, a princess of Leinster.
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, orchestrated the ambush and murder of James Dubh Butler in the year 1497. This calculated political strike removed the designated heir to the earldom and allowed Piers to seize Kilkenny Castle.
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, was restored to the earldom of Ormond on the 22nd of February 1538 following the death of Thomas Boleyn. This event ended a decade of exile and marked the reclamation of his family's legacy after he had been stripped of the title in 1528.
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, died on the 26th of August 1539 and was buried in St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny. His death marked the end of an era for the Butler family while they continued to play a central role in Irish history.
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, married Lady Margaret FitzGerald in 1485. She was the daughter of Gerald fitz Maurice FitzGerald, the eighth Earl of Kildare, and the couple produced three sons and six daughters.