- Lady Margaret Butler
-
For other people of the same name, see Margaret Butler.
Margaret Butler Lady Boleyn Spouse(s) Sir William Boleyn Issue Anne Boleyn, Lady Shelton
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
John Boleyn
Anthony Boleyn
Jane Boleyn
Alice Boleyn
Margaret Boleyn
William Boleyn
James Boleyn
Edward BoleynNoble family Butler Father Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond Mother Anne Hankford Born c.1454 or 1465
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, IrelandDied 1539
England
The Butler family crest
Lady Margaret Butler (c. 1454 or 1465[1] – 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.
Contents
Family and marriage
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 Hankeford and Anne de Montagu.
She had one younger sister, Anne who married Sir James de St. Leger, by whom she had issue. Anne was also co-heiress to their father's estates.
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.
Margaret's role in the rise and fall of the Boleyn clan is unknown, although there has been much speculation and theorizing.
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.
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 Fictional portrayals
Margaret Butler as Grandmother Boleyn appears in the 2002 Philippa Gregory novel The Other Boleyn Girl. She is portrayed as a critical and insubordinate woman who is shrewd and uncaring toward her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She does seem to inquire about life in the English court. Margaret lived in the Boleyn estate in Hever Castle, and plays a supporting role in the novel.
See also
- Butler dynasty
References
- Butler Family Accessed December 18, 2007
- Anne Boleyn and John Shelton Accessed December 18, 2007
- thepeerage.com
Categories:- 1454 births
- 1539 deaths
- Butler dynasty
- Boleyn family
- Daughters of British earls
- Women of the Tudor period
- Irish noble women
- 16th-century women
- 16th-century Irish people
- 15th-century women
- 15th-century Irish people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
