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premier Irish earl. Kilkenny Castle remained the main residence of the Butler family from that point until 1967 when Arthur, 6th Marquess of Ormond, gave it to the residents of Kilkenny for a payment of £50.
    As well as being an ancient and noble family, the 16th century Butlers carried royal blood, being descended from Edward I by three lines of descent:
    1st Line
Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn, was the son of Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 1505) and of Lady Margaret Butler (1454 – 1539).
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Lady Margaret Butler was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (1426 – 1515), and of Anne Hankford.
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Thomas Butler was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392 - 1452), and of Joan de Beauchamp.
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James Butler was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (d. 1405), and of Anne Welles.
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James Butler was the son of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (1331 – 1382) and of Elizabeth Darcy.
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James Butler was the son of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (c. 1305 - 1338) and of Eleanor de Bohun (1304 - 1363).
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Lady Eleanor de Bohun was the daughter of Elizabeth Plantagenet , also known as Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282 – 1316), and of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 – 1322).
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Elizabeth Plantagenet was the daughter of Edward I (1239 – 1307) and of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 1290).
    2nd Line
Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn, was the son of Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 1505) and of Lady Margaret Butler (1454 – 1539).
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Lady Margaret Butler was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (1426 – 1515), and of Anne Hankford.
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Thomas Butler was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392 - 1452), and of Joan de Beauchamp (1396 - 1430).
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Joan de Beauchamp was the daughter of William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny (c. 1343 - 1411) and of Lady Joan Fitzalan (1375 – 1435).
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Lady Joan Fitzalan was the daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel and 9th Earl of Surrey (1346 - 1397), and of his first wife Elizabeth de Bohun .
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Elizabeth de Bohun was the daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (d. 1360), and of Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313 – 1356)
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William de Bohun was son of Elizabeth Plantagenet , also known as Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282 – 1316), and of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 – 1322)
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Elizabeth Plantagenet was the daughter of Edward I (1239 – 1307) and of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 1290).
    3rd Line
Anne Boleyn's father, Thomas Boleyn, was the son of Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 1505) and of Lady Margaret Butler (1454 – 1539).
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Lady Margaret Butler was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (1426 – 1515), and of Anne Hankford (c. 1431 - 1485).
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Anne Hankford was the daughter of Sir Richard Hankford and of Anne Montagu, or Montacute , (d. 1457).
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Anne Montagu was the daughter of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c. 1350 – 1400), and of Maud Francis.
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John Montacute was the son of Sir John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute (d. 1390) and of Margaret de Monthermer .
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Margaret de Monthermer was the daughter of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron de Monthermer (1301 - 1340), and of Margaret Teyes.
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Thomas de Monthermer was the son of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer (c. 1270 – 1325), and of Joan of Acre, Countess of Hertford and Countess of Gloucester (1272 – 1307).
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Joan of Acre was a daughter of Edward I (1239 – 1307) and of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 1290).
    Notes and Sources
    1 Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 2:231.
    2 Ibid., 2:232.
    3 Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn, 17.
    4 Brenan and Philips Statham, The House of Howard, 73.
    5 Ibid.
    6 Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Revised, Corrected and Continued by G. W. Collen, II, Scotland and Ireland:871.
    7 Frame, "Butler, James, First Earl of Ormond (c. 1305 -