Ormond

Ormond was the chief Irish lordship of the Butler family, encompassing much of Tipperary and Kilkenny. In 1337 James Butler held the earldom created for him in 1328 under the English crown.

The fifth earl was attainted in 1461, but his brother John recovered the title in 1476. After a succession dispute Henry VIII granted it to Thomas Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's father, in 1528; Piers Butler recovered it in 1538. Another James Butler led the Irish royalists and became Duke of Ormonde in 1660.