Anne Butler, Countess of Ormond

Noble person

1360 – 1397

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Who was Anne Butler, Countess of Ormond?

Anne Butler, Countess of Ormond, was the first wife of Irish noble James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, and the mother of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond. She was the first countess of Ormond to live at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland.

According to Frederick Tupper, Professor of English at the University of Vermont, she was commemorated as "Anelida, Queen of Armenia" in Geoffrey Chaucer's poem Anelida and Arcite.

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Born
1360
Lincolnshire
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Nov 13, 1397

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on July 23, 2013

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