Descent English Royalty: 4G Grandson Edward "Longshanks" I King England
Descent French Royalty: 8G Grandson Louis VII King Franks
Descent Royal House of Wessex: 11G Grandson Edmund "Ironside" I King England
On 24 Nov 1420 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (27) and Joan Beauchamp at Kilkenny
In 1449 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (28) was created 1st Earl Wiltshire (3C 1449)
In 1451 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (30) was appointed as Lord Deputy of Ireland
On 23 Aug 1452 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (31) succeeded 5th Earl Ormonde (1C 1328)
In 1454 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (33) was appointed as Lord High Treasurer
On 22 May 1455 at the First Battle of St Albans. The Lancastrians Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke Somerset (49) , Henry Percy 2nd Earl Northumberland (62) , William Cotton and Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford (41) were killed. Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke Buckingham (52) was wounded and captured. Henry VI King England, II King France (33) , John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (54) and Edmund Dudley (30) were captured. Henry Beaufort 3rd Duke Somerset (19) was wounded. James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (34) and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock fought.
In 1459 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (38) was appointed 177th Knight Garter: Henry VI
On 30 Dec 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton during the Battle of Wakefield at Sandal Castle. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (30) and Henry Percy 3rd Earl Northumberland (39) , and included John Courtenay 15th Earl Devon (25) and William Gascoigne (30) , both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (40) , John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (25) , John Neville 1st Baron Neville Raby (50) , Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (33) and Thomas St Leger (20) .
On 02 Feb 1461 at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross at Wigmore the future Edward IV King England (18) commanded the Yorkist forces including William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (30) , John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock, John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley Heighley, Baron Tuchet (35) , John Savage (17) and Roger Vaughan (51) . In the Lancastrian army Owen Tudor (61) (captured by Roger Vaughan (51) ) and his son Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (29) fought as well as James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (40) . Gruffydd ap Nicholas Deheubarth (68) was killed.
On 29 Mar 1461 at the Battle of Towton those who fought for the Lancaster included William Tailboys Baron Kyme (46) , John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (60) , William Norreys (20) , Thomas Grey, Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford (30) , John Talbot Earl Shrewsbury, Earl Waterford (12) , Richard Welles 7th Baron Willoughby Eresby, 7th Baron Welles (33) , Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (56) , James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (40) , John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (12) , William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and Thomas Tresham (41) . Cardinal John Morton was captured.
On 01 May 1461 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde (40) was beheaded at Newcastle on Tyne
James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde and Avice Stafford were married
James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire, 5th Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Beaufort were married
Father: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (3G Grandson Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
GrandFather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (2G Grandson Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
2G GrandFather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde (1G Grandson Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
3G GrandFather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde
4G GrandFather: Edmund Butler Earl Carrick
5G GrandFather: Theobald Butler
5G GrandMother: Joan Fitzjohn
3G GrandMother: Eleanor Bohun (Granddaughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun Earl Hereford, Earl Essex
5G GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun Earl Hereford, Earl Essex
5G GrandMother: Maud Fiennes
4G GrandMother: Elizabeth Plantagenet (Daughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Edward "Longshanks" I King England (Son Henry III King England)
5G GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (2G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
2G GrandMother: Elizabeth Darcy
3G GrandFather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Knayth
4G GrandFather: Roger Darcy
4G GrandMother: Isabel Aton
3G GrandMother: Joan Burgh
4G GrandFather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl Ulster
5G GrandFather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl Ulster
4G GrandMother: Margaret Burgh
5G GrandFather: John Burgh
GrandMother: Anne Welles (6G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
2G GrandFather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles
3G GrandFather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles
4G GrandFather: Adam Welles 1st Baron Ughtred
3G GrandMother: Margaret Bardolf
4G GrandFather: Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf
5G GrandFather: Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf
4G GrandMother: Agnes Grandison
5G GrandFather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison
5G GrandMother: Sibylla Tregoz
2G GrandMother: Maud Ros (5G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
3G GrandFather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley
4G GrandFather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley
5G GrandFather: Robert Ros
5G GrandMother: Isabel Dalbini
4G GrandMother: Maud Vaux
5G GrandFather: John Vaux
3G GrandMother: Margery Badlesmere (4G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
4G GrandFather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
5G GrandFather: Gunselin Badlesmere
5G GrandMother: Joan Fitzbernard
4G GrandMother: Margaret Clare (3G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
5G GrandFather: Thomas Clare (4G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Juliana Fitzgerald (2G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
Mother: Joan Beauchamp (3G Granddaughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
GrandFather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Bergavenny (5G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
2G GrandFather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (5G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
3G GrandFather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick
4G GrandFather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick
5G GrandFather: William Beauchamp
5G GrandMother: Isabel Maudit
4G GrandMother: Maud Fitzjohn
5G GrandFather: John Fitzpeter
5G GrandMother: Isabel Bigod
3G GrandMother: Alice Tosny (4G Granddaughter Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Roger Tosny (3G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Ralph Tosny VI Lord Flamstead (2G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Petronilla Lacy
4G GrandMother: Alice Bohun
5G GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford, 1st Earl Essex
5G GrandMother: Matilda Lusignan
2G GrandMother: Katherine Mortimer (4G Granddaughter John "Lackland" I King England)
3G GrandFather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (3G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer Wigmore (2G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer Wigmore (1G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Maud Braose
4G GrandMother: Margaret Fiennes (4G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
5G GrandFather: William Fiennes
5G GrandMother: Blanche Beaumont (3G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
3G GrandMother: Joan Geneville Baron Geneville (7G Granddaughter Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Piers Geneville
5G GrandFather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville
5G GrandMother: Maud Lacy
4G GrandMother: Jeanne Lusignan (6G Granddaughter Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Hugh Lusignan XII Count Lusignan, Count La Marche, Count Angoulême (5G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Jeanne Fougères
GrandMother: Joan Fitzalan (2G Granddaughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
2G GrandFather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl Surrey, Earl Arundel (2G Grandson Henry III King England)
3G GrandFather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel, 8th Earl Surrey (5G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel (4G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (3G Grandson John "Lackland" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Alice Saluzzo
4G GrandMother: Alice Warenne
5G GrandFather: William Warenne
5G GrandMother: Joan Vere
3G GrandMother: Eleanor Plantagenet (1G Granddaughter Henry III King England)
4G GrandFather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl Leicester, 3rd Earl Lancaster (Grandson Henry III King England)
5G GrandFather: Edmund Crouchback Plantagenet 1st Earl Leicester, 1st Earl Lancaster (Son Henry III King England)
5G GrandMother: Blanche Capet (2G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
4G GrandMother: Maud Chaworth
5G GrandFather: Patrick Chaworth
5G GrandMother: Isabella Beauchamp
2G GrandMother: Elizabeth Bohun (1G Granddaughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
3G GrandFather: William Bohun 1st Earl Northampton (Grandson Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
4G GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun Earl Hereford, Earl Essex
5G GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun Earl Hereford, Earl Essex
5G GrandMother: Maud Fiennes
4G GrandMother: Elizabeth Plantagenet (Daughter Edward "Longshanks" I King England)
5G GrandFather: Edward "Longshanks" I King England (Son Henry III King England)
5G GrandMother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (2G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
3G GrandMother: Elizabeth Badlesmere (4G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
4G GrandFather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
5G GrandFather: Gunselin Badlesmere
5G GrandMother: Joan Fitzbernard
4G GrandMother: Margaret Clare (3G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)
5G GrandFather: Thomas Clare (4G Grandson Henry "Beauclearc" I King England)
5G GrandMother: Juliana Fitzgerald (2G Granddaughter Henry "Curtmantle" II King England)