Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland


Theobald le Botiller, also known as Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler was the son of Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler and Maud le Vavasour. He had livery of his lands on 18 July 1222.

Marriage and Children

Theobald married Joan du Marais daughter of Geoffrey du Marais in 1222. Their children were:
Note: there are several Theobald le Botillers in this line.
After the death of his wife three years later in 1225, Henry III of England requested the marriage of Theobald to Rohese / Roesia de Verdun, daughter of Nicholas de Verdun of Alton, Staffordshire and Clementia, daughter of Philip le Boteler, and the widow of William Perceval de Somery. The agreement to marry occurred on 4 September 1225. The marriage is presumed to have followed shortly afterwards. Their children were
Theobald was summoned cum equis et armis to attend the King into Brittany, as "Theobaldus Pincerna" on 26 October 1229. He died on 19 July 1230 in Poitou, France, and was buried in the Abbey of Arklow, County Wicklow.