Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick (c. 1278-1321)

Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick (c. 1278-1321)

A younger son becomes chief butler and justiciar of Ireland, marries into the FitzGeralds, fights Bruce, shapes Gowran and Tullow, undertakes a perilous Compostela pilgrimage, dies in London, and leaves a legacy of Ormond earls and a narrowly-missed Mortimer...