See also

Family of Hervey + FITZWALTER and Matilda + of VALINES

Husband: Hervey + FITZWALTER (1130-1190)
Wife: Matilda + of VALINES (1130-1226)
Children: Theobald FITZWALTER (1165-1206)
Roger FITZWALTER (c. 1167- )
Hamo FITZWALTER (c. 1169- )
Hubert FITZWALTER (c. 1171- )

Husband: Hervey + FITZWALTER

Name: Hervey + FITZWALTER
Sex: Male
Father: Hervey + FITZWALTER (1100-1189)
Mother: Godiva + of BECKET (1110-1130)
Birth 1130 West Dereham, Norfolk, England
Occupation Butler of England
Death 1190 (age 59-60) West Dereham, Norfolk, England

Wife: Matilda + of VALINES

Name: Matilda + of VALINES
Sex: Female
Father: Theobald + of VALOINES (c. 1105- )
Mother: -
Birth 1130
Death 1226 (age 95-96)

Child 1: Theobald FITZWALTER

Name: Theobald FITZWALTER
Sex: Male
Spouse: Maude + of VAVASOUR (1176-1226)
Birth 1165 Wicklow, Ireland
Title Baron of Butler
Occupation Baron of Butler
Death 1206 (age 40-41) Abbey Clare, Ireland

Child 2: Roger FITZWALTER

Name: Roger FITZWALTER
Sex: Male
Birth 1167 (est)

Child 3: Hamo FITZWALTER

Name: Hamo FITZWALTER
Sex: Male
Birth 1169 (est)

Child 4: Hubert FITZWALTER

Name: Hubert FITZWALTER
Sex: Male
Birth 1171 (est)
Occupation Archbishop of Canterbury

Note on Husband: Hervey + FITZWALTER

All the noble Butler families of Ireland are related, though the connections are not always clear. I have put all our ancestral Butlers on one long page. One historian of the family says they reproduced "like rabbits immune to myxomatosis." All are descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who participated in the first Norman invasion of Ireland and received the title "Chief Butler" from Henry II. (The word was usually spelled Boteler or Botillier at that time, and meant more or less what it means now; the "butler" was the wine steward of a noble family. Theobald was butler to Prince John (the future king) and accompanied him to Ireland in 1185. Wine cups appear on the family arms (above, Butler of Ormonde, the oldest version; there are many variations). The family has held some 25 noble titles, and still today hold five Irish titles.

 

The earliest known male-line ancestor is Walter Malet, who was in England soon after the Conquest and died in or after 1088. His son Hervey Malet (living in 1135) married a Becket, and their children were known at times by both surnames. Their son Hervey (or Hubert) FitzWalter Malet (died about 1190), married Maude de Valoines (daughter andof Theobald de Valoines, lord of Parham). We know of four sons: Roger, Hamo, Hubert (Archbishop of Canterbury 1193-1205) and Theobald, the "Butler" ancestor. There was also a daughter, name unknown, who married Sir Hugh Hussey and also had descendants in Ireland.1

Sources

1"Butler of Ormonde, Dunboune, Cahir" (http://martinrealm.org/genealogy/butler.htm).