What is James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = <small>[[His Grace]]</small> | name = The Duke of Ormonde | honorific-suffix = <br /><small>[[Privy Council of England|PC]] </small> | image = James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde by William Wissing.jpg | imagesize = | caption = The Duke of Ormonde, by [[William Wissing]] ({{circa|1680–1685}}). | office = | monarch = | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1610|10|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Clerkenwell]], [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1688|7|21|1610|10|19|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Kingston Lacy]], [[Dorset]], [[England]] | resting_place = [[Westminster Abbey]] | spouse = | children = | occupation = [[Anglo-Irish]] politician and soldier | alma_mater = | religion = | signature = }} '''James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde''' [[Privy Council of England|PC]] (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688) was an Anglo-Irish (''from English and Irish family'') politician and soldier. From 1641 to 1647, he was the leader in the fight against the [[Irish Confederate Wars|Irish Catholic Confederation]]. From 1649 to 1650 he was top commander of the Royalist forces fighting against [[Oliver Cromwell]] who wanted to invade Ireland. In the 1650s he lived in [[exile]] in Europe with [[Charles II of England]]. When Charles II was put back on the British throne during the [[Restoration (1660)|restoration]] in 1660, Ormonde became very important in English and Irish politics. ==Early life== The [[Butler dynasty|Butlers]] of Ormonde were an [[Old English (Ireland)|Old English]] dynasty. They had been very important people the southeast of Ireland since the Middle Ages. His father was [[Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles]]. [[Thurles]] is a place in [[County Tipperary]]. James was the oldest son. His father died in 1619, when he was 9 years old. He became ''Viscount