James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was born at Dublin Castle on 29 April 1665, entering a world where military duty and political betrayal collided. He fought across Europe and Ireland before exile stripped him of rank, yet he returned to serve as Lord Lieutenant under Queen Anne. His life moved between battlefields and courts, marked by loyalty tested until the Jacobite rising of 1715 broke every oath he had sworn.