Complex sentence: James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory (1496--28 October 1546) was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald.
Split into simpler sentences: James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory was born in 1496 and died on 28 October 1546. He was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald.