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 Abt 1073 - Abt 1163 (90 years)
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| Name |
Nest verch Rhys |
| Birth |
Abt 1073 |
Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Caemarvonshire, Wales  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Abt 1163 |
| Person ID |
I8119 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 1 |
King of England Henry I "Beauclerc", b. Abt Sep 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyons-la-Foret, Normandy, France (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1090 |
| Children |
| | 1. Henry FitzHenry, b. Abt 1103, of Narberth and Pebidiog, Wales d. 1157, Anglesey, Wales (Age 54 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3248 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 3 |
Constable of Pembroke Castle Gerald FitzWalter, b. 1070, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. Bef 1136 (Age < 65 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1089 |
| Children |
| | 1. Keeper of Dublin Lord of Llanstephan, Wales Maurice FitzGerald, b. Abt 1100, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. Aft 1 Sep 1176 (Age > 76 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Lord of Carew Castle William FitzGerald, b. Bef 1100, Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1173, England (Age > 73 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Hadewise de Windsor, b. Abt 1090, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F13560 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers. In Christmas 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Gerald and Nesta. He so lusted after her that he, that night, attacked the castle and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war.
Nesta - mother and grandmother of Norman-Welsh Invaders; children from three fathers: Stephen the Castellan, Gerald FitzWalter and Henry I. In Christmas 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Gerald and Nesta. He so lusted after her that he, that night, attacked the castle and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war. Her father was Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, Prince of South Wales (1081-1093). Her brother, Gruffydd ap Rhys, Lord of South Wales was the father and grandfather of two Gruffydd Ap Rhys, who were titled Lord Rhys of South Wales.
<http://www.castlewales.com/lrdrhys.html>
South Wales is quite long. Her father was Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, son of was Tewdwr Mawr (the Great) ap Cadell. Tewdr Mawr was the son of Cadell ap Einion, son of Einion ap Owain, who in turn was the son of Owain ap Hywel Dha, King of South Wales. Owain was the son of Hywel Dha (the Good) ap Cadell, Prince of Deheubarth, who in turn was the son of Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of South Wales. Cadell was the son of Rhodri Mawr (the Great), Prince of South Wales, who was the son of Merfyn the Freckled, King of Gwynedd, who was in turn the son of Gwriad of Man, King of Gwynedd, and so on. her had a son named Henry FitzHenry (1103-1157). One of Henry's sons was Meiler FitzHenry who was also involved in the Norman invasion. Henry also had sons, Robert, Master Morgan and Amabel FitzHenry. Meiler married a de Lacy, claimed to be a daughter of Robert de Lacy (d. 1220), and had another son known as Meiler FitzHenry. The elder Meiler (or Meyler) FitzHenry assisted a David (Walsh) in becoming rector of Dungarvan and Bishop of Waterford in 1204.
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