Nest verch Rhys , Heiress of Carew 
Nest verch was born in 1073 in Deheubarth, Wales. Nest verch's father was Rhys ap Tewdwr , King of Deheubarth and her mother was Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. Her paternal grandfather was Tewdwr "Mawr-The Great" ap Cadell , King S. Wales; her maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn , Prince of Powys. She had a brother and a sister, named Gruffudd ap and Margred verch. She was the second oldest of the three children. She had two half-brothers named Hywel ap and Llewelyn Ddiriaid ap.General Notes
Nest (who also [in addition to Gerald fitz Walter] had by Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, a son (Robert fitz Stephen) and by Henry I another son (Henry, killed 1158, father of Meiler fitz Henry), daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1679]
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He [Gerald de Windsor] married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, PRINCE OF SOUTH WALES (e). The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136. [Complete Peerage X:10-11, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(e) In 1106, when Owen ap Cadugan carried her off, two of her sons and a daughter by Gerald de Windsor were taken with her, the sons being returned later to their father. By Stephen, constable of Cardigan (query after Gerald's death), Nest bore a son, Robert FitzStephen, and by Henry I a son Henry (killed 1158), father of Meiler FitzHenry, which Robert and Meiler were later brothers-in-arms of the Geraldines in Ireland.
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- b.~ 0964 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1000 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Killed fighting Norman English in Brycheiniog, Wales
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Powys, Wales
- b.1026 in Powys, Wales d.1069
- b.0982 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1051 in Powys, Wales
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