Walter FitzOtho 
Walter was born in 1042. Walter's father was Dominus Other Gherardini. His paternal grandfather was Gherardo Gherardini. He was an only child. Walter is no longer alive.General Notes
Lord Otho inherited all the estates of his father and was listed in theDomesday Book of A.D. 1087.212 It seems that the father and son werebarons of England both before and after the Norman Conquest. Contemporaryvariations of the name "Otho" or "Other" were "Oitir" (Old Irish), "Ottar(Old Norse), and "Ohtere" (Anglo Saxon). Walter fitz Other (or Walter deWindsor), the son of Lord Other, was tenant in chief of lands inBerkshire, counties Buckingham, Middlesex, Surrey, and Hampshire at thetime of the Domesday Survey in A.D. 1086, and was Castelan of Windsor andKeeper of the Forest before A.D. 1100. Walter married Gladys, daughter ofRyall ap Conyn (Prince of North Wales). Walter and Gladys had threechildren:
1. William, Castelan of Windsor, ancestor of the Lords Windsor.
2. Gerald fitzWalter (or Gerald of Windsor).
3. Robert de Windsor, Baron of Eston, Essex.
They had a son named Gerald FitzWalter.
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