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Name Prefix:<NPFX> Princess
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Of Deheubert
Notes: Princess of Deheubarth 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. He then carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war.
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Most of her descendants were variously known as Fitz-Henrys and Fitz-Geralds;
The name of one of her descendants was Rhys, Prince of South Wales -
The Conquerors,Thomas B. Costain, p. 183; A maid of Caen - COMYNJ.TAF (Compu-
serve), p. 4; ...made prisoner during some fighting along the Marches -
The Conquering Family, Thomas B. Costain, p. 9
NESTA, daughter of RHYS AP TEWDWR and IESTYN AP GWRGAST'S daughter,
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She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess. Parents are Rhys ap Tewder and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. She was known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers.

Gerald de Windsor married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, PRINCE OF SOUTH WALES . The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136.

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. 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,

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@@S171@@