Nesta verch Rhys 
Nesta was born about 1073 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales.1 Nesta's father was Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr Prince of South Wales and her mother was Gwladys verch Rhiwallon of Powys. Her paternal grandparents were the Great Prince of South Wales Tewdwr Mawr and Gwenllian verch Gwyn; her maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. She was an only child. She died about 1114.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
This upset Henry I of England so much that the incident started
a war.
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, carried her off & had his way with her.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0913 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0988
- b.0933 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, England
- b.0918 in of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0953 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0993
- b.~ 0934 in of Devonshire, England
- b.~ 0977 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0933 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0954 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in of Powys, Wales
- b. in of Wales
- b.~ 0954 in of Powys, Wales
- b.0997 in of Carmarthenshire, Wales d.1093 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 0977
- b.~ 1073 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.~ 1114
- b.~ 0933 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0954 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0978 in of Powys, Wales
- b. in of Wales
- b.~ 0954 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1025 in of Powys, Wales d.BET. 1070 - 1073 in Battle of Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.0913 in of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0988
- b.0938 in of Deheubarth, Wales d.0999
- b.0918 in of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.0982 in of Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1041 in of Powys, Wales
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Details of Nesta's family with Geraldus FitzWalter
Details of Nesta's family with Henry I Beauclerc King of England
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse @ p 83, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 33A p 36, line 178 p 153, d of Rhys Prince of South Wales,
no mother, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, rev. ed. @ p 49, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address:
Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse @ p 83, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 33A p 36, line 178 p 153, d of Rhys Prince of South Wales,
no mother, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, rev. ed. @ p 49, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address:
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