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 grandparents were Tewdwr "Mawr-The Great" ap Cadell , King S. Wales and Gwenllian verch Gwyn; her maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon ap , Prince of Powys Cynfyn. She had a brother and a sister, named Gruffudd ap and Margred verch. She was the second oldest of the three children.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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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 Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0933 in Deheubarth, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0964 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 0934 in Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1000 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 0922 in Powys, Wales
- b.0954 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0925 in Gwent, Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Powys, Wales
- b.0928 in Wales
- b.~ 0956 in of Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Killed fighting Norman English in Brycheiniog, Wales
- b.1020 in Dyvet, Wales
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Powys, Wales
- b.1026 in Powys, Wales d.1069
- b.0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0999
- b.0982 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.0943 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1051 in Powys, Wales
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Nest verch and Henry I "Beauclerc" King of were married in a religious ceremony about 1090 in No Marriage. They had two sons and a daughter, named Robert de, Henry and Maud of.
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Children
Robert de Caen , 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert de was born about 1090 in Caen, Normandy, France. He died on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Henry FitzHenry
Henry was born about 1105 in of Narberth & Pebidiog, Wales. He died in 1158 in killed.
Nest verch and Gerald of were married in a religious ceremony about 1100. They had two sons and two daughters, named William, Maurice, Hadewise de and Miss de.
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Children
William FitzGerald , Lord of Carru Castle
William was born before 1100 in Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died in 1173.
Maurice FitzGerald , Keeper of Dublin
Maurice was born about 1100 in Castle Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died on September 1st, 1176 in Wexford, Kildare, Ireland.
Nest verch and Stephen Constable of were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband?.
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