Nest Verch Rhys Princess Of Wales 
Nest Verch was born in 1070 in of Dynevor Castle,Carmarthenshire,Wales.1 Nest Verch's father was Rhys ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth and her mother was Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. Her paternal grandparents were Tewdur "Mawr" ap Cadell and Gwenllian verch Gwyn; her maternal grandfather was Prince Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys. She had two brothers and a sister, named Gruffudd, of S Wales and Margred. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Geraldus Fitzwalter De and Margred Verch. She died at the age of 84 in 1154.1 General Notes
She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess.
She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess.
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.
"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 and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war."
--borrowed from Brian Tompsett
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal05170
Source: Tim Sandberg's GEDCOM V. Oct. 29, 2001
WARNING! THIS GENEALOGY IS, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER, A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE AUTHOR IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, BUT HAS TRIED TO VERIFY ALL DATA. IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED FREE OF ERRORS!
GIVN Nest Verch
SURN RHYS
AFN 8XJ2-WR
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A Welsh princess.
OCCU Welsh princess ...
SOUR gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001
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, was 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 and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war. - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000041.html#I835
http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0006/g0000083.htm#I3281 says parents are Rhys ap Tewder and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon - NPH
A Welsh princess.
This page is just a start. Not all information has bee varified.
"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 and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war."
--borrowed from Brian Tompsett
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal05170
Source: Tim Sandberg's GEDCOM V. Oct. 29, 2001
WARNING! THIS GENEALOGY IS, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER, A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE AUTHOR IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, BUT HAS TRIED TO VERIFY ALL DATA. IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED FREE OF ERRORS!
GIVN Nest Verch
SURN RHYS
AFN 8XJ2-WR
REPO @REPO1097@
TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
_MASTER Y
REPO @REPO1097@
TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
_MASTER Y
REPO @REPO1097@
TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
_MASTER Y
REPO @REPO1097@
TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
_MASTER Y
DATE 4 OCT 2000
TIME 21:21:53
A Welsh princess.
OCCU Welsh princess ...
SOUR gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001
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, was 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 and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war. - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000041.html#I835
http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0006/g0000083.htm#I3281 says parents are Rhys ap Tewder and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon - NPH
A Welsh princess.
This page is just a start. Not all information has bee varified.
She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess.
She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess.
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.
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Princess O Wales Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8XJ2-WR
Sources: Kraentzler 1151a; History of Morgan Family; A. Roots 178; AF; Complete Peerage; Young; Ayers.
From History: "Princess Nest was an extraordinary woman of greatbeauty. The mistress of King Henry I (by whom she had a son), she married Geraldde Windsor of Pembroke Castle in 1100. She had several children (by herhusband and by others) who were important in Welsh history. In 1109 Owain apCardigan, the son of the Lord of Powys and her cousin, fell in love with her at abanquet, attacked the castle that night, burned it to the ground, and carried Nest away."
Young: Nest of South Wales, concubine of King Henry I of England.
K: Nesta verch Rhys (Rees). Roots: Nest of Wales
Ayers: Nesta of South Wales.
******* Princess Nesta was known as the 'Helen of Wales' and was renowned for her beauty. She had affairs with numerous men and children by several ofthem, in addition to the children of her husband, Gerald de Windsor. She was oneof King Henry I's mistresses and had a son by him also.
SOURCES:
1. Morgan, Dennis. _A History of the Morgan Family_.
"Princess Nest was an extraordinary woman of great beauty. Themistress
of King Henry I (by whom she had a son), she married Gerald deWindsor of
Pembroke Castle in 1100. She had several children (by her husbandand by
others) who were important in Welsh history. In 1109, Owain apCardigan,
the son of the Lord of Powys and her cousin, fell in love with herat a
banquet, attacked the castle that night, burned it to the ground,and
carried Nest away."
2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. _Ancestral Roots of Certain AmericanColonists_.
Seventh Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company,Inc.,
1992; Line 178-2: Nest, of Wales; md Gerald of Windsor, d bef 1136,
Constable of Pembroke Castle, 1092, son of Walter FitzOther andBeatrice.
(CP VII 200, X 10-11).
3. Family Group Records.
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- b.~ 0913 in Of Dynevor,LLandyfeisant,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0933 in Of Dynevor,LLandyfeisant,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.0984 in Gwent,Monmouthshire,England
- b.~ 0918 in of,Llandeilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales
- b.~ 0964 in ,Deheubarth,Wales
- b.~ 1000 in ,Deheubarth,Wales d.~ 0997 in Bretagne
- b.~ 0920 in ,Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0950 in ,Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0925 in Gwent,Glamorgan,Wales
- b.~ 0980 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales
- b.~ 0928
- b.~ 0954 in ,of Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0930 in of,,Wales
- b.~ 1035 in Debeubarth,,Wales d.Apr 1093 in Aberhonddu,Powys,Wales
- b.~ 0990 in Dyvet,Wales
- b.1020 in Dyvet,,Wales
- b.1070 in of Dynevor Castle,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.1154
- b.~ 0920 in ,Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0950 in ,Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0925 in Gwent,Glamorgan,Wales
- b.~ 0984 in ,of Powysland,Wales d.1023
- b.~ 0928
- b.~ 0954 in ,of Powysland,Wales
- b.~ 0930 in of,,Wales
- b.1026 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1069 in (slain),Battle Mechain,Montgomeryshire,Wales
- b.~ 0913 in Of Dynevor,LLandyfeisant,Carmarthenshire,Wales d.0987
- b.~ 0938 in of,,Deheubarth,Wales d.~ 0999
- b.~ 0918 in of,Llandeilo,Carmarthenshire,Wales
- b.~ 0979 in of,,Deheubarth,Wales
- b.~ 0943
- b.~ 1051 in Powys,Montgomeryshire,Wales d.1139 in ,,Wales
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Nest Verch and Geraldus Fitzwalter De were married in a religious ceremony about 1100 in <Of,,Kilkenny,Ireland>.2 They had four sons and six daughters, named Maurice, William, David, William, Hadewise de, Nesta, Rohesa, Anghard, Angharad and Windsor.
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Children
Maurice FitzGerald Of Windsor
Maurice was born in 1100 in Windsor,Berkshire,England.3 He died at the age of 77 on September 1st, 1177 in Abbey Grey Friar,Welford,Berkshire,England. He was buried in Abbey Grey Friar,Welford,Berkshire,England.3 3
Nest Verch and Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of were married in a religious ceremony in <of Caen,Calvados,France>. They had three sons and a daughter, named Robert, Henry, Henry and Maud of.
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Children
Robert De Caen Duke Of Gloucester
Robert was born in 1088 in Caen,Normandy,France.1 He died at the age of 59 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol,Avon,England. He was buried in Prior Of St. James,Bristol.6 1
Prince Henry Fitzroy
Henry was born about 1115 in <Of,Gloucestershire,England>. He died in 1157 in Angelsey,Caernarvonshire,North Wales.
Nest Verch were married in a religious ceremony in <of Caen,Calvados,France>.
Nest Verch and Geraldus were married in a religious ceremony in <of Windsor,Middlesex,England>.
They had a son named Robert.
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4 Visitations of the County of Devon, 1620
5 Visitation of the County of Cornwall
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Visitation of the County of Cornwall, Burke's Guide to the Royal Family
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4 Visitations of the County of Devon, 1620
5 Visitation of the County of Cornwall
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Visitation of the County of Cornwall, Burke's Guide to the Royal Family
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