Princess Nesta ferch Rhys of Deheubarth 
Nesta was born about 1073 in Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Nesta's father was King Rhys ap Tewdwr I of Deheubarth and her mother is Gwladus ap Rhiwallon. Her paternal grandparents are King Tewdwr ("Mawr"; the Great) ap Cadell of South Wales and Gwenllian verch Gwyn of Anglesea; her maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. She had a brother and two sisters, named Gruffudd, Nest and Margred. She was the oldest of the four children. She died before 1136.General Notes
Heiress of Carew
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]
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 [King of England] so much that the incident started a war.
Source:www.dcs.hull.ac.ukShe was stunningly beautiful, called the Helen of Wales. She was thedaughter of the last king of indenpendent Deheubarth, she was themistress of Henry I, king of England,and had a son by him Robert DeCarn, Earl of Dorchester and Gloucester. Henry I took the throne awayfrom his brother in 1100. She was the wife of Gerald de Windsor,Constable of Pembroke, she was romantically abducted by Owain apCadwgan,son of the Prince of Powys, and is generally supposed to have had anynumber of other romantic liaisons. She was the founder of moredynastiesthan is polite to mention. Thousands of Welsh children today arestill
refered to as Nest in her honour.
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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, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthshire, Wales d.0987/0988
- b.~ 0933 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.0984 in Gwent, Monmouthshire, England
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0953 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant
- b.~ 0908
- b.0934 in Devonshire
- b.~ 0997 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant
- b.ABT 0920/0933 in Powys, Wales
- b.ABT 0945/0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1007 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0928 in Wales
- b.ABT 0945/0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Brecon, Breconshire
- b.ABT 0900/0930 in Dyfed, Wales
- b.0930/0955 in Dyfed, Wales
- b.0970/0993 in Dyvet, Wales
- b.~ 1020 in Brittany, France
- b.~ 1073 in Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.< 1136
- b.ABT 0920/0933 in Powys, Wales
- b.ABT 0945/0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1002 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 0928 in Wales
- b.ABT 0945/0970 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1025 in Powys, Wales d.1070 in Battle Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 0913 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthshire, Wales d.0987/0988
- b.~ 0938 in Dynevor Castle, Carmarthshire, Wales d.0999
- b.~ 0918 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 0982 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.0943 in Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.~ 1041 in Powys, Wales
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‌Nesta and "Beauclerc", "Fine Scholar" were married in a religious ceremony. They had a son and a daughter, named Henry FitzHenry and Annora.
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Children
Lord Henry FitzHenry Plantagenet of Narbeth
Henry FitzHenry was born about 1105 in South Wales. He died in 1157 in Anglesey, Wales.
They had a son named Einion.
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