Nesta ferch Rhiwallon 
Nesta was born in 1070 in of Dynevor Castle,Carmarthenshire,Wales.1 Nesta's father was Rhys ap Tewdwr and her mother was Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. Her paternal grandfather was Tewdur "Mawr" ap Cadell; her maternal grandfather was Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Gruffudd, UNKNOWN, Nesta and Margred. She had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Gruffydd Ap, Geraldus Fitzwalter De, Geraldus and Margred Verch. She died at the age of 84 in 1154.1 General Notes
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Princess
Name Suffix:<NSFX> of Deheubarth
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.
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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.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.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
- 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
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Nesta and Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of were married in a religious ceremony in <of Caen,Calvados,France>. They had four sons and a daughter, named Robert, Robert, Henry, Henry and Maud of.
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Children
Robert de Caen
Robert was born in 1086 in Caen,Calvados,Normandie.1 He died at the age of 61 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol,Gloucestershire,England. He was buried in Priory of St. James,Bristol,Gloucester,England.1
Robert De Caen
Robert was born in 1088 in Caen,France.2 He died at the age of 59 on October 31st, 1147 in Bristol,England. He was buried in Prior Of St. James,Bristol.2 2
Henry Fitzroy
Henry was born about 1115 in <Of,Gloucestershire,England>. He died in 1157 in Angelsey,Caernarvonshire,North Wales.
Nesta and Geraldus were married in a religious ceremony in <of Windsor,Middlesex,England>. They had a son named Maurice.
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