Ferch Rhys, Nesta 1

Birth Name Ferch Rhys, Nesta
Gramps ID I582806318
Gender female
Age at Death 53 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1083 Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmathenshire, Wales  
2 3a 4 5
Death 1136    
6a 4 5
Nobility Title     Of Deheubert
 
Occupation      
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ap Tewdwr, Rhys [I582807649]
Mother Ferch Rhiwallon, Gwladys [I582806315]
         Ferch Rhys, Nesta [I582806318]
    Brother     Ap Rhys, Gruffydd [I582810224]

Families

    Family of Beauclerc, Henry and Ferch Rhys, Nesta [F533083666]
Married Husband Beauclerc, Henry [I582805227]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1103    
7 2 8a 6b 9a 4 5
Unknown (Primary) Wft 1084-1117   Alt. Marriage
5
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. Fitzhenry, Henry [I582804293]
    Family of De Windsor, Gerald and Ferch Rhys, Nesta [F533083038]
Married Husband De Windsor, Gerald [I582804291]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1100    
6c 2 8b 4 5
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. De Windsor, David Fitzgerald [I582809156]
  2. De Windsor, Maurice Fitzgerald ‘Invader Of Ireland’ [I582804292]
  3. De Windsor, Daughter Of Gerald [I582803340]
  4. De Windsor, William Fitzgerald [I582812689]

Narrative

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Princess
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Of Deheubert
Notes: Princess of Deheubarth 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. He then carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war.
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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,
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She was the favorite concubine of King Henry I. She was a Welsh princess. Parents are Rhys ap Tewder and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon. She was known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers.

Gerald de Windsor married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, PRINCE OF SOUTH WALES . The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136.

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. 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,

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@@S171@@

Pedigree

  1. Ap Tewdwr, Rhys [I582807649]
    1. Ferch Rhiwallon, Gwladys [I582806315]
      1. Ferch Rhys, Nesta
        1. Beauclerc, Henry [I582805227]
          1. Fitzhenry, Henry [I582804293]
        2. De Windsor, Gerald [I582804291]
          1. De Windsor, David Fitzgerald [I582809156]
          2. De Windsor, Maurice Fitzgerald ‘Invader Of Ireland’ [I582804292]
          3. De Windsor, William Fitzgerald [I582812689]
          4. De Windsor, Daughter Of Gerald [I582803340]
      2. Ap Rhys, Gruffydd [I582810224]

Ancestors

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