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Nest Tewdr of Wales[1, 2]

Female circa 1085 -


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  • Name Nest Tewdr of Wales 
    Born circa 1085  Wales aka Nesta dtr of Rhys ap Tewdwer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died
    Notes 
    • Nesta, or Nest, dtr. of Rhys ap Tewdwer, whose pedigree from Rhodri Mawr is found in John Edward Lloyd's "A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. 1954" Vol. 2, page 767, was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time.  Her first husband was Gerald of Windsor, son of Walter fist Other, who she married about 1100.  He was catellan of Pembroke, and he died about 1135-36.  She had four children by him: William; Maurice; David; and Angharad.  Her child by King Henry 1st, Henry fitz Roi, was raised with her other children.  Her 2nd husband was Stephen of Cardigan, by whom she had Robert fitz Stephen.  She had at least four other illegitimate children: William fitz Hai (Hait), sheriff of Pembroke about 1130; Hoel; Walter; and Gwladys.
    Person ID I20732  mykindred
    Last Modified Apr 10, 2003 

    Father Rhys Mawr ap Tudor,   b. circa 1050, Wales (Prince of South Wales) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1093, Wales (aka Tewdr) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Gwladus (Gladys) of Powys,   b. Powys, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d.
    Family ID F7717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Henry Beauclerk, **,   b. 1068, Normandy (aka King Henry Ist of England) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 01, 1135, Gisors, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married Bef 1105  (had natural son) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry Fitz Henry,   b. 1105, Wales (Natural son of Henry 1st Beauclerk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1157, Anglesea Narberth and Pebidbog (Wales ?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F7631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gerald of Windsor,   b. circa 1075, England (Constable Pembroke) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1136  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married circa 1099  Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Fitz Gerald,   b. Windsor ? son of Gerald of Windsor Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1173, Wales ? ancestor of Carews; Graces; and others Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Maurice Fitz Gerald,   b. 1100, Windsor (Lord Lanstephen) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1176, Wales - ancestor of Fitz Geralds of Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Bishop David Fitz Gerald,   b. Wales - son of Gerald of Windsor Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1176, Wales ? Bishop of St. Davids Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Angharad Fitz Gerald,   b. circa 1135, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F7653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S390] Nesta of Wales: "An Hitherto unnoted Descent from.

    2. [S580] Gedcom - Rein-Shwayder, Carol.