Nest ferch Rhys ap Tewdwr

Events

Date of Birth: before 1092.

The date is given by Crouch (ODNB). Maund (p. 48) suggests that a date between 1081 and about 1085 is most likely.

Date of Death: about 1130.

The date is given by Crouch (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Rhys ap Tewdwr (died 1093), king of Deheubarth.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Maund, and by the Complete Peerage (10:11).

Mother: Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Maund, and by Roderick (p. 4).

Spouse: Gerald of Windsor.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Roderick (p. 4), and by Maund (p. 130), who suggests a date of between 1102 and 1105.

Lover: Henry I, king of England.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by Maund.

Lover, or possibly spouse: Hait.

Crouch (ODNB) makes Nest Hait's mistress, but Maund (p. 150) suggests that Nest may have married Hait after Gerald's death.

Lover, or possibly spouse: Stephen, constable of Cardigan.

Again, Crouch (ODNB) makes Nest Stephen's mistress, but Maund (p. 152) suggests that Nest married him.

Children (by Gerald):

William fitz Gerald.

Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1 September 1176).

David (died 1177). Bishop of St David’s.

Angharad married William de Barry.

Children (by Henry I):

Henry (died 1157).

Children (by Hait):

William, lord of St Clears.

Children (by Stephen):

Robert fitz Stephen.

Children (father unknown):

Hywel.

Walter.

Gwladus.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crouch, David. “Nest (b. before 1092, d.c. 1130)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Flanagan, M.T. “Fitzgerald, Maurice (d. 1176)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Maund, Kari. Princess Nest: Seductress of the English. (Tempus, 2007).

Roderick, A.J. "Marriage and Politics in Wales, 1066-1282" in Welsh History Review Vol. 4, no. 1 (June 1968) pp. 3-20.

Walker, David. “Windsor, Gerald of (d. 1116x36)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).