Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Hugh de Say
- Bef 11901. Hugh de Say was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England (son of Hugh fitz Osbern and Eustacia de Say); died before 29 Sep 1190. Family/Spouse: Lucy de Clifford. Lucy (daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret) was born in of Clifford, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Hugh de Say was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died between 1195 and 1196.
2. Hugh fitz Osbern was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England (son of Osbern fitz Richard and Nest ferch Gruffydd); died in 1140. Notes:
With his wife, "founded Westwood nunnery in so. Worcester as a cell to Fontrevault." [Complete Peerage]
Hugh married Eustacia de Say. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Eustacia de Say Notes:
Co-founder of Westwood nunnery. Domesday Descendants calls her "possibly" a daughter of Theodoric de Say of Stokesay in Shropshire.
Children:
- 1. Hugh de Say was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died before 29 Sep 1190.
Generation: 3
4. Osbern fitz Richard was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England (son of Richard Scrob); died after 1086. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1088
Notes:
Sheriff of Hereford.
Osbern married Nest ferch Gruffydd. Nest (daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales and Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England) was born between 1055 and 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Nest ferch Gruffydd was born between 1055 and 1057 (daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales and Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England). Children:
- Nest ferch Osbern
- 2. Hugh fitz Osbern was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died in 1140.
Generation: 4
8. Richard Scrob died in 1067. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1066
- Alternate death: Aft 1067, Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England
Notes:
Also called Richard Scrupe, Richard Fitz Scrub. "Richard Scrob (fl. 1052–1066), soldier and landowner, was a Frenchman of unknown origins (not for certain a Norman) who came to England in the early years of the reign of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–66) and was given land on the Welsh border. The twelfth-century chronicler John of Worcester mistook his additional or alternative name Scrob for a patronymic, and Richard has ever since been widely miscalled Richard fitz Scrob." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
He built the earthwork called Richard's Castle, one of the few pre-Conquest castles in England.Children:
- 4. Osbern fitz Richard was born in of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died after 1086.
10. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales (son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Deheubarth and Angharad ferch Maredudd); died on 5 Aug 1064 in Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 5 Aug 1063
Notes:
"Gruffudd was one of the most successful British princes of the Middle Ages and the Book of Llandaff claims that he was 'king of all Wales from end to end'. True to the medieval idea of a Wheel of Fate, however, Gruffudd's career ended in exile and violent death." [Dictionary of Welsh Biography, citation details below.] He was killed by Cynan ab Iago.
Gruffydd married Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England about 1057. Ealdgyth (daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia and Ælfgifu) died after 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England (daughter of Ælfgar of Mercia and Ælfgifu); died after 1066. Notes:
Also called Edith the Fair, Edith Swan-neck, Edith Swannesha.
Children:
- 5. Nest ferch Gruffydd was born between 1055 and 1057.
Generation: 5
20. Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Deheubarth was born about 980 (son of Seisyll and Prawst); died in 1023. Llywelyn married Angharad ferch Maredudd in 994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
21. Angharad ferch Maredudd (daughter of Maredudd ap Owain). Children:
- 10. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales died on 5 Aug 1064 in Ireland.
22. Ælfgar of Mercia was born before 1031 (son of Leofric of Mercia and Godgifu); died about 1062. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1062
Ælfgar married Ælfgifu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
23. Ælfgifu Children:
- 11. Ealdgyth of Mercia, Queen Consort of England died after 1066.
Generation: 6
40. Seisyll Seisyll married Prawst. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
41. Prawst Children:
- 20. Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Deheubarth was born about 980; died in 1023.
42. Maredudd ap Owain (son of Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth); died in 999. Notes:
His brother Einion was in fact a half-brother.
Children:
44. Leofric of Mercia (son of Leofwine of Mercia); died on 31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England. Notes:
Thane from 1005 on. Earl of Mercia by 1032. Founder of the church of Coventry.
Leofric married Godgifu before 1030. Godgifu was born about 1010; died about 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
45. Godgifu was born about 1010; died about 1067. Notes:
Allegedly "Lady Godiva."
Children:
- 22. Ælfgar of Mercia was born before 1031; died about 1062.