Nest ferch Rhys

Abt 1085 - Bef 1136  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Nest ferch Rhys  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1085  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 1136  [3]
  Alternate death	Aft 1136  [4]
  Person ID	I4449	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Rhys ap Tewdyr, King of Deheubarth   d. Apr 1093, Brycheiniog, Wales
  Mother	Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon
  Family ID	F3697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry I, King of England,   b. 1068   d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyon-la-Forêt, near Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France (Age 67 years)
  Children	+ 1. Henry fitz Roy,   b. Abt 1105, of Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1157, Anglesey, Wales (Age ~ 52 years)
  Family ID	F447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Gerald of Windsor,   b. 1070   d. Aft 1116 (Age > 47 years)
  Children	+ 1. Maurice fitz Gerald,   b. Abt 1100   d. 1 Sep 1176, Wexford, Ireland (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F6068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2014

  
  

  Family 3	Owain ap Cadwgon   d. 1116
  Family ID	F17610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Nest ferch Tewdwr. "NEST (fl. 1120), a princess of Deheubarth, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr (q.v.) by Gwladus, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. About 1100 she m. Gerald of Pembroke; there were at least three sons of the union -- William, Maurice, and David Fitz-Gerald (qq.v.) -- and a daughter, Angharad, wife of William of Manorbier and mother of Giraldus Cambrensis (q.v.). Clearly a woman of great charm and beauty, she became the mistress of many lovers. Her romantic abduction (almost in her husband's presence) by her kinsman, Owain ap Cadwgan (q.v.), in 1109, has earned her notoriety as the 'Helen of Wales.' Her numerous offspring included Robert Fitz-Stephen (q.v.) and Henry 'filius regis' -- her child by king Henry I. The date of her death is unknown, but she lived until well after 1136. There were others of the same name less famous than the subject of this notice: Nest, daughter of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (q.v.), Nest, the wife of Bernard Newmarch, and Nest, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys (q.v.)." [Dictionary of Welsh Biography]

  
  

• Sources

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