Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Gerald of Windsor
1070 - Aft 1116 (> 47 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Gerald of Windsor was born in 1070 (son of Walter fitz Other and Beatrice); died after 1116. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1093
- Alternate death: Bef 1136
Notes:
Constable of Pembroke Castle. Also called Gerald Fitz Walter; Gerald of Pembroke.
From Complete Peerage X:10-11:
Gerald, younger son of Walter and Beatrice, was constable, under Arnulf de Montgomery, of his castle of Pembroke, and successfully defended it when besieged by the Welsh in 1092. In 1095 he led a military expedition against the Welsh on the borders of what is now Pembrokeshire, and in 1100 went to Ireland to demand for Arnulf the daughter of King Murrough in marriage. Arnulf was deprived of his estates and exiled by Henry I in 1102, and the King granted the custody of Pembroke Castle to Gerald.
He married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales (e). The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136.
e) In 1106, 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, and 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. For the descendants of Gerald and Nest see chart pedigree sub Kerry. Their 3rd son was David II, Bishop of St. Davids; and their daughter Angharad (or Ankaret) was, by William de Barri of Manorbier, mother of sons, among whom was Gerald de Barri, otherwise Giraldus Cambrensis, who Expugnatio Hibernica is one of the principal sources of information about the Norman conquest of Ireland by his uncles and cousins and their companions in adventure.Family/Spouse: Nest ferch Rhys. Nest (daughter of Rhys ap Tewdyr, King of Deheubarth and Gwladus ferch Rhiwallon) was born about 1085; died before 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Maurice fitz Gerald was born about 1100; died on 1 Sep 1176 in Wexford, Ireland.
2. Walter fitz Other was born between 1045 and 1050 (son of Other and Beatrice); died after 1100. Notes:
Castellan of Windsor.
Walter married Beatrice. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Beatrice Children:
- 1. Gerald of Windsor was born in 1070; died after 1116.
Generation: 3
4. Other was born about 1020. Notes:
Also called Otho; Dominus Other.
Other married Beatrice. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Beatrice Children:
- 2. Walter fitz Other was born between 1045 and 1050; died after 1100.