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Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085 – before 1136) was the only legitimate daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last King of Deheubarth in Wales, by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys. Her family is of the House of Dinefwr. She is sometimes known, incorrectly, as "Nesta" or "Princess Nesta".〔http://thepeerage.com/p10468.htm#i104677〕〔("Nesta, the story of a Welsh Princess", ISBN 978-0-9530141-1-8 )〕 Nest was married to the Norman Castellan Gerald de Windsor (c. 1075 – 1135), and together they are the progenitors of the FitzGerald dynasty. Nest had two younger brothers, Gruffydd ap Rhys and Hywel, and, possibly, an older sister named Marared, as well as several older illegitimate half-brothers and half-sisters. After their father's death in battle in 1093, "the kingdom of the Britons fell" and was overrun by Normans. Nest's younger brother Gruffydd was spirited into Ireland for safety; their brother Hywel may have been captured by Arnulf de Montgomery, along with their mother, unless, as appears likelier, their mother was captured with Nest; their fate is unknown. Two older brothers, illegitimate sons of Rhys, one of them named Goronwy, were captured and executed. ==First marriage and issue== After Nest reached puberty, she came to the attention of the youngest son of William the Conqueror, Henry I of England, to whom she bore one of his numerous illegitimate children, Henry FitzHenry (c. 1103–1158).〔Gerald of Wales, ''The Journey Through Wales'' and ''The Description of Wales'' tr. Lewis Thorpe. Harmondsworth: Penguin (1978)〕 Some time after the rebellions of Robert of Normandy and Robert of Belesme, head of the powerful Montgomery family of Normandy and England, the king married Nest to Gerald FitzWalter of Windsor, Arnulf de Montgomery's former lieutenant and constable for Pembroke Castle. In 1102, for siding with the Montgomerys against the king, Gerald had been removed from control of Pembroke, and one Saher, a knight loyal to Henry, installed in his place. When Saher proved untenable in his new position, the king restored Gerald to Pembroke in 1105, along with Nest as his wife.〔Gerald of Wales. ''The Journey Through Wales and The Description of Wales'' tr. Lewis Thorpe. Harmondsworth: Penguin (1978)〕 By Gerald, Nest is the maternal progenitor of the FitzGerald dynasty, one of the most celebrated families of Ireland and Great Britain. They are referred to as Cambro-Normans or Hiberno-Normans, and have been Peers of Ireland since 1316, when Edward II created the earldom of Kildare for John FitzGerald. Nest bore Gerald at least five children, three sons and two daughters. Through her children by Gerald, Nest is an ancestress of the de Bohun Family, the Tudor monarchs of England, and, through the Tudors, of the Stuarts, as well as of President John F. Kennedy, and Diana, Princess of Wales. * William FitzGerald, Lord of Carew and Emlyn (d. c.1173). By his marriage to Marie, a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery (Note following Maurice FitzGerald below ), William was the father of: * * Odo de Carew * * Raymond FitzGerald le Gros * * Griffin * * Richard * * Ralph * * William, Justice of Eyre * * Robert * * Isabella; m. William Hay (Gulielmus de Haia Wallenisis). ::Note: William Hay is frequently, and incorrectly, noted as an illegitimate son of Nest; the speculation is based on Nest's grandson, Gerald of Wales, naming William as a Geraldine, which William Hay was, by his marriage to Nest's granddaughter. William's father is erroneously given as one "Hayt", a Flemish sheriff of Pembroke in 1130, by which time Nest would probably have been past childbearing age. Most likely William was the son of Robert de la Hay, who held Gwynllŵg as a fief from Robert fitz Hamo, earl of Gloucester.〔Coplestone-Crowe, B. ''Robert De La Haye and the Lordship of Gwynllwg'', Gwent Loc Hist No 85 (Autumn 1998).)〕 * Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, Naas and Maynooth, (died 1 September 1177). By his marriage to Alice (Note below ), a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery, Maurice was the father of: * * Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly * * Alexander * * William (1st Baron Naas) * * Maurice of Kiltrany * * Thomas * * Robert * * Nest ::Note: The existence of Marie de Montgomery and Alice de Montgomery, along with that of their alleged half-brother Philip, is disputed by Kathleen Thompson, Honorary Reader in history from Sheffield University, who claims Arnulf died without issue. * David FitzGerald, Archdeacon of Cardigan and Bishop of St David's who was the father of: * * Milo FitzBishop of Iverk * Angharad, who married (2) William Fitz Odo de Barry, by whom she was the mother of * * Philip de Barry, founder of Ballybeg Abbey at Buttevant in Ireland * * Robert de Barry * * Edmond de Barry * * Gerald de Barry, (better known as Gerald of Wales or Latinised as Giraldus Cambrensis) * Gwladys, mother of * * Milo de Cogan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nest ferch Rhys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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