Victoria Harman: Gerald de Windsor

Gerald de Windsor (aka Gerald FitzWalter)

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Married to Princess Nest (or Nesta of Deheubarth), the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, a Welsh prince and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon in sometime between 1095 and 1100
Anglo-Norman baron
Family: Walter FitzOther (father), and Gwladys ferch Ryall (mother)
Constable of Pembroke Castle from 1102, granted manor of Moulsford (in Berkshire now Oxfordshire)
Given the site of Carew Castle as a dowry
Nobleman in charge of Norman forces in Wales
Built the first castle with Nest on the site
Had at least 5 children so needed castle to house family
Owain ap Cadwgan, son of another Welsh Prince, started a fire at Carew Castle in 1109
de Windsor escaped but Owain captured Nest
Retrieved Nest and her two children by Owain Glyn Dŵr, killed Owain Glyn Dŵr] in battle in 1115
Died in 1116