Robert FitzStephen | |
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Died | 1183 |
Offices | Constable of Cardigan |
Noble family | FitzStephen |
Father | Stephen, Constable of Cardigan |
Mother | Nest ferch Rhys |
Robert FitzStephen (died 1183)[1] was a Cambro-Norman soldier, one of the leaders of the Norman invasion of Ireland, for which he was granted extensive lands in Ireland. He was a son of the famous Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last king of Deheubarth (South Wales). His father was Nest's second husband, Stephen, Constable of Cardigan (Welsh: Aberteifi). Following the death of her first husband, Gerald de Windsor, her sons had married her to Stephen, her husband's constable for Cardigan. By Stephen, she had another son, possibly two; the eldest was Robert, and the younger may have been Hywel.