WINDSOR, Walter de

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• Name	WINDSOR, Walter de
  Birth	Abt 1050	Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Christening	Eston, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1100	Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
  WAC	8 Oct 1908
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  Father	GHERARDINI, Sir Dominius Otho ,   b. 5 Oct 1006, Tuscany, Italy Tuscany, Italyd. 1057, Staines, Middlesex, England (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Gwlady
  Family ID	F33671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	RHIWALLON, Gladys Beatrice Verch ,   b. Abt 1040, Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales Powys, Montgomeryshire, Walesd. Abt 1100, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1067	Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  + 1. WINDSOR, Baron William de I ,   b. Abt 1068, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Walesd. 1130, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 62 years)   2. FITZWALTER, Robert ,   b. Abt 1070, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 1174, Norfolk, England (Age 104 years)   3. WINDSOR, Delicia ,   b. 1113, England Englandd. 1140 (Age 27 years)   4. FITZGERALD, Gerald de ,   b. 1070, Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales Carew, Pembrokeshire, Walesd. 1136, Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F33300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIO: from Burke's A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, Part 1, 1862 edition, pg. 483, Walter Fitz Otho, recorded in the Domesday Book, was appointed, by William the Conqueror, Castellan of Windsor. 740 ** from K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, Vol. II Keats-Rohan has him as Walter Filius Other, a norman tenant-in-chief, keeper of the forest of Windsor and castellan of Windsor castle, he and his heirs were surnamed de Windsore, p. 455 Domesday tenant in chief. Castellan of Windsor castle. ** from Edward Kimber's and Richard Johnson's The Baronetage of England, 1771 Edition, Vol. I, pg. 31 Walter, at the time of the general survey by William the Conqueror, was Castellan of Winsor, Warden of the forests in Berkshire and possessed serveral Lordships in the counties of Middlesex, Hants and Bucks that Dominus Otherus is said to have held in the time of Edward the Confessor. Walter's eldest son and heir was William who took his father's surname Windsor. His second son was Gerard of whom the Gerards and other families descended. ** from Rev. William Betham's The Baronetage of England, 1801 Edition, Vol. I, pg. 59 Walter Fitz Otho married Gladys, the daughter of Rywall ap Conyn, by whom he had three sons, Gerald, Robert and William. Robert was baron of Eston or Estaines in Essex; he was succeeded by his son William, who left a daughter, the wife of Robert de Hastings, and their daughter Delicia, was wife of Henry de Cornhill, whose only child, Jane, married Sir Godfrey de Lovaine, lord of Lovaine, and was the mother of Sir Matthew who held the manor of Eston by barony. ** from History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France, pg. 117 Walter Fitz Ortho's wife was of Welsh Blood. With Gladys, the daughter of Rywall ap Conan, he had three sons. ** from Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. X. (Offaly), p. 10 Walter Fitz Other of Windsor, a Domesday tenant of lands in Berks, Bucks, Middlesex, Hants and Surrey, held a barony owing 15 or 20 knights' fees to the castle guard of Windsor, where he was Keeper of the Great Forest and castellan of the castle. He married Beatrice. He was living in or after 1100. ** from The Earls of Kildare, p.2 Walter Fitz Otho is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in possession of his father's estates. he was Castellan of Windsor and Warden of the forests of Berkshire. He married Gladys, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynvyn, Prince of North Wales, and had three sons: * Gerald Fitz Walter * Robert, surnamed "de Windsor," Baron of Eston, in Essex. * William, also named "de Windsor," ancestor of the family of Windsor. Life Sketch Walter FitzOtho (Geraldini) was a knight in King William's private retinue, and, when in 1070 William began the building of Windsor Castle, Walter was put in charge of its defense, and later became the first Constable of Windsor. Under the Norman kings, as with the kings of France, the Constable was the principal officer of a royal establishment, and was responsible for the defense of the establishment, by the knights stationed there. It was this position that conferred the name 'Windsor' upon Walter’s sons. The following is an excerpt from an article on the Geraldini family that shows how the current English Royalty rationalized doing away with the name of Hanover. It is premised on the vacating of the Windsor baronage by the Geraldinis. In fact, the male Geraldini heirs continued but they technically did not live in the Windsor baronage – instead they went to Pembroke. Windsor Castle continued as a baronage for the Geraldini descendants for centuries, until it passed out of existence due to lack of male heirs in the direct line. An interesting footnote is the story of how the current English royal family, the House of Windsor, took their name from this vacated baronage. During the first world War, there was enormous anti-German sentiment in England, and the king wanted to distance himself from the German House of Hanover, their name at the time. Since the Geraldini family can be traced as the founders of the House of Hanover, it was very convenient that (my ancestor) Gerald de Windsor, baron of England, was related both to the English royal family and the Florentine Gheradinis, and hence the House of Hanovers. This provided justification (after much research) for the German House of Hanover to become the more politically-correct English House of Windsor, which they remain today. Soon after 1070, Walter FitzOtho (Geraldini) also had the important post of Warden of the King's forests in Berkshire. (In those days, the southern and western areas of England were covered by vast forests) Although generally associated with hunting, the main recreation of the Royal household, the position was a military one, since the forests were subject to regular patrolling, as a precaution against enemies of the King. They were also regarded as the main source of provender for armies on the move, or those stationed at strategic castles. The initial castles were built with timber. Walter FitzOtho was granted twenty-two manors in England, by King William, and was still holding these at the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086. These manors, and land, were located in the counties of Berkshire, Buckingham, Middlesex, Surrey, and Hampshire Among other titles, he was Lord of Eton. During the time that Walter FitzOtho was protecting the Windsor Castle, he found time to have two wives and four children of record. His first wife was Beatrice De Offaly who was from Kildare, Ireland. The other wife was Gwladus verch Rhiwallon who was the mother of Nesta ferch Rhys. By these wives, he had three sons, Gerald, William and Robert FitzWalter of Windsor. Since Nesta was near the same age as Walter FitzOtho’s son, Gerald, in all probability the sons were from Walter’s first wife, Beatrice.