Robert FitzStephen

Robert FitzStephen
Robert Fitzstephen as depicted in Gerald de Barri's Expugnatio Hibernica (1189).
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.