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Windsor

• References:
  • LEINSTER in [Burkes Peerage]
  • PLYMOUTH in [Burkes Peerage]

Dominus Otho or Other, came to England 1057, had issue:

Walter FitzOther,
Castellan of Windsor and Keeper of the Forest,
i.e. he was the governor or warden of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, the chief Royal residence,
had issue:

1. William FitzWalter de Windsor.

2. Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor, mar Nest [Welsh Royal ancestry] and had issue:
   1. Maurice Fitzgerald de Windsor, "Invader of Ireland", ancestor of the Geraldines, born 1100.

   2. Angharad Fitzgerald de Windsor, mar William de Barry and had issue:
      1. Giraldus Cambrensis, the historian, born c.1146,
         chronicler of the Norman invasion of Ireland,
         unimpressed by Ireland, he described the Irish as "barbarous" and "a wild people".

      2. ancestors of Barry, Earl of Barrymore.