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Meiler FitzHenry (sometimes spelled Meilyr; died 1220) was a Cambro-Norman nobleman and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland during the Lordship of Ireland. Background and early life. Meilyr FitzHenry was the son of Henry FitzHenry, an illegitimate son of King Henry I, by Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last king of Deheubarth (South Wales).
fitz Henry, Meiler ( a. 1157–1220), justiciar, was son of Henry fitz Henry (son of Henry I, king of England) and Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, Wales. He was orphaned as a child when his father was killed in an ambush while fighting in Henry II 's (qv) Welsh campaign of 1157. He inherited his father's lands in ...
9 de jul. de 2023 · Meilyr FitzHenry (died 1220) was a Cambro-Norman nobleman and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland during the Lordship of Ireland. Background and early life. Meilyr FitzHenry was the son of Henry FitzHenry, an illegitimate son of King Henry I, by Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last king of Deheubarth (South Wales).
28 de dez. de 2020 · FITZHENRY, MEILER (d. 1220), Justiciar of Ireland, was the son of Henry, the bastard son of King Henry I, by Nesta, the wife of Gerald of Windsor, and the daughter of Rhys ab Tewdwr, king of South Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis, Itinerarium Kambriae, in Opera, vi. 130, Rolls Ser.; cf. Annales Cambriæ, p. 47, and Brut y Tywysogion, p. 189).
When Meiler FitzHenry Justiciar of Ireland was born about 1128, in Wales, his father, Henry fitzRoy, was 26 and his mother, Matilda, was 20. He married Lucy de Lacy about 1145, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 1220, at the age of 93, and was buried in Greatconnell, County Kildare, Ireland.
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- Lucy de Lacy
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15 de nov. de 2021 · Meiler (Myler) FitzHenry. Born [date unknown] [location unknown] Ancestors. Son of Henry FitzRoy and [mother unknown] Brother of Robert FitzHenry and Amabilis (Fitzhenry) de Riddlesford. [spouse (s) unknown] [children unknown] Died 1220 in Ireland.
Following their arrival in Ireland, a dispute arose with Meiler Fitzhenry, a tenant of William Marshal in Leinster, who was also King John’s Justiciar. Meiler engineered William Marshal’s summons to John’s court, forcing him to leave Leinster vulnerable to a possible incursion by the Justiciar’s forces.
