Robert Fitz-Stephen, Ireland Stephen family photo Kevin Barry
Robert Fitz-Stephen, Ireland  Robert Fitz-Stephen (c.1120–1183)
[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. In Wales  Robert succeeded his father in his
office (Custos Campe Abertivi).[2] He first appears in history
in 1157, when King Henry II of England invaded Gwynedd. While
the main royal army faced the forces of Owain Gwynedd east of
the River Conwy, a force including Robert and his half-brother
Henry Fitzroy (the illegit