Diolch am eich diddordeb mean Hanes Cymru, thank you for your interest in Welsh history, most Americans never heard of Wales

Thanks for the video. I am a Carew decendant.

Sarah - I have just come upon your videos and am very happy to have found them!! I think you might find the follow fairly interesting. Over 20 years ago I read a book by my partner's mother on Princess Nest. It was in that book the name Rhys spoke to me. I knew I had to name my son Rhys. At the time I was also doing a lot of genealogy research. Through the years I have entered nearly 95,000 individuals into my genealogy database, including royalty, making amazing connections. In 1996 I visited England and Wales for the first time. The moment I set foot in London and parts of Wales I had a feeling of having come home. In 2001 and 2003 I led group trips into England and Wales where I showed the group places that pertained to our Clough ancestry and introduced them to distant cousins. Those trips were epic! I finally had my son with my partner in 2004 and named him Rhys. In the years since, although not as much a part of the genealogy world as I once was, I have continued to work on my research. Having done so I find that I am related to Princes Nest and Gerald of Windsor (they are my 27th great grandparents) through my maternal grandmother. My line comes from their son Maurice, his son Gerald, his son Maurice, etc. I am also related to King Henry I, although not through the son he had with Nest. I am sharing this video on Carew Castle in my private family FB group so family members can enjoy seeing a place that has special significance to us. I admire your ability to write so many books. That has been a dream of mine. I wish you continued good luck with your books and videos!! The videos are very informative and people like me really appreciate them!! :-)

So I've been working on my family tree recently and was able to go back a lot further than I anticipated. Currently trying to fact check and make sure my ducks are all in an order, but if I'm correct, Princess Nest is my 29th great grandmother! Which is so exciting and I hope to one day be able to fly to the Uk and see the castle in person.

My 13th Great Grandfather (Sir John Perrot) was given Carew castle by Henry VIII. He did most of the work there turning the fortress into a Tudor mansion while he was Lord Deputy of Ireland. There are still a few floor tiles with our family Crest of a Parrot holding 3 pears at the site. Very interesting place, I wish they would let me move in and restore it to its former glory haha.

Really enjoying these vids. Here is something that i recently uncovered that might be of interest. Cenarth Bychan is the castle where Nest was abducted by Owain. In my research i have found the following. Little Cenarch, Little Cengarth, Kastell Kenarch Bychan and Keugarth Vachaw are the various names for Geralds castle from the various Brut versions in English and Welsh. When one looks through the Annales Cambriae the following entry is found; 1107 Flandrenses ad Ros venerunt. Geraldus dapfifer (firmavit) castellum (de Kilgarren) Chenarth bechan. (de Kilgarren being from another manuscript as shown in the footnotes.) This shows that Cenarth Bychan is likely the early name for Cilgerran castle, one of the most picturesque castles in Wales. The CADW guidebook also tells us that Gerald built Carew, then Cenarth Bychan (Cilgerran). Keep up the good work!

My 18th great-grandfather, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, bought or was given Carew in 1480. He was considered the first Prince of Wales and was credited (or blamed) for the death of Richard III. Trying to find out if dear grandfather Rhys was related to Princess Nest. Thanks for the info. This fascinates me.

Do I assume correctly in thinking that Sir Nicholas Carew in the After Cilmeri series was from the family who held Carew Castle at the time? Also, I visited Pembroke Castle last year. Amazing place. Birth place of Henry Tudor, etc.

Well, I take it that your eldest son was conceived in Carew!

Correctly pronounced K-REW