Walter FITZ OTHO

Male Abt 1050 - Aft 1100  (51 years)


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  1. 1.  Walter FITZ OTHO was born about 1045/50 (son of Dominus OTHO and ? UNKNOWN); died after 1100.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Cr. Castellan of Windsor Castle by William the Conqueror
    • Occupation: Keeper of the forest of windsor

    Notes:

    Name:
    After the Conquest in 1066, he was treated by the Normans as one of their fellow-countrymen, a fact which seems somewhat remarkable, and he was mentioned in the Doomsday Book as being in possession of his father's estates in 1078. He was Castellan of Windsor and Warden of the forests in county of Berks.

    This fortunate heir put the cope-stone to his prosperity, by marriage with Gladys, the daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, Prince of North Wales, by whom he was father of three sons:

    Gerald Fitz Walter (Gerald de Windsor), the eldest son and successor.

    Robert de Windsor, Baron of Eston

    William de Windsorm Ancestor of the Barons of Windsor and Earls of Plymouth, also of the Marquess of Lansdowne.


    Walter FitzOther was a feudal baron of Eton in Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire) and was the first Constable of Windsor Castle in Berkshire (directly across the River Thames from Eton), a principal royal residence of King William the the Conqueror, and was a tenant-in-chief of that king of 21 manors in the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Hampshire and Middlesex, as well as holding a further 17 manors as a mesne tenant in the same counties.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William FITZ WALTER was born about 1075-1080; died in 1161.
    2. Gerald Of WINDSOR died before 1136.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dominus OTHO

    Notes:

    Name:
    He is supposed to have been a member of the family of Gherardini of Florence, Italy; and this is seemingly confirmed by the Latin form of the name, "Geraldini," assumed by the descendants; in any event he was a nobleman and came from Florence. This noble passed over into Normandy and thence into England, in 1057, where he became so great a favorite of King Edward, the Confessor, that he excited the jealousy of the Saxon thanes.

    His English possessions were enormous and at his death they devolved upon his son, Walter Fitz Otho.

    Dominus married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  ? UNKNOWN
    Children:
    1. 1. Walter FITZ OTHO was born about 1045/50; died after 1100.