Windsor family

The Windsors were descendants of the Normans. The first of these to come to England was Dominus Other, who was present at the court of King Edward the Confessor, from about 1056. This man through his son Walter, was the founder of both the Windsor and the Fitzgerald families.

This family took their name originally from Windsor, but had their seat elsewhere - at Stanwell, Middlesex, and later at Bradenham, Buckinghamshire.

Other, whose name is sometimes spelled, Othere or Otho, was a member of the Florentine family, the Gherardini. He came to the court of King Edward the Confessor in about 1056, ten years before the Norman Conquest of England. It is likely that he came via Normandy, taking advantage of Edward's encouragement towards Norman visitors, and may have made the Norman connection during William's campaigns in Italy and Sicily, during the first half of the eleventh century. It seems probable that he was well known to William of Normandy, who heaped honours on his son Walter. ... more

Windsor castle

• A1. Gherardo Gherardini;
  • B1. Domino Other, lvd:1057;
    • C1. Walter FitzOther, Keeper of the Forest, lvd:1100, m. Gwaladus Verch Rhiwallon;
      • D1. William FitzWalter, Constable of Windsor Castle, m. Agnes de Valogne;
        • E1. Sir William de Windsor, lvd:1194;
          • F1. Sir William de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1212, m. Edith Plantagenet  ==>  Plantagenet
            • G1. Sir William de Windsor of Stanwell, d:1275;
              • H1. William de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1279, m. Margaret Dorkenford;
                • I1. Sir Richard de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1326, m. Julian Stapleton;
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  • J1. Richard de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1367, m. Julian Molyns;
    • K1. Sir James de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1370, m. Elizabeth Strechie;
      • L1. Sir Miles de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1387, m. Alice de Wymondham;
        • M1. Brian de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1399, m. Alice Drewe;
          • N1. Richard de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1428, m. Christian Faulkner;
            • O1. Miles de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1451, m. Joan Green;
              • P1. Thomas de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1485, m. Elizabeth Andrews;
                • Q1. Sir Andrew de Windsor of Stanwell, lvd:1467/1543, m. Elizabeth Blount;  ==>  Blount family
                  • R1. Eleanor Windsor, m. Sir Edward Neville;  <==  Neville family