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Mythology
The ghost of a beautiful princess wanders the ruins of Carew Castle. Nest, the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales, has been compared with Helen of Troy. At a very tender age, she was married to Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke. The fame of her beauty spread throughout the land, and she was abducted from her husband’s arms by Owain ap Cadwgan, son of the Prince of Powys. Owain resisted all appeals and demands to give up his unlawful prize. Eventually, on the orders of King Henry I of England, a confederacy of Welsh rulers undertook a crusade against Cadwgan and his guilty son, who both escaped to Ireland. Nest was restored to her husband, but later married Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, and became a mistress of Henry I. It is said that Nest always cherished the memory of her days with the reckless Owain and her brief and willing captivity among the wild hills of Ceredigion.
The ghost of a beautiful princess wanders the ruins of Carew Castle. Nest, the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales, has been compared with Helen of Troy. At a very tender age, she was married to Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke. The fame of her beauty spread throughout the land, and she was abducted from her husband’s arms by Owain ap Cadwgan, son of the Prince of Powys. Owain resisted all appeals and demands to give up his unlawful prize. Eventually, on the orders of King Henry I of England, a confederacy of Welsh rulers undertook a crusade against Cadwgan and his guilty son, who both escaped to Ireland. Nest was restored to her husband, but later married Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, and became a mistress of Henry I. It is said that Nest always cherished the memory of her days with the reckless Owain and her brief and willing captivity among the wild hills of Ceredigion. 
