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The de Barry family (de Barra/Barri) is a noble Cambro-Norman family which held extensive land holdings in Wales and Ireland. The founder of the de Barry family was a Norman knight, Odo, who assisted in the Norman Conquest of England and south-east Wales during the 11th century. As a reward for his military services, Odo was granted estates in ...
Apr 27, 2022 · The de Barry family (Irish: de Barra) is a family of Cambro-Norman origins which once had extensive land holdings in Wales and County Cork, Ireland. The founder of the family was a Norman knight, Odo, who assisted in the Norman Conquest during the 11th century. As reward for his military services, Odo was granted estates in Pembrokeshire and ...
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- circa 1040
- "Odo de Barri"
- Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Manorbier Castle, birthplace of Gerald of Wales. Born c. 1146 at Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Gerald was of mixed Norman and Welsh descent. Gerald was the youngest son of William Fitz Odo de Barry (or Barri), the common ancestor of the De Barry family of Ireland, a retainer of Arnulf de Montgomery and Gerald de Windsor, and one of the most powerful Anglo-Norman barons in Wales. [1]
Philip de Barri, the son and successor of William, for his services in an expedition in 1177, was granted by his uncle, Robert Fitz Stephen (a son of Nesta by Stephen, Constable of Cardigan), lands in Olethan' (County Cork) and elsewhere, which long remained with his descendants, who became Lords Barry, Viscounts Buttevant, and Earls of Barrymore.
One of those nobles was Odo de Barri often Anglicised as Barry), who in 1093 was granted lands at Manorbier, south east of Pembroke, along with estates at Begelly and Penally. Odo built a fortress of timber and earth to control his new territory. That timber fortress was gradually replaced by a stone structure by his son, William.
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Sep 29, 2016 · For Odo de Barri, it turned out, was not only the builder of Manorbier Castle; he was also my 26th great-grandfather and the man who gave my mother’s family, the Barrys, its name. Advertisement
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As reward for his military services, Odo was granted estates in Pembrokeshire and around Barry, including Barry Island. Odo’s grandson, Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), gives the origin of his family’s name, de Barry, in his Itinerarium Cambriae (1191):
