See also
| Husband: | Richard + FITZPONS (1080-1129) | |
| Wife: | Maud + FITZWALTER (1081-1127) | |
| Children: | Walter + of CLIFFORD (1113-1190) | |
| Marriage | 1113 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Name: | Richard + FITZPONS | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William + of NORMANDY (1025- ) | |
| Mother: | OF PONTHIEU (1029- ) | |
| Birth | 1080 | Lahnyndhry Castle, Wales |
| Death | 1129 (age 48-49) | Bronllys, Breconshire, Wales |
| Name: | Maud + FITZWALTER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1081 | Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England |
| Death | 1127 (age 45-46) | |
| Name: | Walter + of CLIFFORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Margaret + of TONI (1118-1185) | |
| Birth | 1113 | Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England |
| Death | 1190 (age 76-77) | Godstow, Oxfordshire, England |
Richard Fitz Pons[1] (c. 1080 – 1129)[2] was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, active as a marcher lord on the border with Wales.
He is described as a follower of Bernard de Neufmarche, and probably first builder of Bronllys Castle.[3] He started construction at Llandovery Castle[4] in 1116. [5]
[edit] FamilyHis father was Pons fitz Pons.[6][7]
He married Matilda Fitz Walter (died after 1127), daughter of Walter Fitz Roger, sheriff of Gloucester, and Bertha de Ballun.[8] Walter de Clifford was one of their four children.[9][10].
Richard was the heir of Drogo fitz Pons and Walter fitz Pons, both mentioned in the Domesday Survey. He is now taken to be their nephew.[11] They had lands in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Pinxton in Derbyshire, Glasshampton in Worcestershire[12][13]