Angeltheow

Angeltheow

Angeltheow, also spelled Angletheow, Engengenthe, or Angenwit was the great-great-great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia and the son of Offa of Angel.

Angeltheow's son was Eomer. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Angeltheow is a fourth-generation descendant of Woden, the same generation as Hengest and Horsa.

It is claimed by some [ [http://www.ldolphin.org/cooper/appen9.html 'After the Flood' by Bill Cooper - a Christian Right explanation of post-Genesis historical genealogies] ] that Angeltheow may also be the Swedish king Ongentheow (as mentioned in Beowulf) killed at the Battle of Ravenswood [ [http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-notes.html Danish site - Beowulf in Cyberspace] ] , although the battle is said to have taken place some time after the former is reported to have died.

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External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s020/f716227.htm Angeltheow's immediate family]


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