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Angeltheow, also spelled Angletheow, Engengenthe, or Angenwit (? - c. 477) was the great-great-great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia and the son of the first Offa of Mercia. Events Huneric becomes king of Vandals Aelle king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore. ... Creoda (or Crida) (died 593) was an early King of Mercia (c. ... Offa (died July 26/29, 796) was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death. ...


It is claimed that he may be a 45th-great-grandfather of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a 41st-great grandfather of Louis XVII of France. 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. A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. At various times an author, soldier, journalist, and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as... Louis XVII of France (March 27, 1785 - June 8, 1795) also known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy (1785-1789), Louis-Charles, Dauphin of Viennois (1789-1791), and Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France (1791-1793), was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, who never... In J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Éomer was the eighteenth King of Rohan, and first of the Third Line. ... The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain. ... A god of the Anglo-Saxon /Early English tribes brought with them from continental Europe, around the 5th and 6th centuries until conversion to Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries CE. Woden is the carrier-off of the dead, but not necessarily with the attributes of his Norse equivalent... Hengest or Hengist (d. ...


It is claimed by some that Angeltheow may also be the Swedish king Ongentheow killed at the Battle of Ravenswood, however the battle took place some time after he is reported to have died, moreover it is unlikely that a British king would have also been able to maintain control over the Geats. Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ... Geats (Gautar Old Norse or Götar in Swedish) is the Old English spelling of the name of a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. ...


External link

  • Angeltheow's immediate family (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s020/f716227.htm)

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Morning Ceremonies (4389 words)
King Angeltheow went outside the building where he shared sleeping quarters with his wife, infant son, twenty-five picked warriors of the new generation, and a few favored hounds.
Angeltheow watched the two men leave, then he went over to his father's hall to see if the servant had gotten the old man up.
Angeltheow left his father's house as some serving women bustled about, taking a huge old beer barrel that had been sawn in two to make a small tub from its place against the wall.
Angeltheow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (142 words)
Angeltheow, also spelled Angletheow, Engengenthe, or Angenwit (?
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Angeltheow is a fourth-generation descendant of Woden, the same generation as Hengest and Horsa.
that Angeltheow may also be the Swedish king Ongentheow (as mentioned in Beowulf) killed at the Battle of Ravenswood
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