Ongentheow
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Ongentheow was the name of a semi-legendary Swedish king of the house of Scylfings, who appears in Old English sources.
Illustration by Gerhard Munthe (1899)
Middle royal tumulus at Old Upsala, suggested grave of King Ongentheow/Egil
Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r
Hygelac
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Hygelac was a king of the Geats according to the poem Beowulf. It is Hygelac's presence in the poem which has allowed scholars to tentatively date the setting of the poem as well as to infer that it c
Ongentheow
…called Hrefnesholt, although they lost her gold. Ongenþeow killed Hæþcyn, and besieged the Geats at Hrefnesholt. The Geats were, however, rescued by Hygelac, Hæþcyn's brother, who arrived the next day with reinforcements. Having lost the battle, but rescued his queen, Ongenþeow and his warriors returned…
Anachronistic portrait depicting a battle between Franks and Danes in 515, from Jean Fouquet's illumination in the Grandes Chroniques de France, Tours, c 1455-60
Hettergouw at the lower Rhine, inhabited by the Attoarii or Hetware, who killed Hygelac, according to Beowulf, line 2916