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Freawine,
Frowin or
Frowinus figures as a
governor of
Schleswig in
Gesta Danorum and in the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle as an
ancestor of the
kings of Wes****...
- needed] who slew
Freawine (as Frowin),
governor of Schleswig.[citation needed] Offa of
Angel (as Uffa). Offa
married a
daughter of
Freawine.
Regarded as a...
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additional names arose through the
insertion of a pair of
Saxon heroes,
Freawine and Wig, into the
existing pedigree,
creating a
second alliterative pair...
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Freawine (a
neighbouring warlord/king) so that
Freawine would ****ist Uffi when he
became king. However, the
plans did not come to p****, as
Freawine was...
- two
governors of Schleswig,
father and son, in
their service,
Frowinus (
Freawine) and Wigo (Wig), from whom the
royal family of Wes****
claimed descent.[citation...
- to have been a god.
Eponymous ancestor of the
Geats and/or
Jutes Godwulf Goðólfr Finn
Finnr Friþuwulf Frealáf Friðleifr
Fréawine Friþuwald
Woden Óðinn...
- Wig, the sons of
Freawine, a
governor of
Schleswig who
challenged Eadgils to
combat while he was
pillaging in the
Angle lands.
Freawine was
killed in combat...
- Cynric, son of Cerdic, son of Elesa, son of Gewis, son of Wig, son of
Freawine, son of Frithugar, son of Brand, son of Beldeg, son of Woden, son of Finn...
- Iċ wæs
syfanwintre þā meċ
sinca baldọr,
frēawine folca æt mīnum fæder ġenam; hēold meċ ond hæfde Hrēðel cyning, ġēaf me sinċ ond symbẹl,
sibbe ġemunde;...
- same
names as
monarchs who
appear in the
Mercian royal genealogy, e.g.,
Fréawine, Fréaláf and Éomer (see List of
kings of the Angles). The
first kings of...
