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Wealhþēow (also rendered Wealhtheow or Wealthow) is a legendary queen of the Danes in the Old English poem, Beowulf, first introduced in line 612. She is the Wulfing queen of the Danes. She is married to Hroðgar, the Danish king and is the mother of sons Hreðric and Hroðmund and also of daughter Freawaru. The meaning of her name is disputed. One possible translation is "foreign slave" (Hill,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Wealhþeow

    Wealhþēow (also rendered Wealhtheow or Wealthow) is a legendary queen of the Danes in the Old English poem, Beowulf, first introduced in line 612. Character overview
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    List of characters and objects in Beowulf

    Freawaru - the daughter of King Hroðgar and Queen Wealhþeow and wife of Ingeld, king of the Heaðobards. ... Helmings - the people of queen Wealhþeow.
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    Hroðgar

    Wealhþeow has borne Hroðgar two sons, Hreðric and Hroðmund, and Hroðulf is to be regent if Hroðgar dies before his sons are grown.
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    Beowulf (hero)

    Beowulf · Grendel · Grendel's mother · Hroðgar · Ecgþeow · Hygelac · Heardred · Æschere · Onela · Wealhþeow · Wiglaf
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    Hreðric and Hroðmund

    Hreðric and Hroðmund were the sons of the Danish king Hroðgar, and his queen Wealhþeow, in the Old English epic Beowulf.
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    Hrólfr Kraki

    Hroðgar and queen Wealhþeow had two young sons, Hreðric and Hroðmund, and Hroðulf would be their guardian in case Hroðgar dies.
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    List of artistic depictions of Beowulf

    Beowulf · Grendel · Grendel's mother · Hroðgar · Ecgþeow · Hygelac · Heardred · Æschere · Onela · Wealhþeow · Wiglaf
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    Beowulf (2007 film)

    Beowulf · Grendel · Grendel's mother · Hroðgar · Ecgþeow · Hygelac · Heardred · Æschere · Onela · Wealhþeow · Wiglaf
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    Wulfing

    Wealhþeow, the queen of the Danish king Hroðgar, in Beowulf.
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    List of artistic depictions of Grendel's mother

    Beowulf · Grendel · Grendel's mother · Hroðgar · Ecgþeow · Hygelac · Heardred · Æschere · Onela · Wealhþeow · Wiglaf
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