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Eomær ap Angeltheow King of the Angeln
- Preferred Name: Eomær ap Angeltheow King of the Angeln[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Gender: M
- FSID: GMFR-9N7
- Nickname:
- Death: ABT 489 in Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.7139 LONG: E1.1015
- National Identification: with note: Description: IND2124
- Birth: 430 in England
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of the Angles in Angelnuntil 489
- Notes:
=== Indications are that Eomaer was the chie ===
Indications are that Eomaer was the chief who lead the Angles into central Britain and helped to find the Mercian line of kings.
From http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/History/KingListsBritain
LINEAGE OF ANGLES OF NORTHERN GERMANY - BRITAIN
From Cotton MS Vespasian B vi to 814 AD:
MERCNA
Woden Frealafing, Wedulgeot Wodning, Uihtlaeg Wedulgeoting, Uermund Uihtlaeging, Offa macermunding, [An]gengeot Offing, Eamer Angengeotin, Icil Eamering, Cnebba Iceling, Cynewld Cnebbing, Crioda Dynewalding, Pypga Crioding, Penda Pypbing, Aedilred Peding.
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From Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 183 to 937 AD:
MERCIORUM
Woden Frealafing, Wepolgiot Wodning, Wihtlaeg Wiopolgeoting, Waermund Wihtlaeging, Offa Waermunding, Angengiot Offing, Eomaer Angengeoting, Icel Eomaering, Cnebba Icling, Cynewald Cnebbing, Creoda Cynewalding, Pybba Creoding, Penda Pybbing, Aedelred Pending.
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From Cotton MS Tiberius B v to 990 AD:
Woden Frealafing, Weodogeot Woding, Wihtlaeg Weodogeoting, Waermund Wihtalaeging, Offa Waermunding, Angelgeot Offing, Eomer Angelgeoting, Icel Eomering, Cnebba Icling, Cynewald Cnebbing, Creoda Cynewalding, Pybba Creoding, Penda Pybbing, Aethelred Pending.
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From "Historia Brittonum" to 796 AD:
de genealogia merciorum
uuoden genuit guedolgeat, genuit gueagon, genuit guithleg, genuit guerdmund, genuit offa, genuit ongen, genuit eamer, genuit pubba, ipse pubba habuit duodecim filios, quorum duo notitiores mihi sunt quam alii, id est penda et emac. filius penda, filius pubba (there is an extra generation between Wihtlaeg and Weodogeot - possibly Weogon?)
Preferred Parents:
Father: Angeltheow ap Offa King of The Angles, b. 385 in Denmark d. 477 in Kingdom of Mercia
Mother: Hanelein Hrethelsdotter Queen of Angeln, b. ABT 386 in Denmark d. in Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Family 1: Angelthew Olafssdottir, b. ABT 425 in Angeln, Schleswig Holstein, Germany
- Icel Son of Eomær Founder of the Iclinga of East Anglia, b. ABT 450 in Kingdom of Mercia, Anglia d. 535 in Kingdom of Mercia, Anglia
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eomer Angeltheow Chief of the Angles -
Author: Cotton MS Tiberius B v, c 990
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743213
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eomer Angeltheow Chief of the Angles -
Author: Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 183, c 934
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743212
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eomer Angeltheow Chief of the Angles -
Author: Cotton MS Vespasian B vi, c 805.
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743214
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eomer Angeltheow Chief of the Angles -
Author: "Historia Brittonum" -"de genealogia merciorum {c 787}
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743215
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eomer Angeltheow Chief of the Angles -
Author: History Files
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742973
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