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Freawaru Hroarsdatter of Leire
- Preferred Name: Freawaru Hroarsdatter of Leire
- Gender: F
- FSID: LBW9-QXH
- Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Queen-Freawaru-Hroarsdatter-of-Leire/6000000007329359922?through=6000000003645712904
- Birth: ABT 730 in Denmark at LATI: N6 LONG: E0 with note: standardization
- Death: Y
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Freawaru, introduced in l. 2020 of the poem Beowulf, is the daughter of King Hroðgar and Queen Wealhþeow.
Freawaru is a freoðuwebbe or "peaceweaver" (an important concept in the poem) who is married to Ingeld, King of the Heaðobards and son of Froda . This marriage was created as a means of ending a feud between the two kingdoms (due to the murder of Froda by the Danes). It was an unsuccessful attempt to end the feud. An old warrior urged the Heaðobards to revenge, and Beowulf predicts to Hygelac that Ingeld will turn against his father-in-law Hroðgar. In a version given in the Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum (see below), the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him against her family.
Family 1: Halfdan Denmark , b. ABT 670 in Denmark
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