Heardred

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Beowulf character Geatish king legendary king literary character

Heardred is a legendary king of the Geats in the Old English epic Beowulf, known as the successor of Hygelac and predecessor of Beowulf.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beowulf character ⓘ
Geatish king ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn possibly historical Geatish ruler ⓘ
culture Old English ⓘ
deathCause killed in battle ⓘ
enemy Onela NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Geat NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Hygelac NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn epic poetry ⓘ
kingdom Geatland NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfSource Old English ⓘ
literaryTradition Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
mother Hygd NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeRole intermediate king between Hygelac and Beowulf ⓘ
notableFor being predecessor of Beowulf ⓘ
being successor of Hygelac ⓘ
position king of the Geats NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Hygelac NERFINISHED ⓘ
relative Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hygd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hygelac NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse unnamed wife ⓘ
successor Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports Eadgils NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eanmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod legendary Migration Age ⓘ
workOrigin Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geatland → associatedWithPeople → Heardred ⓘ
Geatland → governedByInBeowulf → Heardred ⓘ
the Geats → heroAssociated → Heardred ⓘ
subject surface form: Geats