Person:Eomer Unknown (2)

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Eomer Chief of the Angles Angeltheow _____
b.425 Angeln, Slesvig, Denmark
d. Mercia, England
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Name Eomer Chief of the Angles Angeltheow _____
Gender Male
Birth? 425 Angeln, Slesvig, Denmark
Marriage to Unknown
Death? Mercia, England

Eomer, also spelt Eomær, was (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) the great-great-grandfather of Creoda, the first King of Mercia. He is considered the ancestor to the Kings of Mercia. Eomer himself was the son of Angeltheow. Eomer's son was Icel.

He is mentioned in lines 1958-1963 of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as the son of Offa of Angel and grandson of Garmund.

...forþam Offa wæs geofum and guðum gar-cene man, wide geweorðod; wisdome heold eðel sinne, þonon Eomær woc hæleðum to helpe, Heminges mæg, nefa Garmundes, niða cræftig. ...Hence Offa was praised for his fighting and feeing by far-off men, the spear-bold warrior; wisely he ruled over his empire. Eomer woke to him, help of heroes, Hemming's kinsman, Grandson of Garmund, grim in war.(Gummere's translation)

His name may have been the basis for the name of the fictional character Éomer, as J. R. R. Tolkien was an avid student of the history and language of Mercia, and based many of the names of Rohan on Mercian examples.

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