Herebeald
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Eldest son of King Hrethel of the Geats, killed accidentally by his brother Hæthcyn with a misaimed arrow — a death the poem likens to a hanged man's for which no vengeance can be taken, the source of Hrethel's fatal grief.
Parentage
- paternal: Hrethel
Domains
- the irremediable death
Relations
- sibling: HaethcynFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: HygelacFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: Daughter of HrethelFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
Sources
- existence: Beowulf, ll. 2435-2443 — accidentally killed by his brother Hæthcyn's arrow (primary)