* Ecgþeow was Beowulf's father who belonged to the Swedish
Wægmunding clan. He joined the Geats after having been banished for
killing the Wulfing Heaðolaf, and married a Geatish princess. * The
name of Beowulf's mother is not given in the story, but she is the
daughter of King Hrethel and sister of King Hygelac.