This hero is the son of Ecgtheow & the grandson of Hrethel
[DOC] [TLE] Beowulf, by William Morris : APPENDIX - eBooks@Adelaide [PAR] Mar 27, 2016 ... Beowulf the Dane (not Beowulf the Geat, the hero of the poem) was the ... 
Ecgtheow [373], father of Beowulf the Geat, by the only daughter of Hrethel, king 
of the Geats.