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Sceafa

mythical ancestor of Anglo-Saxon kings
Person mythical_character Q120317
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Sceafa

Summary

Sceafa is a mythical character[1].

Key Facts

  • A child of Sceafa was Bedwig[2].
  • Sceafa held the position of king[3].
  • Sceafa is recorded as male[4].
  • Sceafa's instance of is recorded as mythical character[5].
  • Sceafa's present in work is recorded as Exeter book[6].
  • Sceafa's different from is recorded as Shem[7].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Sceafa held the position of king[3].

Personal Life

A child of Sceafa was Bedwig[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2770-93B6-5895-5688-EA81
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 2770-93B6-5895-5688-EA81, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  2. 10w ago · Valtaisa varpunen · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → king
    Instance of → mythical character
    The peerage person id → p10266.htm#i102660
    Rodovid id → 637083
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P40]]: [[Q3476559]]"
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