Sceaf

Sceafa (Old English: Scēafa [ʃæːɑvɑ], also spelled Scēaf, Scēf) was an ancient king in English legend. According to his story, Sceafa appeared mysteriously as a child, coming out of the sea in an empty skiff. Various English kings traced their ancestry back to him. Originally pagans, they believed Sceaf was related to their god, Woden, but after they became Christians, they began to doubt this and later came up with a different explanation: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from the year 855, explains instead that Scef was born in Noah's Ark, interpreting Sceaf as a non-Biblical son of Noah, and then continuing with the ancestry of Noah up to Adam as found in Genesis. Others believe that Sceaf was the son, or a descendant, of Japheth, the ancestor of all Indo-European peoples according to the Bible. Sceaf is technically the earliest known non-Biblical ancestor of the current British Royal Family. It has been suggested that Sceaf IS in fact Japheth, and their names are variants of the same cognomen.

## His Lineage[edit]

His lineage, detailing no less than 82 generations. According to this lineage, Noah would have lived approximately 2000-3000 years ago.

Noah Japheth? One of Japeth's sons? Sceaf. Bedwig. Hwala. Hadra. Itermon. Heremo. Scyldwa. Beowulf. Tetuua. Geat(a). Godwulf. Frinn. Freudulf. Frealeaf. Woden. Baeldaeg. Brond. Fridgar. Freowine. Wig. Giwis. Esla. Aluca/Elesa. Cerdic (first King of Wessex). Cynric. Ceawlin. Cuthwine. Cuthwulf. Ceolwald. Cenred. Ingild. Eoppa. Eafa. Ealhmund. Egbert. AEthelwulf. Alfred the Great (first King of the English). Edward the Elder. AEthelstan. Edmund I. Edgar I. AEthelred. Edmund II Ironside. Edward the Exile. Margaret of Scotland. Matilda of Scotland. Empress Matilda. Henry II (King of England). John. Henry III. Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. Lionel of Antwerp. Philippa. Roger Mortimer. Ann de Mortimer. Richard Plantaganet. Edward IV. Elizabeth of York. Margaret Tudor. James V. Mary, Queen of Scots. James VI and I. Anne. Sophia. George I. George II. Frederick. George III. Edward. Victoria. Edward VII. George V. George VI. Elizabeth II. Prince Charles. Prince William. Prince George.