Vortigern makes use of Hengist and Horsa,…

430 CE

Vortigern makes use of Hengist and Horsa, brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain who emigrate, according to the English historian and theologian Bede, to fight for the British king against the Picts.

The brothers are said to have been Jutes and sons of one Wihtgils.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that they landed at Ebbsfleet, Kent.

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Abingdon Oxfordshire United Kingdom View →

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