Vortigern
Family: Britons · Role: ruler · First appears: Book II · Chap. V
Life events
- c. 423 · Vortigern joined the decision to call the Saxons for aid against northern incursions.(Book I · Chap. XIV)
- “and in concert with their King Vortigern, it was unanimously decided to call the Saxons to their aid from beyond the sea”
- 616 · Vortigern invited Hengist, who then came to Britain with his son Oisc.(Book II · Chap. V · 📍 Britain)
- With: Hengist
- “His father was Hengist, who, being invited by Vortigern, first came into Britain, with his son Oisc, as has been said above.”
Book II · Chap. V
- with Hengist (Vortigern invited Hengist into Britain.) “His father was Hengist, who, being invited by Vortigern, first came into Britain, with his son Oisc, as has been said above.”
Also listed in Britons — Minor Figures
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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.