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Vortigern

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Vortigern

English ruler, said by Bede to have invited the Saxons to Britain to repel the Picts and Scots, and to have married Rowena, daughter of Hengist.



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It supplies the names of the earliest Saxon leaders, Hengist and Horsa (who also figure in the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'), and narrates at length their treacherous dealings with Vortigern.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
By my faith, I could pardon the unhappy Vortigern, had he half the cause that we now witness, for making shipwreck of his honour and his kingdom.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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