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Hengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their supposed invasion of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition [clarification needed] lists Hengist as the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.
Hengist (ou Hengest en vieil anglais) et Horsa sont deux frères originaires du Jutland qui, selon la tradition, auraient mené leur peuple durant l'invasion de la (Grande-)Bretagne et fondé le premier royaume anglo-saxon sur l'île : le royaume de Kent, dans le sud-est de l'Angleterre. Ces deux rois sont considérés comme semi-légendaires. En
Hengist and Horsa, (respectively d. c. 488; d. 455?), brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain who went there, according to the English historian and theologian Bede, to fight for the British king Vortigern against the Picts between ad 446 and 454.
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26 mai 2020 · Hengist and Horsa were a pair of brothers mentioned in British history. According to legend, they were the leaders of the first Germanic settlers (or Anglo-Saxons) of Britain. They are believed to have lived during the 5 th century AD.
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3 févr. 2019 · Although very likely actual people, the brothers Hengist and Horsa have taken on legendary status as leaders of the first settlers of Germanic stock to come to England.
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Hengist (also spelt Hengest) and Horsa (Hors), the legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon invaders of Britain arrived as mercenaries to fight the Picts and Scots at the invitation of the Celtic British King Vortigern.
4 mars 2022 · The Jutish warrior brothers Hengist and Horsa, leaders of ‘The Men of Kent’. Hengist and Horsa were recognised by the early English study group Engliscan Gesithasas as the first leaders of the English during the migration period, or Adventus Saxonum, from Upper Germany and Denmark.
