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Vortigern
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Vortigern (vôr`tĭgərn), 5th cent., tribal king of Britons in Wales and S England. Tradition transmitted by Bede says that Vortigern invited the Germanic leaders Hengist and Horsa Hengist and Horsa (hĕng`gĭst, hôr`sə)
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 to Kent to help withstand the Picts and Scots. Later he quarreled and fought with Hengist and Horsa.

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