Hengist

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Hengist is named in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum as one of the semi-legendary kings of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. He is a figure in the early Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies.

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 900
Historical notes
Documented in manuscripts from the 8th to 10th centuries.

Relationships

sibling of
Horsa
co occurs with
Adam, Wōden, Noah

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Sources

Source passages

“notably named as Hengist and Horsa in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum”

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