Hengest

It is difficult to know where Hengest and his brother Horsa originated from. It is suggested by a number of historians that Hengest ruled over the Jutes in south east Britain but there is no evidence that suggests that he came to Britain from Jutland. There is certainly evidence to suggest that the two brothers could well have been Angles who settled in East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle certainly lists Hengest as an Angel as he would have come over from the area of Angeln.

In Helen Hollick's Pendragon's Banner trilogy, Hengest is a Jute invited by Vortigern to help defeat the British Warlord's enemies.

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