Vortigern

Vortigern

Vortigern (; Old Welsh: Guorthigirn, Guorthegern; Welsh: Gwrtheyrn; Old English: Wyrtgeorn; Old Breton: Gurdiern, Gurthiern; Irish: Foirtchern; Latin: Vortigernus, Vertigernus, Uuertigernus, etc.), also spelled Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons or at least connoted as such in the writings of Bede. His existence is contested by scholars and information about him is obscure. He also appears in some manuscripts of De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas, and it is debated whether the name Vortigern was in the authorial version. Bede associates him with the "superbus tyrannus" said in Gildas to have invited the Saxons (who Bede, but not Gildas, says were led by Hengist and Horsa) to aid him in fighting the Picts and the Scots, whereupon they revolted, killing his son in the process and forming the Kingdom of Kent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vortigern is the 3,519th most popular politician (down from 3,193rd in 2019). (down from 383rd in 2019)

Vortigern is most famous for being the king of the Britons who invited the Anglo-Saxons into Britain to help him fight the Picts and the Scots.