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 and Gildas. His existence is contested by scholars and information about him is obscure. He may have been the "superbus tyrannus" said to have invited 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vortigern has received more than 1,607,791 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Vortigern is the 3,193rd most popular politician (down from 2,039th 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.