Vortigern
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gwrtheyrn, Gwrtheyrn Gwrtheneu (Vortigern) ap Gwidol ap Gwidolin ap Gloyw Wallt Hir
thumb|Vortigern and Rowena by William Harvey
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Powys
- Occupation
- monarch
- Noble title
- king
- Image
- Cotton Claudius B VII f.224 Merlin Vortigern.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vortigern
- name in native language
- Gwrtheyrn
- date of birth
- 0394-01-01
- date of death
- 0454-01-01
- present in work
- De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniæ
- ethnic group
- Celtic Britons
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Edoardo Amaldi ATV
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Medieval accounts
- Gildas
- Bede
- ''Historia Brittonum''
- The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''
- William of Malmesbury
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Pillar of Eliseg
- Vortigern as title rather than personal name
- Local legends
- Later portrayals
- References
- External links
thumb|Vortigern and Rowena by William Harvey
Vortigern ( or ; , ; ; ; Old Breton: Gurdiern, Gurthiern; Scottish: Vortigern; ; , , , etc.), also spelt 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.
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