Hengest and Horsa facts for kids

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Hengest (d. 488?) was a semi-legendary ruler of Kent in southeast England. His name is Anglo-Saxon for "stallion". Horsa, Hengest's brother, was a 5th century warrior who took part in the settlement of Britain.

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The brothers in Edward Parrott's Pageant of British History (1909)
Hengist from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy"
Hengist and Horsa arriving in Britain, by Richard Rowlands (1605)
Vortigern and Rowena, by William Hamilton (1793)
The Uffington White Horse
Sketch of a farmhouse gable
Gable with crossed horse heads, Hanover
A gable in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
A gable in Hanover
Coat of arms of Buchholz in der Nordheide
Coat of arms of Thune, Brunswick

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