Luckily for the young brothers, they were bundled up and escaped to the court of their cousin, Budic I, in Brittany. However, stories of his leading an army against invading Saxon pirates, probably in Cheshire, may refer to a different man. ), brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain who went there, according to the English historian and theologian Bede, to fight for the British king Vortigern against the Picts between ad 446 and 454. Rome was having problems of its own in 410 as the Goths had just sacked the city and the Western Roman Empire was tottering. The Vortigern family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The second detail is his repetition that the visiting Saxons were "told by a certain soothsayer among them, that they should occupy the country to which they were sailing three hundred years, and half of that time, a hundred and fifty years, should plunder and despoil the same. . To the contrary, he is portrayed as being aided by or aiding a "Council", which may be a government based on the representatives of all the "cities" (civitates) or a part thereof. Bede mentions a monument to him in east Kent; Horstead, near Aylesford, may be named for him. Constans proved a weak and unpopular puppet monarch and Vortigern ruled the country through him until he finally managed Constans' death by insurgent Picts.[6]. Africa His existence is contested by scholars and information about him is obscure. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Chapters 3149 tell how Vortigern (Guorthigirn) deals with the Saxons and Saint Germanus of Auxerre. But the Red signifieth the race of Britain that shall be oppressed of the White. (Lesson for KS2) 2.00 ( 0) KS2History Who was Alfred the Great? Europe Sign in with your organizational account.