Hengist

Hengist (A.S. 'stallion') and Horsa, the names of the two brothers who led the first band of Teutonic invaders to Britain. They are mentioned by Nennius and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, so that we need not insist upon the suspicious etymologies of the names so far as to dismiss their story as a myth. According to the story they came about the year 449 to help King Vortigern against the Picts, and were rewarded for their services with a gift of the Isle of Thanet. Soon after they turned against Vortigern, but were defeated at Aylesford, where Horsa was slain. Ere long, however, Hengist is said to have conquered the whole of Kent.