What is "vortigern"

Vortigern (; ; ; ; ), also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in Britain, a leading ruler among the Britons. His existence is considered likely, but information about him is shrouded in legend.

He may have been the "superbus tyrannus" said to have invited Hengist and Horsa to aid him in fighting the Picts and the Scots. However, they revolted, killing his son in the process and adding Sussex and Essex to their own kingdom. It is said that he took refuge in North Wales, and that his grave was in Dyfed or the Llŷn Peninsula. He is cited at the head of the genealogy of the early Kings of Powys.

Vortigern was a legendary 5th-century British ruler.

Vortigern can also refer to:

• , a British Royal Navy V class destroyer

• Wyrtgeorn, King of the Wends (born circa 980) sometimes Westernised as "Vortigern"

• , a Sealink Cross Channel Ferry

• Vortigern and Rowena, a forged Shakespeare play actually written by William Henry Ireland