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He is remembered for his fierce opposition to his father's <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxon</a> allies. In <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae" title="Historia Regum Britanniae">Historia Regum Britanniae</a></i>, he overthrows his father and reigns as <a href="/wiki/List_of_legendary_kings_of_Britain" title="List of legendary kings of Britain">King of Britain</a> for a brief period before his death restores Vortigern to power. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accounts">Accounts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vortimer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vortimer first appears in the 9th-century work known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">Historia Brittonum</a></i>. According to the <i>Historia</i>, Vortigern allows Saxons under <a href="/wiki/Hengest" class="mw-redirect" title="Hengest">Hengest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Horsa">Horsa</a> to settle on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet" title="Isle of Thanet">Isle of Thanet</a>, and offers them provisions in exchange for their service as mercenaries.<sup id="cite_ref-Britons36–38_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britons36–38-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vortigern soon proves to be an "ignorant king", and the wily Hengest manipulates him into ceding over more land and allowing more settlers to come from <a href="/wiki/Germania" title="Germania">Germania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britons36–38_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britons36–38-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a dire period of Saxon encroachment, exacerbated by even more disgraceful behavior on Vortigern's part, Vortimer finally rises up against the Saxons. He pushes them back to Thanet, and meets them in four battles. At the third battle Horsa and Vortimer's brother <a href="/wiki/Catigern" title="Catigern">Catigern</a> are slain; at the fourth the Saxons are pushed back to the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-Britons43–44_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britons43–44-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter, however, Vortimer dies. He asks his followers to bury him at the place where the Saxons first landed in Britain as a totem against further invasion. However, his followers fail to heed his warning and the Saxons return.<sup id="cite_ref-Britons44_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britons44-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscript</a> of the <i>Historia Brittonum</i> (<i>Chronica Minora</i>, Berlin, 1892) follows this with: "if they had kept his command, there is no doubt that they would have obtained whatever they wished through the prayers of <a href="/wiki/Germanus_of_Auxerre" title="Germanus of Auxerre">St Germanus</a>.”<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Triads" title="Welsh Triads">Welsh Triads</a> his bones were buried "in the Chief Ports of this Island".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three of Vortimer's battle sites are named: the first was on the <a href="/wiki/River_Darent" title="River Darent">Darent</a> "<i>super flumen Derguentid<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span></i>" the second "at the ford called Episford in their language, Rhyd yr Afael in ours <span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span><i>super vadum quod dicitur in lingua eorum Episford, in nostra autem lingua Rithergabail</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>"; the third was "by the inscribed stone on the shore of the Gallic Sea <span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span><i>in campo juxta Lapidem tituli, qui est super ripam Gallici maris</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>". While some aspects of these battles correspond with three battles in Kent mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i> between the years 455 and 466 (especially the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aylesford" title="Battle of Aylesford">Battle of Aylesford</a>), there are a number of crucial inconsistencies.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Chronicle</i> does not name Vortimer, and in fact credit Vortigern as the British leader in one of the battles. </p><p>The legendary material in the Historia Brittonum was slightly expanded upon in <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_regum_Britanniae" class="mw-redirect" title="Historia regum Britanniae">Historia regum Britanniae</a></i>, widely believed to be a fictional account of the rulers of Britain. There the Britons abandon Vortigern and elevate Vortimer to be <a href="/wiki/List_of_legendary_kings_of_Britain" title="List of legendary kings of Britain">king of Britain</a>. After he has driven out the Saxons, Vortimer is poisoned by his stepmother <a href="/wiki/Rowena,_Queen_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowena, Queen of Britain">Rowena</a> (a Saxon) and Vortigern regains the crown. Geoffrey says that Vortimer was buried at <a href="/wiki/Trinovantum" title="Trinovantum">Trinovantum</a> (<a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>), and mentions the link with St. Germanus, who encourages Vortimer to rebuild the churches.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This account survives in Geoffrey's <a href="/wiki/Continuator" title="Continuator">continuators</a> <a href="/wiki/Wace" title="Wace">Wace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Layamon" title="Layamon">Layamon</a>: they both give London as his burial place; Layamon specifically mentions Belyn's Gate (<a href="/wiki/Billingsgate" title="Billingsgate">Billingsgate</a>. He also includes the detail that Vortimer offered twelve pennies reward for the head of any heathen brought to him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both authors mention the connection with St Germanus. </p><p>Writing in the eighteenth century, the Rev. Philip Morant tells us that <a href="/wiki/Aldroen" title="Aldroen">Aldroen</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Armorica" title="Armorica">Armorica</a>, sent ten thousand troops to Britain under the command of <a href="/wiki/Ambrosius_Aurelianus" title="Ambrosius Aurelianus">Aurelius Ambrosius</a>. He was seen as a <a href="/wiki/Usurper" title="Usurper">usurper</a> by Vortimer's followers, and a <a href="/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">civil war</a> broke out between the two factions, which lasted seven or eight years. Peace was eventually brokered between the warring factions by splitting Britain between them: Aurelius ruling the western part of the island, with Vortimer and Vortigern in the east: "divided from one another by... <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a>". Morant says that Vortimer died in 475, but does not mention poison.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vortimer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Britons36–38-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Britons36–38_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Britons36–38_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNennius1848" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nennius" title="Nennius">Nennius, (Traditional attribution)</a> (1848) [Composed after AD 830]. 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Publishers. p. 39. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0854096418" title="Special:BookSources/0854096418"><bdi>0854096418</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+history+and+antiquities+of+the+most+ancient+town+and+borough+of+Colchester.&rft.place=Wakefield&rft.pages=39&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=S.R.+Publishers&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=0854096418&rft.aulast=Morant&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVortimer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Legendary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vortigern" title="Vortigern">Vortigern</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_legendary_kings_of_Britain" title="List of legendary kings of Britain">King of Britain</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vortigern" title="Vortigern">Vortigern</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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