Haestingas

Kingdom of Haestingas
6th century?–771?
CapitalHastings
Common languagesOld English (Englisc)
Religion
Paganism?
Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
6th century?
• Disestablished
771?
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sub Roman Britain
Kingdom of Sussex

The Haestingas, Heastingas or Hæstingas were one of the tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Not very much is known about them. They settled in what became East Sussex sometime before the end of the 8th century. A 12th-century source suggested that they were conquered by Offa of Mercia, in 771. They were also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (ASC) as being an autonomous grouping as late as the 11th century.


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