Back Hæstingas (Englisc þēod) ANG Haestingas Breton Haestingas Danish هاستینگاس Persian Hæstingas French
Kingdom of Haestingas | |||||||||
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| 6th century?–771? | |||||||||
| Capital | Hastings | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old English (Englisc) | ||||||||
| Religion | Paganism? Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 6th century? | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 771? | ||||||||
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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 and its principal town of Hastings, which bares their name, 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.