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 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.