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Rowena / r oʊ ˈ iː n ə / in the Matter of Britain was the daughter of the purported Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist and wife of Vortigern, "King of the Britons". Presented as a beautiful femme fatale , she won her people the Kingdom of Kent through her treacherous seduction of Vortigern.
Mar 19, 2019 · The name "Rowena" is associated with fanciful and romantic representations of Medieval Britain; Rowena is a figure in the Matter of Britain, and there is a character named Lady Rowena in Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe.
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Henry of Huntingdon was convinced of the Welsh origin of her name. Interestingly enough, Welsh poets called Rowena ‘mother of the English nation’. Though it seems merely legendary, this is in fact an argument for the primacy of the Welsh in Britain.
Oct 25, 2019 · The Scottish witch Rowena from Supernatural was possibly based on a Pagan woman who seduced and ruined a king, opening the door for the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Supernatural...
The Matter of Britain ( French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. The 12th-century Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae ( History of the Kings of ...
More specifically: Rowena, in the Matter of Britain (the body of Medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and particularly, King Arthur), was the daughter of the mythological Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist, and wife of Vortigern, "King of the Britons".
Rowena / r oʊ ˈ iː n ə / in the Matter of Britain was the daughter of the purported Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist and wife of Vortigern, "King of the Britons". ..... Contemporary sources are nearly non-existent, so it is impossible to know if she actually existed.
