Hasting
Hasting (hā´stĬng), fl. last half of 9th cent., leader of the Vikings, called Hasting the Pirate. He ravaged the coasts of France, Spain, and Italy, went into Morocco, plundered in the south of France, and took a fleet to England late in Alfred's reign.
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BORN: 1844, Paris, France
DIED: 1924, Tours, France
NATIONALITY: French
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