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The Chattuarii ot Attoarii are a tribe of the Franks
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
. They lived originally east of the northern Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 and west of the Chatti
Chatti

The Chatti were an ancient Germanic tribes whose homeland was near the Weser. They settled in central and northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, along the upper reaches of the Weser river and in the valleys and mountains of the Eder, Fulda and Werra river regions, a district approximately corresponding to Hesse-Kassel, though probably so...
, that later were called Thuringii
Thuringii

The Thuringii or Toringi were a Germanic people which appeared late during the V?lkerwanderung in the Harz Mountains of central Germania around 280, in a region which still bears their name to this day — Thuringia....
. Their land was south of the Bructeri
Bructeri

The Bructeri were a Germanic tribe located in northwestern Germany , between the Lippe River and Ems rivers south of the Teutoburg Forest, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia around 100 BC through 350....
. In the 5th century many Chattuari crossed the Rhine and settled in the area between the northern Meuse
Meuse River

File:01-Namur-290305 JPG.jpgThe Meuse , is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea....
 and Rhine, right west of their origin. From the 7th century on they may have formed a part of the Ripuarians.

The Chattuarii may also appear in the poem Beowulf
Beowulf

Beowulf is an Old English language heroic Epic poetry of unknown authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th to the early 11th century, and relates events described as having occurred in what is now Denmark and Sweden....
 as "Hetwaras" where they appear to form a league together with the Hugas (who may be the Chauci
Chauci

The Chauci were a populous Germanic tribes that inhabited the extreme northwestern shore of Germany between Frisia in the west and the Elbe estuary in the east....
) and the Frisians
Frisians

The Frisians are an ethnic group of Germanic people living in coastal parts of The Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia....
 to fight against a Geatish raiding force.






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The Chattuarii ot Attoarii are a tribe of the Franks
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
. They lived originally east of the northern Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 and west of the Chatti
Chatti

The Chatti were an ancient Germanic tribes whose homeland was near the Weser. They settled in central and northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, along the upper reaches of the Weser river and in the valleys and mountains of the Eder, Fulda and Werra river regions, a district approximately corresponding to Hesse-Kassel, though probably so...
, that later were called Thuringii
Thuringii

The Thuringii or Toringi were a Germanic people which appeared late during the V?lkerwanderung in the Harz Mountains of central Germania around 280, in a region which still bears their name to this day — Thuringia....
. Their land was south of the Bructeri
Bructeri

The Bructeri were a Germanic tribe located in northwestern Germany , between the Lippe River and Ems rivers south of the Teutoburg Forest, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia around 100 BC through 350....
. In the 5th century many Chattuari crossed the Rhine and settled in the area between the northern Meuse
Meuse River

File:01-Namur-290305 JPG.jpgThe Meuse , is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea....
 and Rhine, right west of their origin. From the 7th century on they may have formed a part of the Ripuarians.

The Chattuarii may also appear in the poem Beowulf
Beowulf

Beowulf is an Old English language heroic Epic poetry of unknown authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th to the early 11th century, and relates events described as having occurred in what is now Denmark and Sweden....
 as "Hetwaras" where they appear to form a league together with the Hugas (who may be the Chauci
Chauci

The Chauci were a populous Germanic tribes that inhabited the extreme northwestern shore of Germany between Frisia in the west and the Elbe estuary in the east....
) and the Frisians
Frisians

The Frisians are an ethnic group of Germanic people living in coastal parts of The Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia....
 to fight against a Geatish raiding force. The Geats are defeated and their king Hygelac
Hygelac

Hygelac, Proto-Norse *Hugilaikaz, Old Norse Hugleikr was a king of the Geats according to the poem Beowulf. He was the son of Hrethel and had brothers Herebeald and Haethcyn....
 is killed, Beowulf alone escaping. According to Widsith
Tribes of Widsith

In Widsith, there is a long recital of people, clans and tribes who were known in the Germanic world of the 6th century. Here follow many excerpts from this poem with a translation and links to the tribes and people which have articles in Wikipedia, for easy reference....
, the Hętwera were ruled by Hun.

See also
  • Hetware and Hugas: Datable Anachronisms in Beowulf in "The Dating of Beowulf", ed. Colin Chase (1981)