 0827 - 0878 (~ 51 years)
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| Name |
RAGNARSSON Ubbe |
| Birth |
0827 |
Scandinavia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0878 |
Devon, England |
| Notes |
- A 9th-century Viking, the son of Ragnar Lodbrok, and one of the commanders of the Great Heathen Army.
Ubba Ragnarsson (Ubbe or Hubba) was a Norse leader, said to be one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. [1]
The brothers Ubba, Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless, were the war leaders in "the Great Heathen Army" that invaded England about 865, when a great Viking army camped for the winter in East Anglia; the people of East Anglia agreed to a peace with them.[2]
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle later records " 'A.D. 870. This year the army rode over Mercia into East-Anglia, and there fixed their winter-quarters at Thetford. And in the winter King Edmund fought with them; but the Danes gained the victory, and slew the king; whereupon they overran all that land, and destroyed all the monasteries to which they came. The names of the leaders who slew the king were Hingwar and Hubba.' " [3] Then, in the next year, men led by Halfdan, Ivar the Boneless and Ubba invaded Wessex, resulting in battles at Reading (won by the Vikings), Ashdown won by the English), Basing (won by the Vikings) and Merton (won by the Vikings). Both sides experiences great losses; following these battles, the Vikings were reinforced by the arrival of a second army, known to history as the 'Great Summer Army'
In 878, Ubba led a party of Vikings that landed at Combwich, on the coast of Devon, intending to capture Alfred, the Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex, but Ubba's forces were surprised by Earl Odda, and Ubba was killed in the Battle of Cynwit near Countisbury Hill. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle records 'And in the winter of this same year (878) the brother of Ingwar and Healfden landed in Wessex, in Devonshire, with three and twenty ships, and there was he slain, and eight hundred men with him, and forty of his army. There also was taken the war-flag, which they called the Raven.'
Biografi
Enligt Geijer skola utländska krönikor ingen ting derom berätta; men Bromton (Chronic, apud Tvysden pag. 89) omtalar, att när Hubbe (en uppgifven broder till Ivar) blef slagen af Konung Alfred år 878, Danskarne begrofvo honom med stort rop i en hög, hvilken de kallade Hubbelove och som, under detta namn, ännu i Bromtons tid fanns i Devonshire. [4]
Northumberland anses utgöra en femtedel av England. Erik hade sitt säte i Jorvik, där Lodbrokssönerna sägas förut hava bott. Northumberland var till största delen bebyggt av nordbor, sedan Lodbrokssönerna erövrade landet. Daner och norrmän härjade där ofta, sedan makten i landet hade gått ifrån dem. Många ortnamn äro där givna på nordiskt språk, såsom Grimsby och Hauksfljot och många andra. [5]
Ragnar Lodbroks söner Ivar, Ubbe och Halvdan erövrade i spetsen för en stor dansk vikingahär York år 866. En av bröderna, Halvdan, blev år 875 konung i Northumberland, men fördrevs av sina egna män efter några få år. Det danska herraväldet i Northumberland blev endast av kort varaktighet.[6]
Sources
↑ The sons of Ragnar named as Fridleif, Radbard, Dunvat, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Björn Ironside, Agnar and Ivar the Boneless, Ubbe, Ragnvald, Eric Weatherhat and Hvitserk in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus; Internet Archive : The first nine books of the Danish history of Saxo Grammaticus pub: D. Nutt, London 1894.
↑ "Ragnar Lodbroks söner Ivar, Ubbe och Halvdan erövrade i spetsen för en stor dansk vikingahär York år 866" Heimskringla - Anmärkningar: note: 9
↑ Anglo Saxon Chronicle in The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English) trans: J. A. Giles & J. Ingram; Release: Sept.1, 1996 [eBook #657] updated: January 1, 2021
↑ http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Saga_om_Konung_Ragnar_Lodbrok_och_hans_S%C3%B6ner#Note31 fotnot 31
↑ http://heimskringla.no/wiki/H%C3%A5kon_den_godes_historia#cite_ref-9 kapitel 3 i texten
↑ http://heimskringla.no/wiki/H%C3%A5kon_den_godes_historia#cite_ref-9
Anglo Saxon Chronicle in The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English) trans: J. A. Giles & J. Ingram; Release: Sept.1, 1996 [eBook #657] updated: January 1, 2021
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