# Ubba

> A Viking commander who helped break three Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 860s and 870s, then died in Devon leading a separate warband — later legend fused him with martyrdom tales and Ragnar Lodbrok's sons, though the contemporary trail is thinner and colder.

*Ninth-century Viking leader*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ubba

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1000
- **Died:** 878
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ubba led part of the Great Heathen Army that crossed into East Anglia in 865, a coalition pulled from Scandinavia, Ireland, and the continent; some sources call him dux of the Frisians, hinting at a Frankish fiefdom. The army tore through Northumbria, bought off Mercia, then destroyed the East Angles in 869 and killed King Edmund — a death that spawned a cult. By 873 the coalition had split: Halfdan took Northumbria, Guthrum pushed south into Wessex. In the winter of 877–878, as Guthrum struck deep, a second Viking force hit Devon. That army was annihilated at Arx Cynuit in 878, and a near-contemporary source names its leader as a brother of Ivar and Halfdan. Later sources call him Ubba.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 18.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Historical Figure, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1370586)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ubba)
- [Уба](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B1%D0%B0)
- [Ubba](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Ubba](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba)
- [Ubbe](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe)
- [Ubba Ragnarsson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba_Ragnarsson)
- [Ούμπα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%8D%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [اوبه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%87)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Ubba](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba)
- [Ubbe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe)
- [უბა რაგნარსონი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [웁바](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%81%EB%B0%94)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Uba](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uba)
- [Убба](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0)
- [Ubbe Ragnarsson](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Ragnarsson)
- [Уба Рагнарсон](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Ubbe](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe)
- [اوبا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7)
- [Ubbe Raqnarsson](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbe_Raqnarsson)

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