Ubbe of Friesland also Ubbi fríski was a viking warrior of the Scandinavian protohistory that appears in diverse Nordic sources like Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum and Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, related to the battle of Brávellir fighting in the side of the king of Denmark, Harald Hilditonn.
According to the sagas, from the start of the battle Ubbe was defeating all the champions who were ahead, twenty-five dead and another eleven seriously injured, to humiliate the Swedish King Sigurd Ring, who after checking that Ubbe was demonstrating as an invincible warrior he sought the help of the veteran Starkad to face him. Starkad was the only one who managed to level the balance, in a clash of forces that is defined as the fiercest of the entire battle, managing to slightly injure Ubbe, in exchange for receiving six deep wounds and being convinced that "nobody had managed to take him so near death ».
Finally, the warriors of both sides managed to separate them, although Ubbe kept fighting until he succumbed to the arrows of the Telemark archers. Son of Ragnar Lodbrok
Some theories consider that Ubbe of Friesland could be the son of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, Ubbe Ragnarsson. In the annals of Lindisfarne is called Dux Fresonum and in the saga of San Cuthberts also appears as Dux Frescicorum, which makes evident its relationship with Friesland, although it does not appear in any other written source. Both could be the same person, although as Ragnar's son other sources claim that his death took place during the conquest of England, at the Battle of Cynwit in 878. Bibliography Saga of several ancient kings
wiki
