Uleb (Ulf) Ragnvaldsson () was a ''
posadnik'' and military leader of
Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( ; , ; ), also known simply as Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the oldest cities in Russia, being first mentioned in the 9th century. The city lies along the V ...
. He led the Novgorodians in the conquest of
Yugra in 1032. However, according to
Nestor the Chronicler, the war party led by Ragnvald Ulfsson was crushed.
The battle has been presumed to take place near or west from modern town of
Syktyvkar as
Mansi influence did exceed westwards from
Ural Mountains.
[https://www.err.ee/1609255347/art-leete-obi-ugri-vurstide-viimased-sojad]
His father was the jarl of
Staraya Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg)
Ragnvald Ulfsson and his mother
Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter was the daughter of
Tryggve Olafsson, the granddaughter of
Harald Fairhair, and the sister of
Olaf I of Norway. According some historians, he was a grandfather of Gyuryata Rogovich, from the famous Novgorod
boyar family (
:ru:Гюрятиничи-Роговичи).
References
Sources
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Posadniks of Novgorod
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