Ulfcytel

Ulfcytel (died 1016) was a leading East Anglian nobleman. He commanded local English forces in a battle in 1004 against Danish Viking invaders led by Sweyn Forkbeard, and although he lost the Danes said that "they never met worse fighting in England than Ulfcytel dealt to them. He also led East Anglian forces, again to defeat, in the Battle of Ringmere in 1010, and died in 1016 in the Battle of Assandun. Scandinavian sources give him the byname "Snilling", meaning bold.

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