Visbur Vanlandisson

Visbur was born in 0319 in Uppsala, Sweden.  Visbur's father was Vanlandi Svegdisson and his mother is Driva Snaersdoittir.  His paternal grandfather was Svegdi Fjolnirsson.  He was an only child.  Visbur is no longer alive.

• General Notes

  In Scandinavian mythology, Visbur was a king of the House of Ynglings and the son of Vanlade.
  
  Snorri Sturluson relates in Ynglinga saga that Visbur was the son of Vanlade and Drífa, a daughter of Snær the Old. He married a daughter of Aud the Rich, and they had two sons, Gisl and Öndur.
  
  However, Visbur found a new wife whereupon his old wife took the two boys and returned to her father.
  
  Visbur had a third son, Domalde, by the new wife. When Gisl and Öndur were twelve and thirteen years old they went to their father to retrieve their mothers dowry. Visbur, however, refused to consent, and then the two sons said that the golden necklace would be the bane of the best man of his house. They then returned and planned to murder their father.
  
  The völva Huld was hired to help them, but she prophesized that killing kin would lead to having kinslaying as a permanent trait in the House of Yngling (Scylfing). They did not care about this warning, went to their father and burnt him to death inside his hall.
  
  Snorri included a piece from Ynglingatal in his account in the Heimskringla:
  
  Ok Visburs
  vilja byrgi
  sævar niðr
  svelga knátti,
  þá er meinþjóf
  markar öttu
  setrs verjendr
  á sinn föður;
  ok allvald
  í arinkjóli
  glóða garmr
  glymjandi beit.
  

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