9691 Individuals in our Database | | | KING OF UPPSALA Domaldi VISBURSSON Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 0304 | Death Date | 0422 | Father | Visbur VANLANDASSON King of UPPSALA | Born: 0319 | Died: 0381 | Mother | | Born: | | | Domaldi VISBURSSON Notes: | a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings, cursed by his stepmother, according to Snorri Sturluson, with ósgæssa, "ill-luck". He was the son of Visbur.
| Notes: | Domaldes rule was marked by bad crops and starvation. The first autumn, the Swedes sacrificed oxen at the temple at Uppsala, but the next harvest was not better. The second autumn, they sacrificed men, but the following crops were even worse. The third year many Swedes arrived at Gamla Uppsala at the Thing of all Swedes and the chiefs decided they had to sacrifice the king. They sprinkled the statues of the gods with his blood (see Blót) and the good harvests returned. He was succeeded by his son Domar whose reign was prosperous.
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