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Osburh or Osburga (also Osburga Oslacsdotter) was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of King Alfred the Great. Alfred's biographer, Asser, described her as "a most religious woman, noble in character and noble by birth".
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Oct 2, 2014 · Asser tells us Osburh was a most religious woman, noble in birth and noble in character. Assuming Osburh was Aethelwulf’s first wife and the mother of all his offspring, Osburh had at least six children who survived. We don’t know the birth order or even the dates for the births of these children but we know Aethelwulf had five sons and a ...
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Queen of Wessex and the English. Name variations: Osburh; Osburgha; she is often confused with a St. Osburga who founded Coventry Abbey. Date of birth unknown; died around 855; daughter of Oslac the Thane of the Isle of Wight, grand butler of England; became first wife of Æthelwulf also known as Ethelwolf or Ethelwulf (c. 800–858), king of ...
Oct 5, 2013 · Osburh’s family most likely owned land in this area. Alfred may have been stressing his mother’s Jutish heritage to make himself more palatable as a ruler of the kingdom of Kent during his own reign. Asser tells us Osburh was a most religious woman, noble in birth and noble in character.
Ethelwulf had a few wives, beginning with Osburh, the daughter of Oslac of Hampshire, a Jute, originating from the Isle of Wight, purported to have been able to trace his line back to Jarl Hengist, one of the leaders of the first Saxon armies to invade England. She was very intelligent but she also had a good reputation.
