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Æthelbald, King of Wessex. Æthelberht, King of Wessex. Æthelred I, King of Wessex. Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons. Father. Oslac. 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 ...
Sep 3, 2022 · MARRIAGE: Marriage Information: Osburgh married King Ethelwulf WESSEX, son of King Egbert WEST SAXONY and Queen Redburch Wessex WEST SAXONY, in 857. (King Ethelwulf WESSEX was born about 801-806 in , Wessex, England, died on 13 Jan 857-858 in , , England and was buried in Stamridge).
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- Aethelwulf, King of Wessex
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When Osburth of the Isle of Wight was born in 0810, in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, her father, Oslac of Hampshire, was 25 and her mother, Baisa, was 22. She married Æthelwulf King of Wessex on 10 January 0829, in Picardie, France. They were the parents of at least 5 sons.
Osburga (?–c. 855)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 Wessex and the English (r.
Mar 1, 2017 · Osburh, Queen Consort Of Wessex. She is the mother of King Alfred the Great. Her father, named Oslac, once served King Ethelwulf as the royal cup-bearer (the king later marrying Osburgh). Ethelwulf and Osburgh are 29X great-grandparents of Marie Antoinette: AEthelwulf, King of Wessex=Osburgh Alfred The Great, King of Wessex= Ealhswith of Mercia ...
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Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD. From its humble beginnings through to the most powerful kingdom in the land, we trace its history from Cerdic, the founder of Wessex, through to his distant descendants Alfred the Great and Æthelstan who were responsible for defeating invading Viking hordes and uniting ...
Oct 2, 2014 · 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 daughter. There appears to be a gap of several years between the four older boys of the ...
