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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".
- Æthelwulf of Wessex
Æthelwulf's father Ecgberht was king of Wessex from 802 to...
- Osburh of Coventry
Relics. Veneration. Legacy. See also. Notes. References....
- Æthelwulf of Wessex
Osburga ou (em inglês antigo: Osburh; m. antes de 856) foi a primeira esposa do rei Etelvulfo de Wessex e mãe de Alfredo, o Grande. O biógrafo de Alfredo, Asser, descreveu-a como "uma mulher muito religiosa, de caráter nobre e nobre por nascimento".
20 de nov. de 2018 · He was already married to Osburh by this time and his eldest son Athelstan (r. 839-c.852 CE) was old enough to be named sub-king of Kent, Essex, Sussex, and Surrey. Aethelwulf initiated a policy of control-through-appeasement in granting land to various West Saxon nobles and extending goodwill toward Mercia through contracts and ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Osburh, Mother of King Alfred the Great. What little we know about Alfred the Great’s mother comes to us from the biography of Alfred written by his great friend, Bishop Asser. Asser writes only a few lines about her and doesn’t tell us much. She doesn’t appear in any charters from the reign of her husband King Aethelwulf.
Osburh or Osburga (died before 856) was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of Alfred the Great. Alfred's biographer, Asser, described her as "a most religious woman, noble in character and noble by birth". [1] Osburh's existence is known only from Asser's Life of King Alfred.
