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Osburh or
Osburga (also
Osburga Oslacsdotter) was the
first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wes**** and
mother of King
Alfred the Great. Alfred's biographer,...
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death in 865. He was the
third son of King Æthelwulf by his
first wife,
Osburh. Æthelberht was
first recorded as a
witness to a
charter in 854. The following...
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Osburh (or Osburga) was a
Saint in Coventry,
probably Anglo-Saxon but see below.
Nothing about her life has
survived to the
present day. Her
mortal remains...
- He is
known to have had two
wives in succession, and so far as is known,
Osburh, the
senior of the two, was the
mother of all his children. She was the...
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death in 899. He was the
youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his
first wife
Osburh, who both died when
Alfred was young.
Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald...
- 871) c. 886 – 26
October 899 (13 years) 849 Son of Æthelwulf of Wes**** and
Osburh Ealhswith of
Gainsborough 868 5
children 26
October 899 Aged
about 50 Son...
- kingdom. Æthelred was the
fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf. His mother,
Osburh, was of West
Saxon royal descent.
According to the
historian Sean Miller...
- Æthelbald was the
second son of King Æthelwulf and
probably of his
first wife
Osburh, who was the
mother of
Alfred the Great. As Æthelstan was old
enough to...
- show also gave Ælla a daughter, Judith, who
takes the
historical role of
Osburh, as the
mother of
Alfred the Great. The character's name
seems taken from...
- Æthelwulf, and the
genealogies of both Aethelwulf, and Alfred’s mother,
Osburh, were used to
justify his rule over England. His
marriage with Ealhswith...
