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30 de sept. de 2022 · Osburh, who lived in the first half of the ninth century, was the mother of one of the early medieval period’s most famous rulers: King Alfred of Wessex. Often known as ‘Alfred the Great’, her son is well known for fighting against Viking invaders. Osburh was married to Alfred’s father King Æthelwulf, and it’s assumed that she was ...
Ælfred, delighted with the beauty of the illuminated initial letters, went to a master, who read the poems over to him until he knew them by heart. It is impossible to believe that this story refers to Judith, who was a mere girl in 861 [see under Ælfred, u.s.] Osburga is said by Asser to have been a noble-minded and deeply religious woman.
Osburga. Některá data mohou pocházet z datové položky. Osburh nebo také Osburga († před 856) byla první manželka krále Wessexu Æthelwulfa a matka Alfréda Velikého. Alfrédův životopisec Asser ji popisuje jako „tu nejzbožnější ženu, urozenou svou povahou i rodem“. [1] O existenci Osburgy víme jen z Asserova Života ...
30 de mar. de 2022 · Saint Osburga, who founded a nunnery which was reportedly the first settlements in the Coventry. Refounded by Leofric and Godiva in 1043 after it's destruction by the Vikings, Osburga's monastery grew into the city's first Cathedral of St Mary, and her shrine was venerated and became a place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages.
Æthelwulf ( Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he ...
17 de abr. de 2005 · Noter : Osburga av Wessex Fra Wikipedia, den frie encyklopedi Gå til: navigasjon, søk Osburga (født 810 , død 855 ) var Ethelwulf av Wessex ' første kone. Hun var datter av Oslac _av_Wight, som var Grand Butler of England Osburga og Ethelwulf fikk fire sønner: Ethelbald _av_Wessex>, Ethelbert_av_Wessex, Ethelred _av_Wessex og Alfred _av_England.
Osburga's existence is known only from Asser 's Life of King Alfred. She is not named as witness to any charters, nor is her death reported in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . It is presumed, but nowhere recorded, that she was also the mother of Alfred's older brothers Æthelstan of Wessex , Æthelbald of Wessex , Æthelberht of Wessex , Æthelred of Wessex , and of his sister Æthelswith , wife of ...
