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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.
Osburga se casa con Æthelwulf mientras todavía es rey de Kent bajo la autoridad de su padre Ecgberht, es decir, antes de 839. Tienen al menos seis hijos, cinco hijos y una hija: Æthelstan, rey de Kent bajo la autoridad de su padre hasta su muerte, hacia 852; Ethelbald, rey de Wessex desde 858 hasta 860;
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". Osburh o Osburga fou la primera muller del rei Æthelwulf de Wessex i mare d'Alfred el Gran. El biògraf ...
Osburga or Osburh was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of Alfred the Great, "a religious woman, noble both by birth and by nature". 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.
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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 were enshrined at Coventry. [1] Close to the Forest of Arden, Coventry was at that time a tiny settlement.
