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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 ...
This remarkable ring serves as a tangible connection to the 9th century, replicating an artifact believed to have belonged to Princess Æthelswith. Beyond her portrayal in popular media as the wife of King Alfred in "The Last Kingdom," Æthelswith's true historical significance lies in her role as Alfred's sister, who married King Burgred of ...
A bronze replica of a golden ring that once belonged to the Anglo-Saxon Princess Æthelswith in the 9th century. She is an important figure in the English resistance to Viking raids.
20 de jun. de 2010 · Osburh Wife of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex. All that is known of Osburh appears in the work of Asser (and sources depending on him), who assigns an ancestry that is clearly mythical ["Mater [Ælfredi] quoque eiusdem Osburh nominabatur, religiosa nimium femina, nobilis ingenio, nobilis et genere; quae erat filia Oslac, famosi pincernae Æthelwulfi regis.
5 de oct. de 2013 · There are also other details that seem slippery. One concerns Alfred’s next oldest sibling. From what I have read that must have been his brother Ethelred (Æthelred), born a year earlier in c.848, and not his sister Æthelswith who was married to King Burgred of Mercia in 853. Like Like
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 ...
She is not named as witness to any charters, nor is her death reported in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. So far as is known, she was the mother of all Æthelwulf's children, his five sons Æthelstan, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Æthelred and Alfred the Great, and his daughter Æthelswith, wife of King Burgred of Mercia.
