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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 ...
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.
29 de dic. de 2023 · As a result of all this confusion, there are three days which we can celebrate St Osburg’s day on: 21 st January; 30 th March; & 9 th September, with that last one also being the date in 1845 that St Osburg’s Church was consecrated. But despite the confusion, the thing we should all agree on is that she clearly is the patron saint of Coventry.
16 de oct. de 2023 · Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Osburh (or Osburga) was an Anglo-Saxon saint who rested at Coventry Cathedral. Although there is some tradition holding her to be an early 11th-century abbess of Coventry Abbey, it is suspected that her cult predates the Viking Age. A 14th-century note in MS Bodley 438 mentions an early nunnery at Coventry.
Ethelbaldo de Wessex nació en el año 834, siendo el segundo de los hijos varones —6 en total— de Ethelwulfo, rey de Wessex y de su primera esposa, Osburga . La muerte de su hermano mayor, Athelstan de Kent (851), lo convirtió en el heredero de la corona. Habiendo partido su padre en peregrinaje a Roma junto a su hijo menor Alfredo ...
30 de mar. de 2024 · 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.
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 ...
