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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".
Sep 3, 2022 · 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.
Oct 5, 2013 · Asser tells us Osburh was a most religious woman, noble in birth and noble in character. Assuming Osburh was Aethelwulf’s first wife and the mother of all his offspring, Osburh had at least six children who survived.
Feb 23, 2023 · Osburh was the youngest daughter of Aethelwulf, the king of Wessex, and the sister of Alfred the Great. She married a Mercian nobleman and became the leader of the Mercians after her husband's death.
Osburh was the daughter of a Jutish nobleman and the wife of King Aethelwulf of Wessex. She was a religious and noble woman who raised Alfred, her favorite son, at the royal court and encouraged his love of learning.
Feb 2, 2023 · Osburh of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex. She was the daughter of Oslac of Hampshire, the wife of King Aethelwulf and the mother of King Aethelberht, King Aethelbald, King Aethelred and King Alfred.
On October 26, 899, Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, died. From the moment Alfred became King, Wessex was in a desperate struggle against the “heathen army”. Alfred managed to turn the Vikings away and set up conditions on the island for the unification of England.
