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Osburh (auch: Osburga) war die erste Ehefrau von Æthelwulf, König von Wessex, und damit Royal Consort von 839 bis etwa 855. Sie war die Mutter von vier späteren Königen von Wessex, darunter Alfred der Große . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Quellen. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. 5 Anmerkungen. Leben.
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Osburg ( moselfränkisch: Öhsborsch [ øːsboʁʃ, øːsborʃ ]) ist...
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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".
Æthelwulf's father Ecgberht was king of Wessex from 802 to 839. His mother's name is unknown, and he had no recorded siblings. He is known to have had two wives in succession, and so far as is known, Osburh, the senior of the two, was the mother of all his children.
altenglischer Name: Osburh. Gedenktag katholisch: 22. Januar. Name bedeutet: Gott behütet (althochdt.) Äbtissin in Coventry. † im 9./10. Jahrhundert in Coventry in England. Osburga wurde in Coventry verehrt und war der Überlieferung zufolge Äbtissin des Klosters an der Kathedrale.
Osburh, Mother of King Alfred the Great. What little we know about Alfred the Great’s mother comes to us from the biography of Alfred written by his great friend, Bishop Asser. Asser writes only a few lines about her and doesn’t tell us much. She doesn’t appear in any charters from the reign of her husband King Aethelwulf.
Æthelbald was the second son of King Æthelwulf and probably of his first wife Osburh, who was the mother of Alfred the Great. As Æthelstan was old enough to be appointed king ten years before Alfred was born in 849, and Æthelbald took part in battle in 851, some historians argue that it is more likely that the elder children were ...
