Osburh

Osburh
Osburh
	Early 20th century illustration of Osburh reading to her son Alfred
Spouse	Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
Issue	Æthelstan, King of Kent; Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia; 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 character and noble by birth".^[1]

^ Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge eds, Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, London, Penguin Classics, 1983, p. 68

[1] Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge eds, Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, London, Penguin Classics, 1983, p. 68

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