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Osburh
| Osburh | |
|---|---|
 Early 20th century illustration of Osburh reading to her son Alfred | |
| Spouse | Æthelwulf, King of Wessex |
| Issue | |
| 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
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