Osburga of the Isle of Wright 
Osburga was born in 0810 in Wessex, England.1 Osburga's father was Oslac of Isle of Wright. She was an only child. She died after 0853 in Wessex, England.1 General Notes
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"The mother of Alfred was named Osburga [= OSBURH in trans. by K & L], a
religious woman, noble both by birth and by nature; she was daughter of Oslac,
the famous butler of King Ethelwulf [=AETHELWULF]."
SRCE: Asser of Saint David, *Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great, from
A.D. 849 to A.D. 887* (or *Life of Alfred*), translated by J A Giles, 1848, p 43-44. Giles says in the preface, p vi:
". Alfred's mother hight Osburga, a devout woman, and keen of wit withal, great of heart as high in birth. Child she was of Oslac, famed cup-bearer of King Ethelwulf."
SRCE: --- Asser, *de Aelfredi rebus gestis* (*Of the Deeds of Alfred*), as
presented by Edward Conybeare in *Alfred in the Chroniclers*, London, 1900, p 85
Details of Osburga's family with Aethelwulf King of Wessex
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Further sources/citations:
11615-2.ftw, Royal Genealogies DB, Fighting Kings of Wessex, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW
Further sources/citations:
11615-2.ftw, Royal Genealogies DB, Fighting Kings of Wessex, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW
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