Osburga of the Isle of Wight 
Osburga was born in 0810.1 Osburga's father was Oslac Wight the Thane Grand Butler of England. She was an only child. She died after 0853.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
"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 England
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB @ Osburh, Fighting Kings of Wessex @ Alfred's mother not mentioned by name but listed as of Jute
descent, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4
Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB @ Osburh, Fighting Kings of Wessex @ Alfred's mother not mentioned by name but listed as of Jute
descent, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4
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