!Cup Bearer and father-in-law of King Ethelwulf. At a time when nobility was derived from personal service upon the king, the cup-bearer was among the most honoured of the royal officers. Osburga was of the race of Cerdic, from whom Ethelwulf himself derived his lineage. [Knight's Popular History of England, p. 97]
WAITE LINE
Mayflower Ancestors
Father of Osburh. [Ancestral Roots, p. 2]
Royal Cup Bearer (Princerna Regis) of England; father of Osburh. Called "a descendent of Wihgar, hephew of Cerdic" who ruled the Isle of Wight early in the 6th Century. [Royalty for Commoners, p. 119]
Gr.gr.grandfather of Aediva who m. Leofric of Bourne. [Hereward, p. 156]
Descended from Wihtgar; father of Osburh of Wessex who m. Æthelwulf of Wessex. [Thomas Mebane LeGrande <t.legrande@worldnet.att.net, 21 Feb 2002]
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