Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameOsburga Of The Isle Of Wight, 32G Grandmother
FatherOslac Of The Isle Of Wight Grand Butler Of England (~785-)
Spouses
1Æthelwulf King Of England, 32G Grandfather
FatherEgbert Of Wessex 1st King Of All England (~775-839)
MotherRedburga Of The Franks
ChildrenAlfred 'the Great' (~849-899)
Web Notes notes for Osburga Of The Isle Of Wight
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 21:
Ethelwulf's first wife was Osburh (Osburga), daughter of Ealdorman Oslac of Hampshire, the royal cup-bearer, a descendant of Cerdic's nephew Wihtgar, who had been settled in the Isle of Wight. She bore him at least 4 sons and one daughter, Ethelswith, who was married in 853 to her father's ally Burhed, King of Mercia. Osburga seems to have died soon after this event and the sorrowing Ethelwulf resigned his kingdom to his son Ethelbald and went on a pilgrimage to Rome, taking with him his youngest son Alfred, a boy of some 8 years, who had already been to Rome 3 years before.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 22-3:
Alfred's great love of learning, which was manifested in later life, was inculcated by his mother who showed her sons a beautifully illuminated book of poetry and promised to give it to the first one to learn to read it. Alfred was the winner.
Ethelwulf's first wife was Osburh (Osburga), daughter of Ealdorman Oslac of Hampshire, the royal cup-bearer, a descendant of Cerdic's nephew Wihtgar, who had been settled in the Isle of Wight. She bore him at least 4 sons and one daughter, Ethelswith, who was married in 853 to her father's ally Burhed, King of Mercia. Osburga seems to have died soon after this event and the sorrowing Ethelwulf resigned his kingdom to his son Ethelbald and went on a pilgrimage to Rome, taking with him his youngest son Alfred, a boy of some 8 years, who had already been to Rome 3 years before.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 22-3:
Alfred's great love of learning, which was manifested in later life, was inculcated by his mother who showed her sons a beautifully illuminated book of poetry and promised to give it to the first one to learn to read it. Alfred was the winner.