Alfred The Great Wife

Osburh or osburga also osburga oslacsdotter was the first wife of king æthelwulf of wessex and mother of alfred the great alfred s biographer asser described her as a most religious woman noble in character and noble by birth.

Alfred the great wife. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex. Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. Osburh s existence is known only from asser s life of king alfred she is not named as witness to any charters nor is her death reported in the anglo saxon. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration.

But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. Ealhswith or ealswitha died 5 december 902 was the wife of king alfred the great her father was a mercian nobleman æthelred mucel ealdorman of the gaini which is thought to be an old mercian tribal group her mother was eadburh a member of the mercian royal family and according to the historian richard abels she was a descendant of king cenwulf of mercia. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex. 886 and king of the anglo saxons from c.

He was the youngest son of king æthelwulf of wessex his father died when he was young and three of alfred s brothers æthelbald æthelberht and æthelred reigned in turn before him. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration. Her offspring would continue what her husband and the house of wessex began. Ealhswith was the wife of king alfred the great and the mother of aethelflaed the lady of the mercians and edward the elder.

Ealhswith had deep roots in mercia which was an important kingdom in anglo saxon england. After ascending the throne alfred spent several years fighting viking invasions.