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<p><b>Osburh</b> or <b>Osburga</b> (also <b>Osburga Oslacsdotter</b>) was the first wife of King <a href="page.php?w=%C3%86thelwulf_of_Wessex">Æthelwulf of Wessex</a> and mother of King <a href="page.php?w=Alfred_the_Great">Alfred the Great</a>. Alfred's biographer, <a href="page.php?w=Asser">Asser</a>, described her as "a most religious woman, noble in character and noble by birth."</p>

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<p>Osburh's existence is known only from Asser's <a href="page.php?w=Life_of_King_Alfred">Life of King Alfred</a>. She is not named as a witness</p><p>
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