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The name Edburga ( or ''Ēadburg'') may refer to: *Saint
Edburga of Bicester Eadburh of Bicester (also Eadburth, or Edburg, death c. 650) was an English nun, abbess, and saint from the 7th century. She has been called a "bit of a mystery"; there have been several Saxon saints with the same name, so it is difficult to pinpo ...
, an English saint from the 7th century *Saint
Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet Saint Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet (also known as Eadburh and Bugga) was a princess of Wessex, and abbess of Minster-in-Thanet. She is regarded as a saint. Life Edburga was the only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex. Acco ...
(died 751), royal princess, the only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex in the 8th century of the Kent royal family *Saint Edburga of Repton (died c. 700), also known as Saint Eadburh (Edburga) of Repton *Saint Edburga of Winchester (died 960), also known as Edburga of Nunnaminster, daughter of King Edward the Elder *
Eadburh Eadburh (), also spelled Eadburg, (fl. 787–802) was the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Queen Cynethryth. She was the wife of King Beorhtric of Wessex, and according to Asser's ''Life of Alfred the Great'' she killed her husband by ...
of Mercia, daughter of King Offa of Mercia (reigned 757–796, his death) and wife of King Beorhtric of Wessex (reigned 786–802) *Eadburh, died c. 890, mother of
Ealhswith Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King Alfred the Great. She was the mother of King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman ...
, who was the wife of
Alfred the Great Alfred the Great ( ; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfr ...
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