Cuthburh
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Saint Cuthburh or Cuthburg, Cuthburga (; died 31 August 725) was the first Abbess of Wimborne Minster. She was the sister of Ine, King of Wessex and was married to the Northumbrian king Aldfrith.
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- Royalty.name
- Cuthburh
- Saint.major_shrine
- Wimborne Minster
- Saint.name
- Cuthburh
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.death_date
- 31 August 725
- Saint.feast_day
- 31 August
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchAnglican CommunionEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.titles
- Abbess, Queen
- Royalty.title
- Queen consort of NorthumbriaAbbess of Wimborne Minster
- Royalty.image
- File:Wimborne Minster - geograph.org.uk - 3947668.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Her Abbey, now Wimborne Minster
- Royalty.spouse
- Aldfrith of Northumbria
- Royalty.issue
- Osred I of Northumbria
- Royalty.house
- House of Wessex (by birth)
- Royalty.father
- Cenred of Wessex
- Royalty.death_date
- 31 August 725
- Royalty.religion
- Christianity
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- date of death
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- Cuthburh of Wessex, Queen of Northumbria
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- Cuthburh
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Saint Cuthburh or Cuthburg, Cuthburga (; died 31 August 725) was the first Abbess of Wimborne Minster. She was the sister of Ine, King of Wessex and was married to the Northumbrian king Aldfrith.
==Life== Cuthburh was the daughter of Cenred of Wessex. In addition to her brother Ine, she also had a brother Ingild, who was an ancestor of Alfred the Great, and a sister Cwenburh. Her marriage to Aldfrith allied him with Ine, one of the most powerful kings in Anglo-Saxon England. Cuthburh was Aldfrith's only known wife. Aldfrith had at least two sons, Osred and Offa, it is believed Cuthburh was the mother of Osred, Offa it is not certain. It is also believed they were the parents of a daughter Osana, who would later be known as Saint Osana.