Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne

Gisela
Gisela
Born	in or before 781
Died	after 808
Dynasty	Carolingian
Father	Charlemagne
Mother	Hildegard

Gisela, (in or before 781 - 808 or later) was a daughter of Charlemagne from his marriage to Hildegard.[1]

She was baptized at the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in 781 by Thomas, Archbishop of Milan.[2] She was educated at the castle in Aachen, with Alcuin who gave her the nickname "Delia".[3] According to Alcuin she took a particular interest in astronomy.[4] Alcuin refers to "Delia" in some of his poetry.[5][6]

Like her sisters Bertha and Rotrude, Gisela never married.

Sources vary regarding her later life, some sources state 808 as a death date,[7] others state that in 814 she was sent to a convent by her brother Louis the Pious.[8]

Ancestors of Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne

16. Pepin of Herstal

8. Charles Martel

17. Alpaida

4. Pepin the Short

9. Rotrude of Trier

2. Charlemagne

10. Caribert of Laon

21. Bertrada of Prüm

5. Bertrada of Laon

1. Gisela

6. Gerold of Vinzgouw

3. Hildegarde

28. Huoching

14. Hnabi of Alamannia

7. Emma of Alamannia

References

Story, Joanna (2005). Charlemagne: Empire and Society. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719070891. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
Davis, Jennifer R. (2015). Charlemagne's Practice of Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107076990. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
Alcuin: His Life and His Work, Charles Jacinth Bellairs Gaskoin
Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne, Pierre Riche, page 205
Anglo-Latin Literature, 600-899, Michael Lapidge, page 63
Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England, Emily V. Thornbury, page 28
Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints, Volume 1, Lister M. Matheson, page 148
The Franks, Lewis Sergeant, page 270

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[1] Story, Joanna (2005). Charlemagne: Empire and Society. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719070891. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

[2] Davis, Jennifer R. (2015). Charlemagne's Practice of Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107076990. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

[3] Alcuin: His Life and His Work, Charles Jacinth Bellairs Gaskoin

[Riche-4] Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne, Pierre Riche, page 205

[5] Anglo-Latin Literature, 600-899, Michael Lapidge, page 63

[6] Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England, Emily V. Thornbury, page 28

[7] Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints, Volume 1, Lister M. Matheson, page 148

[8] The Franks, Lewis Sergeant, page 270