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Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne





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

Gisela
Bornin or before 781
Diedafter 808
DynastyCarolingian
FatherCharlemagne
MotherHildegard

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.[citation needed]

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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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