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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 ]
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^ 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
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gisela,_daughter_of_Charlemagne&oldid=1179765642 "
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