Gisela 3982752 213553343 2008-05-19T21:04:17Z TXiKiBoT 3171782 robot Adding: [[br:Gisela (757-810)]] {{otheruses}} '''Gisela''' ([[757]] – [[810]]) was the only daughter of [[Pippin the Younger]] and his wife [[Bertrada of Laon]]. She was the sister of [[Charlemagne]] and [[Carloman (son of Pippin III)|Carloman]]. Charlemagne's biographer [[Einhard]] states that Gisela had been dedicated to religion since her childhood. She became a [[nun]] at [[Chelles Abbey]], where she was eventually made [[abbess]]. As the [[abbess]] at [[Chelles Abbey]], Gisela oversaw one of the most prolific nuns' [[scriptoria]] active in the 8th and 9th centuries.<sup>1</sup> According to Einhard she had good relations with her brother Charlemagne, who "treated her with the same respect which he showed his mother." She died in 810 at the convent she had served for most of her life. Charlemagne and his wife [[Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne|Hildegard]] named their daughter after Gisela. [[Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne|Gisela the younger]] may have lived from 781 to 808, but little else is known of her life. == References == <sup>1</sup>{{cite book | last =McKitterick | first =Rosamond | authorlink = Rosamond McKitterick | title =Books, Scribes and Learning in the Frankish Kingdoms, 6th-9th Centuries | publisher =Ashgate Publishing Limited | date =1994 | location =Aldershot, England | pages =1-35, 1-43 | isbn =0-86078-406-1 }} [[Category:757 births]] [[Category:810 deaths]] [[Category:Franks]] [[Category:Frankish people]] [[Category:Frankish women]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic nuns]] [[br:Gisela (757-810)]] [[da:Gisela (karolinger)]] [[fr:Gisèle (757-810)]] [[hu:Gisela (Kis Pipin lánya)]] [[pl:Gizela (córka Pepina Krótkiego)]]