- Duchess of Friuli
- AKA: Gisela d'Aquitaine
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Gisela was born circa 820 to Louis the Pious (778-840) and Judith of Bavaria (795-843) and died after 874 of unspecified causes.
Biography
Gisela (born 820) was the youngest daughter of Louis the Pious and his second wife, Judith of Bavaria. She married the powerful and influential Eberhard, Duke of Friuli, later canonized as Saint Eberhard, with whom she had several children including King Berengar I of Italy, Margrave of Friuli. Gisela was renowned for her piety and virtue, much like her namesake, Gisela (the sister of Charlemagne), who had chosen the religious life from girlhood.
Her dowry consisted of many rich domains including the fisc of Cysoing; located at the center of the country of Pèvele, Cysoing was one of the most beautiful fiscs in the region and became one of her and Eberhard's regular residences. They founded a monastery there, in the 850s, which was not completed until after their deaths.[1]
The nunnery San Salvatore was given to her after Ermengarde, wife of Lothair I. For a time, she served as both abbess and rectrix.
She dedicated herself to the education of her and Eberhard's many children.
Family and Children
- Unruoch III of Friuli, born c. 840
- King Berengar I of Italy, born c. 845
- Ingeltrude
- Hatwige of Friuli
- Judith of Friuli
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eberhard di Friuli (837-840) | 837 | 840 | |
| Ingeltrude di Friuli (c836-867) | 836 | 867 | Henri de la Marche (830-886) |
| Unroch III di Friuli (c840-874) | 840 | 13 July 874 | Ava de Monza (?-?) |
| Berengar I di Friuli (c843-924) | 843 | 924 | Bertila di Spoleto (c860-915) |
| Adahard di Friuli (?-874) | 874 | ||
| Raoul di Friuli (?-892) | 892 | ||
| Alpais di Friuli (?-?) | |||
| Heilwide di Friuli (c855-c895) | 855 | 895 | Hucbald de Gouy (?-aft890) |
| Gisela di Friuli (?-c863) | 835 | 863 | |
| Judith di Friuli (863-881) | 863 | 881 | Conrad II de Bourgogne (c835-876) Lambert I di Spoleto (?-880) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lothair (795-855) | 795 | 29 September 855 | Ermengard of Tours (801-851) Doda (?-?) |
| Pepin I of Aquitaine (797-838) | 797 | 13 December 838 | Ingeltrude de Madrie (808-876) |
| Adelaide (c799-?) | 799 | ||
| Rotrude (800-860) | 802 | 23 August 860 | Gerard d'Auvergne (-841) |
| Hildegard (c802-841) | 802 Maine | Rather de Limoges (?-841) | |
| Louis the German (c806-876) | 806 | 28 August 876 Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Hemma of Altdorf (808-876) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Gisela (c820-aft874) | 820 | 874 | Eberhard di Friuli (c815-866) |
| Charles the Bald (823-877) | 823 Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany | 877 Avrieux, France | Ermentrude d'Orléans (830-869) Richildis de Provence (c845-910) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Arnulf of Sens (c794-?) | 794 | 841 | |
| Alpais (793-855) | 793 | 855 | |
The will of Gisela and Eberhard
Her and her husbands will is one of the most famous wills of the ninth century and is dated between 863 and 864.[2]
See Also
- Frederick Barbarossa Family Ancestry
- House of Hohenstaufen
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Salian dynasty
- Ottonian dynasty
Bibliography
- Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious
- Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Gis%C3%A9le-of-Cysoing/6000000000424624719, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Ancestry of Kings of Germany, fmg.ac, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious at thePeerage
References
- ^ Censier, Damien (2012-12-01). "Cysoing (Nord). Le Clos de l'Abbaye" (in fr). Archéologie médiévale (42): 230–232. DOI:10.4000/archeomed.10949. ISSN 0153-9337.
- ^ Rocca, Christina La; Provero, Luigi (2000-01-01) (in en). The Dead and their Gifts. The Will of Eberhard, Count of Friuli, and his Wife Gisela, Daughter of Louis the Pious (863–864). Brill. p. 234. doi:10.1163/9789004477551_011. ISBN 978-90-04-47755-1. https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004477551/B9789004477551_s011.xml.