Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious

Events

Date of Birth: between 819 and 822.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The range of dates is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 256).

Date of Death: after 1 July 874.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 256).

Place of Burial: Cysoing, Abbey of St Calixtus.

The place is given by Settipani (p. 256).

Relationships

Father: Louis the Pious, emperor.

This relationship is given by Fees, by Bühler (p. 385), by Settipani (p. 256), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Judith, daughter of Welf.

This relationship is given by Fees, by Bühler (p. 385), by Settipani (p. 256), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Eberhard, margrave of Friuli. Married about 836.

This relationship is given by Fees, by Bühler (p. 385), by Settipani (p. 256), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Eberhard (born about 837, died before 20 June 840).

Engeltrude (probably born between 837 and 840, died after 2 April 870).

Hunroch (born before 20 June 840, probably died about 874 or 875), duke of Friuli, married Ava, daughter of Liutfrid.

Berengario I (born about 840 - 850, died 7 April 924), margrave of Friuli, king of Italy, emperor, married Bertilia, daughter of Suppone II, duke of Spoleto.

Adalard (died after 1 July 874).

Rudolf (died 5 January 892), abbot of Saint-Vaast and Saint-Bertin.

Heilwig (died after 894) married (1) Hucbald, count of Ostrevant; married (2) Roger I, count of Laon.

Gisela, nun in Brescia.

Judith.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Gisela” in The Henry Project.

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Bühler, Heinz. “Der Herrschaft Heidenheim” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Fees, Irmgard. “Eberardo, marchese del Friuli” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 42 (1993).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).