Gisèle de France

Events

Date of Birth: born about 970.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Hugues Capet, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:70), by Lewis (p. 22), by Glocker (p. 309), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Adélaïde.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:70) and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Hugues I, lord of Abbeville (died about 1000).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:70), by Glocker (p. 309), 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 Cawley.)

Enguerrand (died 1045) married (1) unknown; married (2) Aleida.

Guy, abbot of Saint-Riquier.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hugues Capet” in The Henry Project. (2004)

Cawley, Charles. GISELA de France in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).