Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious

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Gisela
Duchess of Friuli
Evrard et sa Femme Gisele a Cysoing.jpg
Gisela and her husband.
Born820
Spouse Eberhard of Friuli
Issue Unruoch III of Friuli
Berengar I of Italy
Ingeltrude
Hatwige
Judith
House Carolingian dynasty
Father Louis the Pious
Mother Judith of Bavaria

Gisela (born 820) was the only 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.

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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.

Her and her husband’s will is one of the most famous wills of the ninth century and is dated between 863 and 864. [2]

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Bibliography

  1. Censier, Damien (2012-12-01). "Cysoing (Nord). Le Clos de l'Abbaye". Archéologie médiévale (in French) (42): 230–232. doi: 10.4000/archeomed.10949 . ISSN   0153-9337.
  2. Rocca, Christina La; Provero, Luigi (2000-01-01). 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. S2CID   164709712.

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