Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious

Gisela
Gisela
Duchess of Friuli
	Gisela and her husband.
Born	820
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.

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]

Issue

Unruoch III of Friuli, born c. 840
King Berengar I of Italy, born c. 845
Ingeltrude
Hatwige of Friuli
Judith of Friuli

Ancestry

Ancestors of Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious

16. Charles Martel

8. Pepin the Short

17. Rotrude

4. Charlemagne

18. Caribert of Laon

9. Bertrada of Laon

2. Louis the Pious

10. Gerold of Anglachgau

5. Hildegard of Vinzgouw

22. Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia

11. Emma of Alamannia

1. Gisela

6. Welf

3. Judith of Bavaria

14. Isambart, Duke of Saxony

7. Hedwig of Saxony

Bibliography

↑ 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.
↑ 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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[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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