Gisela, Abbess of Chelles

Chelles Abbey, reconstruction of nuns' dormitory. Engraving by Eugène Guillaumot

Gisela (757, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany^[1] – 810–11, Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France) was a Frankish princess and abbess. There are also two variations of her name, which are Gisele and Giselle. She was the daughter of Pepin the Short and his wife Bertrada of Laon. She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman.^[2]

^ "Birth of Gisele, Abbess of Chelles". Geni. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ Sanctity and Power: The Dual Pursuit of Early Medieval Women, Suzanne F. Wemple, Becoming Visible: Women in European History, ed. Renate Bridenthal, Claudia Koonz and Susan Stuard, (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987), 139.

[1] "Birth of Gisele, Abbess of Chelles". Geni. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[Wemple139-2] Sanctity and Power: The Dual Pursuit of Early Medieval Women, Suzanne F. Wemple, Becoming Visible: Women in European History, ed. Renate Bridenthal, Claudia Koonz and Susan Stuard, (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987), 139.

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