Gisela, (in or before 781 – 808 or later) was a daughter of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

from his marriage to Hildegard. She was baptized at the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in 781 by Thomas, Archbishop of Milan. She was educated at the castle in

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, with

Alcuin Alcuin of York (; ; 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Ecgbert of York, Archbishop Ecgbert at Yor ...

who gave her the nickname "Delia". According to Alcuin she took a particular interest in

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.Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
Pierre Riche, page 205 Alcuin refers to "Delia" in some of his poetry. Like her sisters Bertha and Rotrude, Gisela never married. Sources vary regarding her later life, some sources state 808 as a death date, others state that in 814 she was sent to a convent by her brother

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...

.The Franks
Lewis Sergeant, page 270

References

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