Gisela of France, Countess of Ponthieu
Gisèle of France (also known as Gisela and Gisla) (c. 968 – 1002) was the daughter of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.Template:Sfn
Life
Born around 968-70 as the youngest daughter of Hugh and Adelaide de Aquitaine. Giseles maternal grandparents were , William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy.
Gisele gained the title of princess after her father was elected the new king by an assembly of Frankish magnates at Senlis in 987.
Marriage
Gisela was married to Count Hugh I of Ponthieu around 994.Template:SfnAfter her marriage she held the title Dame d'Abbeville as that was one of her husbands fiefs.
Gisela's children by Hugh included:
- Enguerrand I of PonthieuTemplate:Sfn
- Giselberthe de Encre (c. 990-1041)
- Alexis de Bernâtre (c. 1000-1057)
- Guy of PonthieuTemplate:Sfn
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- French princesses
- French countesses
- 960s births
- 1002 deaths
- Year of birth uncertain
- Year of death uncertain
- 10th-century French women
- 11th-century French women
- 11th-century French people
- 10th-century French nobility
- 11th-century French nobility
- Daughters of kings