Gisela (757 – 810) was the only daughter of Pippin the Younger and his wife Bertrada of Laon. She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman. Events March 9 - A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria Offa becomes king of Mercia. ... Events October 1 - A man with a sword makes an attempt on emperor Nicephorus Is life. ... Pippin the Younger (714-September 24, 768) often known under the mistranslation Pippin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine, Pippin der Kurze, Pippin der Jüngere), was a King of the Franks (751-768). ... Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha of the Big Foot, (720 - July 12, 783) was a Frankish queen. ... Charlemagne (2 April 742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. ... Carloman (751 - December 4, 771) was a King of the Franks (768 - 771). ...

Einhard states that Gisela had been dedicated to religion since her childhood. She became a nun at the abbey of Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, where she was eventually made abbess. According to Einhard she had good relations with her brother Charlemagne, who "treated her with the same respect which he showed his mother." She died in 810 at the convent she had served for most of her life. Einhard as scribe Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart) (born about 775 in the valley of the River Main, died March 14, 840, at Seligenstadt, Germany) was a Frankish historian and a dedicated servant of Charlemagne. ... Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... Chelles is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. ... An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. ...

The king and his his wife Hildegard of Savoy named their daughter after Gisela. Gisela the younger may have lived from 781 to 808, but little else is known of her life. Hildegard of Savoy (758-783) daughter of Gerald I of Savoy, Count of the Vinzgouw and Imma (Emma) of Allemania, third wife of Charlemagne married about 771. ...