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Gisela (name)
Gisela is a female given name of Germany, Germanic origin. The name derives from the Old High German word ''gīsal'', "pledge". Variations on the name in other languages include: *Spanish language, Spanish: Gisela, Gicela, Gicelberta *Catalan language, Catalan: Gisela *German language, German: Gisela *French language, French: Gisèle, Giselle *Hungarian language, Hungarian: Gizella *Italian language, Italian: Gisella *Polish language, Polish: Gizela *Portuguese language, Portuguese: Gisela The male forms is Gísli and Gisle, from Gísla saga (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as Gislaved Municipality, Gislaved, a municipality in Sweden. Noble Giselas * Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short) (757 - 810-11), abbess * Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (in or before 781 - after 808) * Gisela of Burgundy (c. 955 - 1007), daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy, wife of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Wrangler * Giselle of Bavaria (c. 1085 - 1065), her daughter (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes (unlike isogamy where they are the same size). The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gísla Saga
''Gísla saga Súrssonar'' (, ''The saga of Gísli the Outlaw'') is one of the sagas of Icelanders. It tells the story of Gísli, a tragic hero who must kill one of his brothers-in-law to avenge another brother-in-law. Gisli is forced to stay on the run for thirteen years before he is hunted down and killed. The events depicted in the saga took place between 860 and 980. Manuscripts and dating ''Gísla saga'' survives in thirty-three manuscripts and fragments from the Middle Ages down to the twentieth century. It is generally thought to have been composed in written form in the first half of the thirteenth century, but the earliest manuscript, the fragment Reykjavík, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, AM 445 c I 4to, is from around 1400 and the earliest extensive text in AM 556a 4to, from the later fifteenth. The saga is generally thought to exist in three main versions originating in the Middle Ages: * the 'fragmentary version' (attested by AM 445 c I 4to, often known in scholarship as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Arendt
Gisela Jacob (née Gisela Arendt; 5 November 1918 – 18 February 1969) was a German swimmer who won three medals at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships and two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1952 Olympics 1952 Olympics refers to both: *The 1952 Winter Olympics, which were held in Oslo, Norway *The 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were a ... and finished seventh in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. She won eight national titles in the 100 m freestyle (1933–1937, 1939, 1949) and 100 m backstroke (1934), competing as Arendt before World War II and as Jacob after the war. Her brother, Heinz Arendt, and son, Rainer Jacob, (b. 1946) were both Olympics swimmers, and Heinz competed alongside Gisela at the 1936 Olympics. References 1918 births 1969 deaths German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela (singer)
Gisela Lladó Cánovas (born 1 January 1979), known mononymously as Gisela, is a Spanish pop singer. She was born in El Bruc (Barcelona), in Catalonia, Spain and studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona before becoming famous after placing eighth in the first Spanish edition of '' Operación Triunfo'' in 2001. She is also known for representing Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Career after Operación Triunfo Her first album, ''Parte De Mí'', came out in Spain in 2002, selling 260,000 copies in a few weeks. That year she also performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn as a backing singer for her friend Rosa López. In 2003, she won the award for best voice in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival and she won the competition with the song ''Este Amor Es Tuyo''. Her second album in 2003, ''Más Allá'' has five singles, including ''Más Allá'' (and Catalan version: Més enllà), the No.1 ''Sola'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archduchess Gisela Of Austria
Archduchess Gisela Louise Marie of Austria (12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She became a Princess of Bavaria through her marriage to her second cousin, Leopold. The Archduchess was born on 12 July 1856, the second child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth in Bavaria. She was named Gisella Louise Marie; the name Gisella was taken after Queen Gisela of Hungary, wife of Stephen I, first Christian Hungarian king. Although christened ''Gisella'', she only ever wrote her name with one L. Just like her elder sister Archduchess Sophie and her brother Crown Prince Rudolf, Gisela was raised by her paternal grandmother, Archduchess Sophie of Austria. Of a sober nature like her father, she kept a reserved attitude towards her mother. She had a very close relationship with her brother, whose suicide affected her greatly. Life Her father collected some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Agnes Of Rath
Gisela Agnes of Rath (9 October 1669, in Kleinwülknitz, now part of Köthen – 12 March 1740, in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Nienburg) was Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen by marriage from 1698. In 1694, she was created Countess of Nienburg. From 1704 to 1715, she was regent of Anhalt-Köthen for her underage son. Life Gisela Agnes was a member of an ancient aristocratic Lutheran family. Her parents were Balthasar William of :File:Rath_-_Tyroff_AT.jpg, Rath-Kleinwülknitz (1629-1695) and Magdalene Dorothea of :de:Wuthenau (Adelsgeschlecht), Wuthenau (1640-1694). Her paternal grandfather was Wilhelm von Rath, who commanded the army of Prince Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Louis I of Anhalf-Köthen during the Thirty Years' War. The heir to the throne, the young Prince Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen fell in love with her. His mother, Princess Eleonore, tried to end this relationship, because Gisela Agnes was considered lower nobilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia ( 990 – 15 February 1043), was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third marriage with Emperor Conrad II. She was the mother of Emperor Henry III. She was regent of Swabia for her minor son Duke Ernest II of Swabia in 1015, although it seems at that time her husband Conrad was the one who held the reins of government, leading to the enmity between stepfather and stepson. She was an active empress, exemplifying a tradition in which, up to the period of the Hohenstaufens, as the ''consors regni'' (ruling partner to the king or emperor), the queen and empress held a substantive role in the government, often intervening in the drafting of documents or even issuing documents in her own name. She reigned as regent for her absent husband in 1037. Early life Gisela was the daughter of Duke Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Herman II of Swabia and Gerberga of Burgundy, daughter of King Conrad the Peaceful. Both her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen I Of Hungary
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( ; ; ; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in, or after, 975, in Esztergom. He was given the pagan name Vajk at birth, but the date of his baptism is unknown. He was the only son of Grand Prince Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Géza and his wife, Sarolt, who was descended from a prominent family of ''Gyula (title), gyulas''. Although both of his parents were baptized, Stephen was the first member of Árpád dynasty, his family to become a devout Christian. He married Gisela of Bavaria, a scion of the imperial Ottonian dynasty. After succeeding his father in 997, Stephen had to fight for the throne against his relative, Koppány, who was supported by large numbers of pagan warriors. He defeated Koppány w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giselle Of Bavaria
Gisela of Hungary (or Gisele, Gizella and of Bavaria; 985 – 7 May 1065) was the first queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Stephen I of Hungary, and the sister of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church. Biography Gisela was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy. Gisela was raised very devout, most likely with bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg as her mentor and governor. She married King Stephen I of Hungary in 996 as a part of Hungary's policy of opening up to the West. The couple had a son, Saint Emeric, who died on 2 September 1031, while hunting boar.Ott, Michael. "St. Stephen." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 12 April 2013 The wedding of Stephen and Gisela marked a turning point in Hungary's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry II, Duke Of Bavaria
Henry II (951 – 28 August 995), called the Wrangler or the Quarrelsome (), a member of the German royal Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Bavaria from 955 to 976 and again from 985 to 995, as well as Duke of Carinthia from 989 to 995. Life Henry was the son of Duke Henry I of Bavaria, (who in turn was the younger brother of King Otto I of Germany (Emperor from 962)), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Of Burgundy
Gisela of Burgundy (c. 955 – 21 July 1007), a member of the royal Elder House of Welf, was List of Bavarian consorts, Duchess of Bavaria from about 972 to 976 and again from 985 to 995, by her marriage with Duke Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Wrangler. She was the mother of Emperor Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry II. Life Gisela was the eldest daughter of King Conrad I of Burgundy (c. 925 – 993), presumably from his first marriage with Adelaide of Bellay.''Burgundian Notes '', Reginald L. Poole, ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 26, No. 102 (Apr., 1911), 314–315. The domain her father ruled and where she was birn is also called the Kingdom of Arles. After her mother's death, King Conrad married Matilda of France, Matilda, a daughter of the West Francia, West Frankish king Louis IV of France, Louis IV; among her half-siblings were Rudolph III of Burgundy, Rudolph III, who succeeded his father as King of Arles (Bourgogne Transjurane in French or 'King of Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela, Daughter Of Charlemagne
Gisela, (in or before 781 – 808 or later) was a daughter of Charlemagne 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 Aachen, with Alcuin who gave her the nickname "Delia". According to Alcuin she took a particular interest in astronomy.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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
