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 atMarriage
Gisela was married to Count Hugh I of Ponthieu around 994.After 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 Ponthieu *Giselberthe de Encre (c. 990-1041) *Alexis de Bernâtre (c. 1000-1057) *Guy of PonthieuReferences
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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 {{France-hist-stub