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Gisela daughter of Lothair by Ermengard
- Preferred Name: Gisela daughter of Lothair by Ermengard[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Denmark
- Gender: F
- Ecclesiastic: 861 with note: Description: Abbess to S. Salvatore of Brescia
- Birth: ABT 834 in Alsace, Lorraine, France at LATI: N8.1734 LONG: E0.3856
- FSID: G9P3-7XZ
- Death: 28 MAY 861
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“LOTHAIR I, King of Bavaria, 814-817, King of Italy, 822-825, 829-840, Emperor, 833-834, 840-855 (joint emperor from 817), son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born about 795. He married October 821 ERMENGARDE, daughter of Hugues, Count of Tours, by his wife, Ava. They had three sons, Louis (II) [King of Italy, Emperor], Lothair (II) [King of Lorraine], and Charles [King of Provence], and five daughters, Helletrude (or Hiltrude) (wife of Count Berenger), Bertha [Abbess of Avenay], ___ (wife of Giselbert, Count of Masau and Darnau), Gisele [Abbess of San Salvatore, Brescia], Rotnide (probable wife of Lambert II, Count of Nantes). By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, Carlomann. His wife, Ermengarde, died 20 March 851. LOTHAIR I died at Priim monastery in Ardennes 28 (or 29) Sept. 855.
Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 855. Lotharius imperator 3. Kal. Octob. feliciter obiit."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Poetae Latini Aevu Carolini 2) (1884): 241 ("Epitaphium Hludharii Imperatoris: Continet hic tumulus memorandi Caesaris ossa / Hlotharii magni, principis atque pii. / Qui Francis, Italis, Romanis praefuit ipsis, Omnia sed sprevit, pauper et hinc abiit. / Nam bis tricenos monachus sic attigit annos, / Et se mutavit, ac bene post obiit. / III. Cal. Octob."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1881): 232 (Annales Lobienses: sub A.D. 855: "Lotharius imperator, qui mutato habitu Prumiae monachus factus fuerat, obiit 3. Kal. Octob.; cui aequivocus filius suus Lotharius successerat, qui eo anno Tiethbergam, sororem Hucberti abbatis, duxit uxorem."). Waitz Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum (in separate editions) 5 (1883): 45 (Annales Bertiniani sub AD. 855: "Lotharius imperator, morbo correptus vitamque desperans, monasterium Proneae in Arduenna constitutum adiit, seculoque et regno penitus abrenuncians, tonsus est, vitam habitumque monachi humiliter sumens. Dispositoque inter filios, qui secum morabantur, regno, ita ut Lotharius cognomen eius Frandam, Karlus vero Provinciam optinerent, intra sex dies vita decessit quarto Kalendarum Octobrium, atque in eodem monasterio sepulturam, ut desideraverat, consecutus est."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1891) 46 (Annales Fuldenses sub AD. 855: "Hlutharius imperator renuntians omnibus, quae habuit, Prumiense monasterium ingressus effectusque ibi monachaus III. Kal. Octobr. mortalem hominem exuit et ad vitam perrexit aeternam."). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 112 (seal of Lothair I dated AD. 843 - Oval: impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust in profile to the right, crowned with laurel. Perhaps a portrait of Caracalla or Alexander Severus. Legend: + XPE ADIVVA HLOTHARIVM AV[G].). Parisot Royaume de Lorraine sous les Carolingiens (1899). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 53 (Annales de Vendôme sub AD. 855: "Hlothanus rex moritur, prius factus monachus in monasterio Promie oh peccatum persecutionis paterne."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III 8. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 2 (Die Karolinger). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.9, IV.8-IV.15.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Tours
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_de_Tours#Descendance
Lothaire 795-855, son of Louis I & his first wife Ermengard
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_ftnref8
LOTHAIRE, son of Emperor LOUIS I "der Fromme/le Pieux" & his first wife Ermengard (795-Kloster Prüm 29 Sep 855, bur Kloster Prüm). Thega
=== European Aristocrats Source ===
Our main source for medieval genealogy in the European Aristocrats Project is the FMG database MEDIEVAL LANDS: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley,© Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley, 2000-2016.
=== New Research ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“LOTHAIR I, King of Bavaria, 814-817, King of Italy, 822-825, 829-840, Emperor, 833-834, 840-855 (joint emperor from 817), son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born about 795. He married October 821 ERMENGARDE, daughter of Hugues, Count of Tours, by his wife, Ava. They had three sons, Louis (II) [King of Italy, Emperor], Lothair (II) [King of Lorraine], and Charles [King of Provence], and five daughters, Helletrude (or Hiltrude) (wife of Count Berenger), Bertha [Abbess of Avenay], ___ (wife of Giselbert, Count of Masau and Darnau), Gisele [Abbess of San Salvatore, Brescia], Rotnide (probable wife of Lambert II, Count of Nantes). By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, Carlomann. His wife, Ermengarde, died 20 March 851. LOTHAIR I died at Priim monastery in Ardennes 28 (or 29) Sept. 855.
Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 855. Lotharius imperator 3. Kal. Octob. feliciter obiit."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Poetae Latini Aevu Carolini 2) (1884): 241 ("Epitaphium Hludharii Imperatoris: Continet hic tumulus memorandi Caesaris ossa / Hlotharii magni, principis atque pii. / Qui Francis, Italis, Romanis praefuit ipsis, Omnia sed sprevit, pauper et hinc abiit. / Nam bis tricenos monachus sic attigit annos, / Et se mutavit, ac bene post obiit. / III. Cal. Octob."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1881): 232 (Annales Lobienses: sub A.D. 855: "Lotharius imperator, qui mutato habitu Prumiae monachus factus fuerat, obiit 3. Kal. Octob.; cui aequivocus filius suus Lotharius successerat, qui eo anno Tiethbergam, sororem Hucberti abbatis, duxit uxorem."). Waitz Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum (in separate editions) 5 (1883): 45 (Annales Bertiniani sub AD. 855: "Lotharius imperator, morbo correptus vitamque desperans, monasterium Proneae in Arduenna constitutum adiit, seculoque et regno penitus abrenuncians, tonsus est, vitam habitumque monachi humiliter sumens. Dispositoque inter filios, qui secum morabantur, regno, ita ut Lotharius cognomen eius Frandam, Karlus vero Provinciam optinerent, intra sex dies vita decessit quarto Kalendarum Octobrium, atque in eodem monasterio sepulturam, ut desideraverat, consecutus est."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 13 (1891) 46 (Annales Fuldenses sub AD. 855: "Hlutharius imperator renuntians omnibus, quae habuit, Prumiense monasterium ingressus effectusque ibi monachaus III. Kal. Octobr. mortalem hominem exuit et ad vitam perrexit aeternam."). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 112 (seal of Lothair I dated AD. 843 - Oval: impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust in profile to the right, crowned with laurel. Perhaps a portrait of Caracalla or Alexander Severus. Legend: + XPE ADIVVA HLOTHARIVM AV[G].). Parisot Royaume de Lorraine sous les Carolingiens (1899). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 53 (Annales de Vendôme sub AD. 855: "Hlothanus rex moritur, prius factus monachus in monasterio Promie oh peccatum persecutionis paterne."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III 8. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 2 (Die Karolinger). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.9, IV.8-IV.15.”
=== L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 19, 13 ===
L Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 19, 13
Family 1: Berthold von Schwaben I, b. 838 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Deutschland d. 896 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Deutschland
Sources:
- Title: Gisla Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
Author: Gisla (c. 830–860) 851–860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Tours;
- Title: MEDIEVAL LANDS Website
Author: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Search.htm
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Search.htm;
Note: This source takes one to the Medlands search page.
Medlands is a comprehensive compilation of original Latin, Greek and other languages of ancient 300-1500AD records into English.
It is very well sourced, and if patrons can find these original records from the quoted sources, it would be great to have the very originals themselves posted here at FS.
Please be advised, that the Medlands site is continually updated, and one should take a look for any updates.
Please add the specific source and excerpts from Medlands to the reason statement when adding this source to any specific PID.
Page: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_ftnref30 GISELA ([830]-860). The necrology of Brixen records that "Domnus Imperator Lotharius tradidit filiam suam domnam Gislam"[30]. Abbess of San Salvatore at Brescia 851-860. "Hludwicus…imperator augustus" made grants to San Salvatore in memory of "Gisla soror nostra defuncta" by charter dated 12 Jan [861][31].
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