Gisela of France

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According to limited early records, Gisela (French: Gisèle) was a daughter of King Charles the Simple of West Francia and wife of Duke Rollo of Normandy. There is some debate about whether she existed, and if she did, was a legitimate or illegitimate daughter of Charles. Gisela is said to have been betrothed to Rollo after the Siege of Chartres in 911. When Rollo was defeated, he agreed to the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, in which he was created the first duke of Normandy, swore fealty to Charles, agreed to convert to Christianity, and married Gisela. Norman chronicler William of Jumièges, who lived from 1000 to 1070, wrote that Rollo had two relationships: a captive taken at Bayeux, Poppa, to whom he joined himself by marriage more danico ("according to Norse custom"). Poppa was mother of Rollo's son William Longsword. He describes that Rollo put Poppa aside to marry Gisela more Cristiano ("according to Christian custom") at the time of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, and that...

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