Background
She was betrothed to Leo, the son of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V (the future Emperor Leo IV) but the contract was broken.
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Gisela Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
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Career
She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman. Charlemagne"s biographer Einhard states that Gisela had been dedicated to religion since her childhood. She became a nun at Chelles Abbey, where she was eventually made abbess.
As the abbess at Chelles Abbey, Gisela oversaw one of the most prolific nuns" scriptoria active in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Gisela the Younger may have lived from 781 to 808, but little else is known of her life.
