Gisela of Hungary
| Blessed Gisela | |
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| Apostolic Queen consort of Hungary | |
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| Gisela depicted in the church | |
| Spouse | Saint Stephen of Hungary |
| Issue | |
| Saint Emeric of Hungary | |
| House | House of Arpad House of Saxony |
| Father | Henry II, Duke of Bavaria |
| Mother | Gisela of Burgundy |
| Born | c. 985 |
| Died | 7 May 1065 Passau, Germany |
| Burial | Veszprem, Hungary |
Blessed Gisela of Hungary (or Gisele, Gizella and of Bavaria; 985-7 May 1065), was a Hungarian Roman catholic saint, and the first queen consort of Hungary as the spouse of Saint Stephen of Hungary.
[edit] Biography
Gisela was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy.
She married King Stephen I of Hungary in 995 (some sources say 1008) as a part of Hungary's policy of opening up to the West. The couple had a son, Saint Emeric.
She lived a respectable life and helped Christianize the Hungarian people. After the death of her husband Stephen, she was forced to leave Hungary. She lived in the nunnery of Niedernburg in Passau, where she died. Her grave is a well-known holy place.
Her canonisation was attempted in the 18th century but failed. She was declared Blessed in 1975.
Her memorial days are May 7 and February 1.
Gisela and her husband were not buried together, and nearly a thousand years later on the weekend of May 4, 1996 their bodies as well as their spirits were reunited. They preserved the remains of King Stephen’s right hand and it was brought back together with a bone taken from the arm of Gisela. Both are now safely protected in glass and gold cases and are now displayed in the basilica in the western town of Veszprém, where Gisela once lived.
The wedding of Stephen and Gisela marked a turning point in Hungary's history.
The cross was commissioned by Queen Gisela for the tomb of her mother, who died in 1006 and was buried in the Niedermünster in Regensburg.
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[edit] References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giselle of Bavaria |
- Butler, Alban (1995). "Bd Giselle of Bavaria". Butler's Lives of the Saints. London: Burns & Oates. pp. 39. ISBN 0860122549. http://books.google.com/books?id=gwYhUIhXSsUC&printsec=frontcover#PPA39,M1.
- Györffy, György (1996). "Gisela, erste Königin von Ungarn". Bd 17, Hefte zur Bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur. Augsburg: Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. pp. 15. ISBN 3-927233-45-5. http://www.buchfreund.de/Bayerisch-ungarische-Frauengestalten-Mit-einigen-Karten-und-vielen-teils-farbigen-Abbildungen-und-Dokumenten-im-Text-und-auf-Tafeln-Mit-einem-Vorwort-von-Manfred-Treml-und-einem-chronologischen-Ueberb,44657669-buch.
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Gisela of Hungary
Born: c. 980 Died: 2 August 1058 |
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| Preceded by Sarolt |
Grand Princess of the Hungarians 1000–1038 |
Herself as Queen |
| Herself as Grand Princess | Queen consort of Hungary 1000–1038 |
Succeeded by Tuta? Next confirmed: Anastasia of Kiev |
