Gisela of France

911, possibly also Gisla[1]) was a Frankish princess who was married to Rollo, Duke of Normandy.

[2][2] According to limited early records, Gisela was a daughter of the king of West Francia, Charles the Simple.

[2] Norman chronicler William of Jumièges, who lived from 1000 to 1070, refers to Rollo having two relationships: a captive taken at Bayeux, Poppa, to whom he joined himself by marriage more danico ("according to Norse custom").

[4] However, the absence of this royal princess from Frankish sources suggests the marriage to Gisela may be apocryphal.

[5] A character named Gisla (presented as a daughter of Charles the Bald rather than his grandson Charles the Simple, and as the mother of Rollo's children) is portrayed in the TV series Vikings by Morgane Polanski.