Gisela of Swabia
11th century empress of the Holy Roman Empire · Germany · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 990 to 1043 · aged 52
Gisela of Swabia, was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third marriage with Emperor Conrad II. She was the mother of Emperor Henry III.
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Hair of Conrad and Gisela, preserved in the Speyer Cathedral. The strand of blond hair belongs to Gisela.
Gisela's epitaph in Speyer Cathedral
Conrad II brought back to his wife Gisela the corpse of her son Herman (Conrad II. bringt seiner Frau Gisela die Leiche ihres Sohnes Hermann zurück, Wilhelm Zimmermann's Illustrirte geschichte des deutschen volkes, 1875)
Gisela of Swabia on a panel painting. Detail from the Babenberg Family Tree painting at the Klosterneuburg Monastery Museum
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She was regent of Swabia for her minor son Duke Ernest II of Swabia in 1015, although it seems at that time her husband Conrad was the one who held the reins of government, leading to the enmity between stepfather and stepson.
