Thelchildes
Saint Thelchildis, was abbess of Jouarre Abbey and mentor of Berthild of Chelles.
She remained Abbess at Jouarre until her death in 660.
When Saint Bathildis, the wife of Clovis II, founded the Abbey of Chelles, she asked Saint Thelchildis to oversee the foundation, and to pick" the most experienced and virtuous nuns of Jouarre" to join her.
She appointed St. Bertilde of Chelle as first abbess, about 646.
She was the mentor of both St. Bertilde, Abbess of Chelles, and St. Etheria, first Abbess of Notre- Dame of Soissons( 658).
Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
Gisela was born in 757 AD in Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and was the daughter of Pepin the Short and his wife Bertrada of Laon.
She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman.
Early in life she was betrothed to Leo, the son of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V (the future Emperor Leo IV)
but the contract was broken.
There is also a brief mention of Gisela being betrothed to Adalgis, son of the Lombard king Desiderius in 770, but this also fell through, and it is likely that by this point she had been allowed to choose a life of religion for herself.
The specific year of her death is unknown, but she died between 810-11 AD in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France, in the convent she had served for most of her life, aged between 53 and 54.
Gisela is often said to be the only sister to Charlemagne and Carloman, but this was not the case.
Pepin the Short in fact had seven legitimate children; Gisela had three older brothers, Rothaid III, born 740, Charlemagne, born 742, and Carloman, born 751.
She had two older sisters, Adelheid, born 740, and Bertbelle, born 745.
She also had a single younger brother, Charles, who was born 759.
Most of her older siblings died before their father, although the years are unknown.
Her little brother died in infancy, aged 2.
She was one of three surviving children.
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.[1]
As the abbess at Chelles Abbey, Gisela oversaw one of the most prolific nuns' scriptoria active in the 8th and 9th centuries.[2]
While little is known about her education, there is suggestion she was well learned, for her correspondence with Alcuin was written and received in Latin.
According to Einhard she had good relations with her brother Charlemagne, who "treated her with the same respect which he showed his mother."
Alcuin was a close friend.
Where he wrote personal poem's for each of the king's [Charlemagne's] children, he also wrote one for Gisela, in which "Alcuin hailed her as a noble sister in the bond of sweet love, assuring her of her prayers of the brethren at Tours."
Other correspondence which hints at a friendly relationship is a letter written to Gisela between 793 and 796, where he thanked her warmly for the gift of a hat.
In September 798, he writes to her from his monastery at St. Loup de Troyes, where he laments that an acute fever has stopped him from travelling to see her.
In this same letter, he thanks her for the gift of a cross, apparently made at her monastery, and he bade her farewell as a most beloved sister.
Along with this, he dedicated the last two books of his commentary on John's gospel to her and her niece, Rotrudis.
Considering the active scriptoria in Gisela's abbey, it can be argued that she held an involved role in the Carolingian renaissance.
Other work she was involved in was the rebuilding of the church of St. Mary at Chelles, as well as building up the library, according to a letter from Alcuin.
In it, he encourages her leadership in the project and states his intention to send a pupil and friend, Fredegisus, to assist her.
Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard also named a daughter Gisela after the abbess.
Gisela the Younger lived from about 781 to after at least 808, but little else is known of her life.
Berthild of Chelles
Saint Berthild, also known as Bertille or Bertilla( died 692), was abbess of Chelles Abbey in France.
Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans
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She was Abbess of Chelles.
Kaya Alp
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Wendreda
Wendreda, also known as Wendreth, was an Anglo- Saxon nun, healer, and saint, perhaps of the 7th century.
She was uncertainly reported as a daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, a Christian king, which would make her a sister of Etheldreda, abbess of Ely, Sexburgha, abbess of Minster- in- Sheppey, and Ethelburga, abbess of Faremoutiers, who are all better- known saints, and a half- sister of Sæthryth, also an abbess of Faremoutiers.
She is associated with March, in the Isle of Ely, and Exning, Suffolk.
Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short (c. 714 – 24 September 768) was the King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768.
He was the first of the Carolingians to become king.
The younger son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude, Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of St. Denis.
Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman.
Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his older brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia.
The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons, and the Alemanni in the early years of their reign.
In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks.
Being well disposed towards the church and Papacy on account of their ecclesiastical upbringing, Pepin and Carloman continued their father's work in supporting Saint Boniface in reforming the Frankish church, and evangelising the Saxons.
After Carloman, who was an intensely pious man, retired to religious life in 747, Pepin became the sole ruler of the Franks.
He suppressed a revolt led by his half-brother Grifo, and succeeded in becoming the undisputed master of all Francia.
Giving up pretense, Pepin then forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed king of the Franks with support of Pope Zachary in 751.
The decision was not supported by all members of the Carolingian family and Pepin had to put down a revolt led by Carloman's son, Drogo, and again by Grifo.
As king, Pepin embarked on an ambitious program to expand his power.
He reformed the legislation of the Franks and continued the ecclesiastical reforms of Boniface.
Pepin also intervened in favour of the Papacy of Stephen II against the Lombards in Italy.
He was able to secure several cities, which he then gave to the Pope as part of the Donation of Pepin.
This formed the legal basis for the Papal States in the Middle Ages.
The Byzantines, keen to make good relations with the growing power of the Frankish empire, gave Pepin the title of Patricius.
In wars of expansion, Pepin conquered Septimania from the Islamic Umayyads, and subjugated the southern realms by repeatedly defeating Waiofar and his Gascon troops, after which the Gascon and Aquitanian lords saw no option but to pledge loyalty to the Franks.
Pepin was, however, troubled by the relentless revolts of the Saxons and the Bavarians.
He campaigned tirelessly in Germany, but the final subjugation of these tribes was left to his successors.
Pepin died in 768 and was succeeded by his sons Charlemagne and Carloman.
Although unquestionably one of the most powerful and successful rulers of his time, Pepin's reign is largely overshadowed by that of his more famous son, Charlemagne.
Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg
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Fred Le Deux
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He is the grandfather of Tom Hawkins.
Henry Krause
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He played college football at St. Louis University.
He is the grandfather of Jennifer Krause
He is the great grandfather of Payton Hoeing

Question: Who is Gisela, Abbess Of Chelles's paternal grandfather?
Answer: Charles Martel