2023-05-06 15:35:03
Our first queen, Giselle He was born around 984, at which time his father, Prince Henrik of Bavaria, who rightfully bears the nickname Quarrelsome, was at war with the Hungarian prince Géza around the mouth of the Enns River, writes the Rubicon.hu. Later, in 995, as a sign of peace, he asked Gizella to marry his son István, and the wedding took place the following year. Frigy certainly played a role Stephen in his coronation, and the kinship established through Gizella obviously contributed to the consolidation of Hungary’s position in Europe.
The queen personally took a big role in the spread of Christianity, she was a co-founder of the churches in Óbuda and Veszprémvölgy. The queen of St. István received the city of Veszprém, the center of one of the most important bishoprics, as her seat. Gizella’s handiwork is also praised by the only contemporaneous coronation insignia that has survived to this day, the mantle, which she supposedly embroidered with her court ladies, and on which the only contemporary representation of the holy king has survived.
After the death of Szent István, the situation of the dowager queen deteriorated, and in 1044 she was forced to flee the country. Gizella settled in Passau, entered the local nunnery, where she later acted as superior until her death in 1065. The queen’s tomb later became a popular place of pilgrimage, and her cross and bones used during her prayers were later kept as relics in Munich.
Gizella was beatified in 1911, which she earned not only through her later life of abstinence, but also through her merits in spreading Christianity.
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