Gisela of France was a legendary 10th-century CE Francian princess, who, according to tradition, was married off to Viking leader Rollo of Normandy. Her name, Gisela or Gisla, comes from an Old German word meaning "to pledge", the French equivalent would be Gisèle.
Princess Gisla Played by Morgane Polanski
Much to her dismay, she is forced into an arranged marriage with Rollo, the new Duke of Normandy.
Morgane Polanski (born 20 January 1993) is a French-Polish actress, best known for portraying Princess Gisla in the History Channel series Vikings.
Gisla de Francie Occidentale is the daughter of the Emperor Charles II and his most trusted adviser. She is also married to Rollo and mother of William, Marcellus and Celsa.
Frankish princess and abbess. Name variations: Gisele, Giselle. Born in 781 at Aachen, France; died around 814; daughter of Charles I also known as Charlemagne (742–814), king of the Franks (r.
Technically speaking though, Giselle was never an actual princess. Throughout the film she is pursued by Prince Edward who hopes to win her hand in marriage, and it would have been at that point that Giselle would have become the true Princess of Andalasia.
Gisela (French: Gisèle; fl. 911) was a French princess who was married to Rollo, Duke of Normandy.
The Swedish star has most certainly had an interesting journey throughout the show, too. Joining in the fifth season as Freydis, the wife of Ivar (Alex Høgh) she was unceremoniously killed before making her grand return in season six…as a completely different character, the Russian princess Katya.
Freydis, the Keeper of the Faith
She gives birth to a son who is then taken away by Harekr, who then tries to stage her death during childbirth, so that he can control the fate of the child and increase his power among the people of Jomsberg.
Ivar remains a local king in England for a long time after, ruling from York but having no children to succeed him, 'because of the way he was: with no lust or love' (4).
Ragnar then married Aslaug, also known as Randalin, the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr. They had four sons, Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Hvitserk and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (thus called because there was a mark in his eye, as if a snake lay around the pupil).
After failing to seduce Prince Aethelwulf, Queen Kwenthrith has both him and Bishop Edmund forcefully brought into her throne room. She then presents her son, Prince Magnus. When Aethelwulf points out that Magnus is a "Northern name", Kwenthrith proclaims that Magnus is the son of Ragnar.
Queen Aslaug Played by Alyssa Sutherland.
Catherine of Sweden (Swedish: Katarina Ingesdotter; fl. 1110) was a Swedish princess who married the Danish prince Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside.
Vikings: Valhalla season 1 saw king Canute of Denmark marrying Emma, but Canute was already married to Queen Ælfgifu – and here's what happened to King Canute's first wife in real-life after he married Emma.
In Episode 17 (titled “The great Army”) of Season 4 of Vikings, Bjorn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig) ended up sleeping with Lagertha's (Katheryn Winnick) girlfriend, Astrid (Josefin Asplund).
Freydis and Harald end their relationship mutually, on what appeared to be good terms, as they both wanted to head in separate directions. Harald is still on his quest to become King of Norway, and Freydis wanted to head to Jomsborg to declare a new Uppsala.
As Freydis trains, she learns that her true title is The Last Daughter Of Uppsala. This explains her vision, as Haakon confirms she's had a vision of her own too; one person surviving a wave. Haakon originally thought it may have been her but now it seems it's actually Freydis whom the vision is referencing.
Up first: Our ferocious Greenlanders, Leif Eriksson and Freydís Eiríksdóttir, are taken straight from the pages of history. These two warriors were the children of Erik the Red, who founded the first European settlement in Greenland.
As revealed in episode one of the new season, Freydis is pregnant with Harald's child aka a potential heir to the throne of Norway. And (spoiler alert!) in episode five she gives birth to a son whom she names Harald.
Harald Sigurdsson
Harald realizes that he loves Freydis and declares his love to her. He tells her he will even give up his dream of ruling Norway to be with her. Despite loving each other, they separate. Freydis says that while Harald is a good man, they are on different paths now.
965) was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.
Claude of Valois (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.
In the TV series Vikings, Rollo is the brother of Ragnar Lothbrok who, after the siege of Paris, is left in West Francia to hold a spot on the Seine in order to enable future raids.
Another current pretender to the French throne is Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon who is recognized as the legitimate heir to the French throne by the Bonapartist faction of French royalists.