Eupraxia of Kiev

Eupraxia of Kiev
Eupraxia-Adelaide on a Ukrainian stamp
Holy Roman Empress
Queen consort of Germany
Queen consort of Italy and Burgundy
Tenure18 August 1089 – 31 December 1105
Coronation1089
BornEupraxia Vsevolodovna
c. 1067
Died10 July 1109(1109-07-10) (aged 41–42)
Kievan Rus'
Spouses
(died 1087)
(m. 1089; sep. 1095)
HouseVolodimerovichi (by birth)
Salian dynasty (by marriage)
FatherVsevolod I of Kiev
MotherAnna Polovetskaya

Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev (c. 1067 – 10 July 1109[1]) (sometimes westernised as Praxedis; in Old East Slavic Еоупраксиа[2]) was a Holy Roman Empress consort. She was the daughter of Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev, and his wife Anna Polovetskaya, daughter of a Cuman khan. She married Henry IV of Germany in 1089 and took the name Adelaide (or Adelheid).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Adelaide of Kiev (c. 1070–1109)". Gale Research Inc. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2013.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Women of Ancient Rus (In Russian)

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