Ievpraxia Vsevolodovna RURIK, Princess of Pereyaslavl
- Born: Abt 1071
- Married (1):
- Married (2): 17 Aug 1089, Köln, Germany
- Died: 9 Jul 1109, Pereyaslav
- Buried: Crypt Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine
 Research Notes:
The Annalista Saxo names "Eupracciam filiam regis Ruscie qui in nostra lingua vocobatur Adelheid, quam postea duxit Heinricus imperator" as wife of "Heinricus marchio". She was known as ADELHEID in Germany. Contemporary chroniclers were scandalised by the alleged sexual abuses inflicted on his second wife by Heinrich IV who imprisoned her at Verona, from where she was released in 1094 by Matilda Ctss of Tuscany. The Chronicon of Bernold records that "Praxedis reginæ" made complaints about her treatment "inauditas fornicationum spurcicias" to the synod of Konstanz in 1094 and that her separation was agreed in 1095 at the same synod. The Annales Sancti Diibodi gives lengthy details concerning her divorce. The empress publicly denounced her husband at the council of Piacenza, presided over by Pope Urban II from 1 Mar 1095. She became a nun at Kiev in 1095. The Primary Chronicle records that Eupraxia daughter of Vsevolod took the veil 6 Dec 1106.
The Primary Chronicle records the death 10 Jul 1109 of Eupraxia daughter of Vsevolod and her burial place. 1
Marriage Information:
Eupraxia married Gf. Heinrich I "der Lange" VON STADE, Markgraf der Nordmark, son of Gf. Lothar-Udo III VON STADE and Oda VON WERL. (Heinrich I "der Lange" VON STADE was born about 1065 and died on 27 Jun 1087.)
Marriage Information:
Eupraxia also married Heinrich IV VON SACHSEN, King of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Heinrich III VON SACHSEN, Holy Roman Emperor, and Agnès DE POITOU, on 17 Aug 1089 in Köln, Germany. The marriage ended in divorce in 1093. (Heinrich IV VON SACHSEN was born on 11 Nov 1050 in Goslar, Saxony and died on 7 Aug 1106 in Liège, Belgium.)
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