Eupraxia of Kiev

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
Tenure	18 August 1089 – 31 December 1105
Coronation	1089
Born	Eupraxia Vsevolodovna; c. 1067
Died	10 July 1109 (aged 41–42); Kievan Rus'
Spouses	; Henry I, Margrave of the Nordmark (died 1087) Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (m. 1089; sep. 1095)
House	Volodimerovichi (by birth); Salian dynasty (by marriage)
Father	Vsevolod I of Kiev
Mother	Anna Polovetskaya

Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev (c. 1067 – 10 July 1109) (sometimes westernised as Praxedis; in Old East Slavic Еоупраксиа) 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).

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