Henry I the Long (c. 1065 – 27 June 1087),

Margrave of the Nordmark The Northern March or North March (, ) was created out of the division of the vast ''Marca Geronis'' in 965. It initially comprised the northern third of the ''Marca'' (roughly corresponding to the modern state of Brandenburg) and was part of the ...

, also

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(as Henry III), son of Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark, and Oda of Werl, daughter of Herman III, Count of Werl, and

Richenza of Swabia Richenza (also spelled as ''Richeza'' or ''Richza'') ( – before 1083) was a German noblewoman. By her first marriage, she was Countess of Werl. By her second marriage, she was Countess of Northeim, and from 1061 to 1070, Duchess of Bavaria ...

. Henry married

Eupraxia of Kiev Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev (c. 1067 – 10 July 1109; ), sometimes westernised as Praxedis, 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 ...

, daughter of Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev, and his second wife

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. There were no children as a result of this marriage, and Eupraxia, widowed, married next Henry IV, then King of Saxony, who became

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. Raffensperger suggests that Henry's motivation in marrying Eupraxia was to bring Saxony closer to Kiev.Raffensperger, 'Reimagining Europe'. In fact, the marriage may have been arranged by Oda of Stade, daughter of

Lothair Udo I, Margrave of the Nordmark Lothair Udo I (994-7 November 1057), Margrave of Nordmark and Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo II), son of Siegfried II, Count of Stade, and Adela of Rhienfelden, daughter of Gero, Count of Alsleben. Lothair was the first of the House of Udonids ...

, who had married Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev. Oda is identified as a relative of Henry’s father Lothair Udo II as well as a niece of

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (, 28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black () or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Henry was rais ...

, and

Pope Leo IX Pope Leo IX (, , 21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historica ...

. Upon his death, Henry was succeeded as margrave and count by his brother Lothair Udo III.

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*Vernadsky, George, ''Kievan Russia'',

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, 1948, *Raffensperger, Christian, ''Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus' in the Medieval World'',

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, 2012 *H. Rüß, ‘Eupraxia-Adelheid. Eine biographische Annäherung,‘ ''Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas'' 54 (2006), 481–518. {{Authority control Margraves of the Nordmark Counts of Stade 1087 deaths 11th-century German nobility Year of birth uncertain