Olena Kolybenko

Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD), Assistant Professor of the Department of the History and Culture of Ukraine, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Pereiaslav, Ukraine

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-5417

E-mail: olenkakolybenko@gmail.com

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Oleksandr Kolybenko

Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD), Professor, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Methodological Work, National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve «Pereiaslav», Pereiaslav, Ukraine

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-9074

E-mail: kolybenko@gmail.com

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Keywords: Eupraxia Vsevolodivna, Adelaide, Pereiaslavl, Vsevolod Yaroslavych, Volodymyr Monomakh, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, Pope Urban II, Piacenza, church cathedral, First Crusade.

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Abstract

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The article analyzes Rus’ and Western European sources that cover the life of one of the daughters of Pereiaslav Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavych – Eupraxia Vsevolodivna. She had difficult tests of his character strength, willpower and spirit. The dramatic short story (no more than ten years), filled with life events of Eupraxia Vsevolodivna (Praxedis) in Western Europe was vividly described in a number of Western European sources. It contrasts very sharply with the almost complete lack of information about the personal life of even the most famous Rus’ princesses. It allows, based on the analysis of information from available sources, to compile a fairly accurate her biogram and traces all the key points of her short (about 38 years) life. The connection between Eupraxia Vsevolodivna and Rus’ Pereiaslavl is traced.

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