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Grand Princess consort of Kievan Rus' From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oda of Stade (also Oda of Elsdorf) (b. 1040 – d. 1087) was a German noblewoman, who was the daughter of Ida of Elsdorf. Through marriage to Sviatoslav II of Kiev, she became a Grand Princess consort of Kievan Rus'.[1]
Oda of Stade | |
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Grand Princess consort of Kievan Rus' | |
Tenure | 1073–1077 |
Born | 1040 |
Died | 1087 |
Spouse | Sviatoslav II of Kiev |
Issue | Yaroslav of Murom Akarina/Aliarina |
Father | Lippold/Liudolf of Derlingau or Dedi of Saxony |
Mother | Ida of Elsdorf |
Oda's mother was Ida of Eldsorf (d.1052), daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia and sister of Matilda of Frisia.[2] Ida was also a niece of Pope Leo IX, a granddaughter of Gisela of Swabia, and thus a niece of Emperor Henry III of Germany.[3] Oda's father was perhaps Ida's first husband, Lippold/Liudolf of Derlingau (d.1038),[4] or he may have been Ida's second husband, Dedi of Saxony (d.1056).[5]
According to the thirteenth-century chronicler Albert of Stade, before her marriage, Oda was a nun in the monastery of Rinthelen.[6] The location of this monastery is not known, but is thought to have been Ringelheim.[7] In order to have Oda released from the monastery, her mother Ida granted Villa Stedenthorp near Heßlingen to Rinthelen.[8]
Around 1065, however, Oda left the monastery and married Sviatoslav II of Kiev, as his second wife.[9] According to the eleventh-century chronicler Lampert of Hersfeld, Oda's brother, Burchard, provost of St Simeon in Trier (d.1086), was sent to Rus’ to arrange the marriage.[10] According to Albert of Stade, this was done at the instigation of Oda's mother Ida.[11] Around 1070 Oda gave birth to Sviatoslav's fifth son, Yaroslav (also known as Constantin), who later became prince of Murom (r.1097-1123, 1127–1129) and Chernigov (r.1123-1127).[12] After Sviatoslav's death (d.1076), Oda returned to the Holy Roman Empire with her son, where she raised him.[13]
Oda is believed to have arranged the marriage of her niece Eupraxia of Kiev to Henry III the Long, Count of Stade.[14]
By her second marriage, to an unknown Saxon nobleman, Oda had a daughter: Akarina of Elsdorf (1079-1130) (whom Albert of Stade refers to as Aliarina), who was the mother of Burchard of Loccum.[15]
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