Raffensperger suggests that Henry's motivation in marrying Eupraxia was to bring Saxony closer to Kiev . In fact, the marriage may have been arranged by Oda of Stade, daughter of Lothair Udo I, Margrave of the Nordmark, 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, and Pope Leo IX.
