Alexander Nevsky (Person) AKA Alexander Yaroslavich, Александр Ярославич Невский
Alexander Nevsky
1221 AD - 1263 AD
AKA Alexander Yaroslavich, Александр Ярославич Невский
- Prince of Novgorod 1236–1240 & 1241–1256 & 1258–1259
- Grand Prince of Vladimir 1252 – 1263
- Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv) 1246 – 1263
- canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547 by Metropolite Macarius
- House of Rurikid
Commonly regarded as a key figure of medieval Rus', Alexander – a grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest – rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders. He preserved Russian statehood and Russian Orthodoxy, agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde.
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1250 AD -
1255 AD -
1261 AD
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