Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky

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Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was a 13th-century Russian prince and military leader renowned for defending the Novgorod Republic against Swedish and German invaders and later canonized as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

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instanceOf Christian martyr
Orthodox saint
human
medieval Russian prince
military leader
politician
birthDate 1221-05-13
birthPlace Pereslavl-Zalessky
Vladimir-Suzdal
canonizationDate 1547
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church
commemoratedBy Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Order of Alexander Nevsky
conflict Mongol domination of Rus'
Northern Crusades
Swedish–Novgorodian conflicts
countryOfCitizenship Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Vladimir-Suzdal
deathDate 1263-11-14
deathPlace Gorodets
era 13th century
ethnicGroup East Slavs
familyName Nevsky
linked to: Невский
father Yaroslav II of Vladimir
feastDay November 23
September 12
fullName Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky
linked to: Alexander Nevsky
givenName Alexander
honorificTitle Nevsky
linked to: Невский
languageOfWorkOrName Old East Slavic
monarchOf Novgorod Republic
Vladimir-Suzdal
mother Theodosia Igorevna of Ryazan
movement defense of Rus' principalities against Western crusaders
namedAfter Neva River
nobleFamily Rurik dynasty
notableEvent Battle of the Neva
Battle on the Ice
notableWork Battle of the Neva
Battle on the Ice
defense of Novgorod against Swedish invasion
defense of Novgorod against the Teutonic Knights
patronymicName Yaroslavich
linked to: Yaroslavichi
placeOfBurial Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Vladimir
positionHeld Grand Prince of Vladimir
Prince of Kiev
Prince of Novgorod
reignEnd 1263
reignStart 1236
religion Eastern Orthodox Church
sibling Andrey II of Vladimir
strategicPolicy pragmatic cooperation with the Mongol Golden Horde
subjectOf cantata "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Prokofiev
film "Alexander Nevsky" (1938)

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Battle of the Neva commander Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky Square namedFor medieval prince Alexander Nevsky
linked to: Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky