NOBLEMAN

Alexander Nevsky

1220 - 1263

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Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (Russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪrɐˈsɫavʲɪtɕ ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj] ; monastic name: Aleksiy; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). A grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest, Nevsky rose to legendary status after victories over Swedish invaders in the Battle of the Neva (1240), which earned him the title "Nevsky" in the 15th century, and over German crusaders in the Battle on the Ice (1242). He agreed to pay tribute to the Golden Horde, which allowed him to preserve the Eastern Orthodox Church, while fighting against foreign powers to the west and the south. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow canonized Alexander Nevsky as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Nevsky is the 39th most popular nobleman (down from 28th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Russia (up from 57th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Nobleman.

Alexander Nevsky is most famous for his victory over the German Knights in the Battle of the Ice.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Alexander Nevsky ranks 39 out of 1,415. Before him are Lucretia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Pope Leo IX, Margaret of Valois, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, and Diana, Princess of Wales. After him are Liliʻuokalani, Sophia of Hanover, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Anne of Austria, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, and Queen Sofía of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Alexander Nevsky ranks 2. Before him is Pope Martin IV. After him are Roger Bacon, William of Rubruck, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Brunetto Latini, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Stefan Uroš I, and Ugolino della Gherardesca. Among people deceased in 1263, Alexander Nevsky ranks 1. After him are Haakon IV of Norway, Mindaugas, Manuel I of Trebizond, Shinran, Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Nevsky ranks 49 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Pasternak (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), and Vladimir Nabokov (1899). After him are Ivan Turgenev (1818), Paul I of Russia (1754), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Georgy Malenkov (1902), and Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Alexander Nevsky ranks 2. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901). After him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), Olga of Kiev (890), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Daniel of Moscow (1261), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890).

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