Aleksander I (St.) Nevsky, Prince of Vladimir^[1]

Abt 1220 - 1263  (~ 43 years)

• Name	Aleksander I (St.) Nevsky
  Suffix	Prince of Vladimir
  Birth	Abt 1220
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1252
  Death	14 Nov 1263
  Notes	Prince of Kiev 1249. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal6587 c. 1220-1263 Military Leader, Prince, Saint x Russia Prince of Novgorod and Kiev and Grand Prince of Vladimir, Nevsky (also spelled Aleksandr Nevski) is best known for stopping the advance of the Teutonic Knights into Russia. At the same time, he paid tribute to the Mongols instead of attempting to fight them off, a position that has been attacked as cowardly but which may have been simply a matter of understanding his limits. He was made a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwnevsky.htm
  Person ID	I6119	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, Grand Prince of Vladimir,   b. 8 Feb 1191   d. 30 Sep 1246 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Rostislava-Feodosia of Riazan Igorevna,   b. Abt 1194   d. 4 May 1244 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F2097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aleksandra of Polotsk Briacheslavna   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1239
  Children	1. Dmitry I of Vladimir, Prince of Vladimir,   b. 1254   d. 1294 (Age 40 years)   2. Andrei III of Vladimir, Prince of Vladimir,   b. 1255   d. 27 Jul 1304 (Age 49 years)   3. Daniil of Moscow, Prince of Moscow,   b. 1261   d. 4 Mar 1303 (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F2098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).