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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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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