Alexander Nevsky St. Alexander Nevsky Grand Prince of Vladimir

Alexander NevskySt. Alexander Nevsky

Grand Prince of Vladimir

By. Hailey, Gracelyn, Lily, Maggie, Lauren, and Wyatt

Life, Legacy, and Purpose

• Accommodation to the Golden Horde• Support and protection for Russian Orthodoxy

• Strict defense of Novgorod• Silver tomb in Leningrad

• Mongols eventually withdraw from Russia

Family

• Four Sons, none of which succeeded him.

• Daniel, Prince of Moscow

• Wife, who goes relatively unnamed

Military Expeditions

• Three main military victories:– Swedes to the north on the Neva River – Teutonic Knights (Livonian Brothers of the Sword)– Lithuanians

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