St. Prince Alexander Nevsky (or Nevski) St. Prince Alexander Nevsky (1220/21 – 1263) was the Prince of Novgorod from 1236 to 1251 and Prince of Tver from 1247 to 1252. From 1252 on he was known as the Grand Duke of Vladimir, son of Prince Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich. Alexander was an outstanding Russian military commander and diplomat. Through his victories over Sweden on the Neva river (1240), after which he was given the name of Nevsky, and over the knights of the Teutonic Order (1242) he secured Russia’s north-western borders. Thanks to his clever and skillful diplomacy the burden of...