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), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). Commonly regarded as a key figure in medieval Russian history, Alexander was a grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military victories in northwestern Russia over Swedish invaders in the 1240 Battle of the Neva, as well as German crusaders in the 1242 Battle on the Ice. He preserved Eastern Orthodoxy, agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Nevsky has received more than 1,753,236 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Alexander Nevsky is the 28th most popular nobleman (up from 41st in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Russia (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 3rd 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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  • 74.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Alexander Nevsky ranks 28 out of 1,415. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anne of Austria, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naruhito, and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Ludovico Sforza, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Şehzade Mehmed, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Ramesses I, and Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême.

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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, Stefan Uroš I, Traidenis, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Emperor Go-Saga, and Enzo of Sardinia. Among people deceased in 1263, Alexander Nevsky ranks 1. After him are Mindaugas, Haakon IV of Norway, 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 57 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Sakharov (1921), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Georgy Malenkov (1902), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), and Vladimir the Great (958). After him are Rurik (830), Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Peter Kropotkin (1842), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), and Georg Cantor (1845).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Alexander Nevsky ranks 3. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895). After him are 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), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), and Daniel of Moscow (1261).

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