Alexander Nevsky
Early life

From the Tales of the Life and Courage of the Pious and Great Prince Alexander found in the Second Pskovian Chronicle (c. 1260–1280) comes one of the first known references to Alexander Yaroslavich:

By the will of God, prince Alexander was born from thecharitable, people-loving, and meek the Great Prince Yaroslav, andhis mother was Theodosia. As it was told by the prophet Isaiah:'Thus sayeth the Lord: I appoint the princes because they aresacred and I direct them.'

...He was taller than others and his voice reached the peopleas a trumpet, and his face was like the face of Joseph, whomthe Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after him ofEgypt. His power was a part of the power of Samson andGod gave him the wisdom of Solomon... this Prince Alexander: heused to defeat but was never defeated...

Born in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Alexander was the second son of Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich and Feodosia Igorevna of Ryazan. His maternal grandfather was Igor Glebovich, the second son of Gleb Rostislavich, the prince of Ryazan (d. 1178). His maternal grandmother was Agrafena of Kiev, daughter of Rostislav I of Kiev.
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