St. Alexander Nevski
1218 – 1263
Russian

Prince. He exemplified the concept of Holy Russia, which combined Russian nationalism with Orthodox Christianity.

Contemporaries
1170–1220Wolfram von Eschenbach
1250–1305Jean de Meung
1180–1249William of Auvergne
1140–1218Peter Waldo
1230–1298Jacobus de Voragine
1230–1306Jacopone da Todi
fl. c. 1250–c. 1350Wilhelm Tell
1254–1324Marco Polo
1160–1218Simon de Montfort
fl. c. 1200–c. 1240Guillaume de Lorris
1235–1315Ramon Llull
1162–1227Genghis Khan
1224–1317Jean Joinville
fl. 1250Robin Hood
1256–1302Gertrude of Helfta
c. 1181–1226St. Francis of Assisi
1260–1327Johannes Eckhart
1194–1253St. Clare of Assisi
1182–1253John Carpini
1235–1303Boniface VIII
1180–1246Gonzalo de Berceo
1220–1292Roger Bacon
1225–1274St. Thomas Aquinas
1221–1284Alfonso X
1197–1253St. Agnes of Assisi