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In the main geneology charts we show the
line of fathers and sons. By looking at the individual descriptions one will
find also the mothers, when they are known, and through them one can trace to
some of the maternal grandparents. But these relationships soon become too
complex to be shown on simple charts. Here we show the results of a trace of
Alexandr Nevski's family relationships. Although he is now one of the most
famous Russian medieval princes known in the West, at the time he was at least
matched by many other famous warriors in his family, most notably the
Galicians, Roman Mstislavich and Danil Romanovich. We note that his mother,
Rostislava, and the mother of the Galician kings, Lev and Shavarin, Anne, were
sisters. And both were the daughters of a Polovtsi princess, wife of Mstislav
Mstislavich Udaloi. We can see that Aleksandr's other grandmother, Maria
Shvarnovna, was an Ossetian princess. He was therefor, half Russian, one
quarter Kypchak and one quarter Ossetian. By following the marriages we can
also identify cousins and brothers-in-law. See the related charts for more
famous warriors among his uncles and other relatives.
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