Alexandra Bryachislavna of Polotsk

Alexander Nevsky

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Marriage and children

According to the Novgorod First Chronicle, Alexander married first a daughter of Bryacheslav Vasilkovich, Prince of Polatsk and Vitebsk, in 1239. Her name is not given in the chronicle. Genealogies name her as Paraskeviya or Alexandra. Possibly birth and marital names respectively. They had at least five children:

Vasily Aleksandrovich, Prince of Novgorod (c. 1239 - 1271). He was betrothed to Princess Kristina of Norway in 1251. The marriage contact was broken. Kristina went on to marry Felipe of Castile, a son of Ferdinand III of Castile and Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen.

Eudoxia Aleksandrovna. Married Konstantin Rostislavich, Prince of Smolensk.

Dmitry of Pereslavl (c. 1250 - 1294).

Andrey of Gorodets (c. 1255 - 27 July 1304

Daniel of Moscow (1261 - 4 March/5 March 1303).

Александра Брячиславна, княжна полоцкая, с 1238 года супруга великого князя Александра Ярославича Невского.

«П. С. Р. Л», тома: III, 52 (упом. год 1239 г.); IV, 11 и 34; V, 174; VII, 144.