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În 1239, s-a căsătorit cu Alexandra, fiica cneazului din Poloţk.
Marele cnezat al Vladimirului s-a fărâmițat în 11 cnezate mărunte. Toate aceste mici cnezate recunoșteau suzeranitatea Marelui Cneaz al Vladimirului, acesta din urmă fiind numit de însuși Marele Han al mongolilor, căruia îi era vasal şi îi plătea tribut.
Ca şi cum dezastrele provocate de invazia mongolă nu ar fi fost de ajuns, ordinul cavalerilor teutoni, aliați cu nobilii războinici din Danemarca și Suedia, și-au sporit expansiunea spre teritoriile nordice ale Rusiei. Profitând de invazia mongolilor, cavalerii teutoni şi suedezii au început să cucerească teritorii ale Novgorodului. Cetăţenii Novgorodului (care formal era o republică în acea perioadă) l-au chemat în ajutor pe Alexandru Nevski, care îşi câştigase deja o bună reputaţie de conducător de oşti, oferindu-i în anul 1236 comanda supremă a armatei lor şi titlul de Cneaz al Novgorodului.
La [[15 iulie]] 1240 Alexandru i-a învins pe suedezi în ''bătălia de pe râul Neva'', punând capăt expansiunii acestora în nordul Rusiei. Ca urmare a acestei victorii, tânărul cneaz a primit supranumele ''Nevski'' (de la râul Neva).
In the spring of 1241, the Novgorod leaders again called upon Alexander to defend them from the invading and crusading Teutonic Knights. Again he and his army stopped the invasion, this time in the famous battle on the ice during the "Battle on Lake Peipus" near [[Pskov]] on [[April 15]], 1242. By defeating, first, the Swedes and then the German Teutonic Knights, Alexander stopped their eastward expansion for several centuries. However, he fought many more battles against the Swedes, including one defeat in 1256 when they tried to block Novgorod’s access to the Baltic Sea. With the defeat of the Teutonic Knights, Alexander took to strengthening the defenses of the Russian lands in the northwest by completing a peace treaty with Norway in 1251.
După ce tatăl său, Iaroslav al II-lea Vsevolodovici a fost otrăvit în timpul unei vizite pe care a făcut-o la curtea Marelui Han mongol Güyük-Khan, Alexandru a devenit şi Mare Cneaz al Vladimirului.
In the meantime, Mongol/Tatar forces had invaded the Russian lands, sweeping through both the northern and southern regions, destroying principal cities such as Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Chernigov, Pereaslavl, and reducing Kiev to a small village. Alexander choose a course of submission and co-operation with the Tatars as he considered that resistance was hopeless. When in 1247, the Tatars came for tribute, he used his reputation as a hero of Novgorod to convince the citizens of Novgorod that submission was best under such hopeless conditions. When in 1263 a few towns refused to pay tribute to Tatar tax-collectors, Alexander made his fourth trip to the Tatar headquarters to beg the khan to stop the Tatar army that was enroute to Novgorod. While he succeeded, this was his last and most difficult of his service for his people; he died on [[November 14]], 1263 during his journey home. Upon receiving the news of his death, [[Metropolitan]] Cyril of Vladimir announced in the [[cathedral]]: ''My dear children, know that the sun of Russia has set''.