One commander of at this battle was the brother of Albert of Riga and the progenitor of the House of Buxhoeveden, while the opposing commander's grandfather had an epithet meaning "The Big Nest".
One commander of at this battle was the brother of Albert of Riga and the progenitor of the House of Buxhoeveden, while the opposing commander's grandfather had an epithet meaning "The Big Nest". The Rhymed Chronicle mentioned that the losing side had only one knight for every sixty of the victors' Mongol horse archers, and the victorious forces at this battle held a position called Raven's Rock. Other forces in this battle included mercenaries supposedly commanded by two Danish princes and a group of bodyguards led by the winning commander's brother (*) Andrei. The losing forces at this battle had recently been driven out of Pskov and were commanded by Prince-Bishop Herman of Dorpat, whose forces probably did NOT drown as popular culture may attest. For 10 points, name this 1242 battle immortalized in a film by Sergei Eisenstein, in which the Teutonic Knights were defeated by Alexander Nevsky at a particularly frigid location.
One commander of at this battle was the brother of Albert of Riga and the progenitor of the House of Buxhoeveden, while the opposing commander's grandfather had an epithet meaning "The Big Nest".
Battle on the {Ice} [or the Battle of Lake {Peipus}]