[1] Aleksandr is first mentioned in 1327 when he joined Ivan I of Moscow in a punitive expedition against Tver that was ordered by Özbeg Khan following a popular uprising against the Tatars.

[3] According to John I. L. Fennell, "Suzdal' seemed a suitable replacement for the house of Tver' as a counterbalance to the principality of Moscow" in the eyes of Özbeg.

[5][6] As grand prince, Aleksandr preferred to remain in Suzdal, the center of his appanage, which is evident from the semi-legendary account of him transferring the veche bell from the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir to Suzdal, his only independent act as grand prince:[5][7] This Prince Alexander from Vladimir took the veche bell from the Church of the Holy Mother of God to Suzdal and the bell ceased to ring as in Vladimir.

And Prince Alexander thought he had been rude to the Holy Mother of God, and he ordered it taken back to Vladimir.

[5] After his death in 1331,[a] his younger brother Konstantin inherited the principality of Suzdal, while Ivan became the sole grand prince after receiving the yarlyk (patent) from Özbeg.