Ivan Trubetskoy

Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy (Russian: Иван Юрьевич Трубецкой; 28 June 1667 – 27 January 1750 in Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery) was a Russian Field Marshal, promoted in 1728.^[1] Son of Yuriy Trubetskoy, as a member of the House of Trubetskoy, he was a member of the inner circle of Tsar Peter I of Russia.^[2] Made a boyar in 1692, Trubetskoy commanded part of the Russian fleet during the Azov campaigns in 1696.^[3] In 1699, he was named governor of Novgorod.^[3] Trubetskoy ordered surrender during the Battle of Narva in 1700.^[3] He was captured and held prisoner in Sweden until exchanged in 1718.^[1] At the moment of death he remain the last living boyar in Russia. Elisabeth made him member of the renewed Senate.^{[citation needed]}

Ivan Trubetskoy

References

1. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David; Bruce Menning (2004). Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-521-81988-1.
2. Hughes, Lindsey (2004). Peter the Great: A Biography. Yale University Press. pp. 146, 176. ISBN 0-300-10300-X.
3. Bushkovitch, Paul (2001). Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671–1725. Cambridge University Press. p. 225. ISBN 0-521-80585-6.