Ivan Trubetskoy Explained

Ivan Trubetskoy
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:1652
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Death Date:12 February 1700
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting Place:Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Serviceyears:1680–1700
Office1:Governor of Moscow
Term Start1:23 May 1739
Term End1:23 December 1739
Predecessor1:Ivan Baryatinsky
Successor1:Karl Biron
Rank:Field Marshal
Awards:Order of St. Andrew
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Parents:Yuriy Trubetskoy

Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy (Russian: Иван Юрьевич Трубецкой; 28 June 1667  - 27 January 1750) was a Russian field marshal, promoted in 1728. The 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 of the House of Romanov. Made a boyar in 1692, Trubetskoy commanded part of the Russian fleet during the Azov campaigns in 1696. In 1699, he was named governor of Novgorod. Trubetskoy ordered surrender during the Battle of Narva in 1700. He was captured and held prisoner in Sweden until exchanged in 1718. At the moment of death he remain the last living boyar in Russia.Elisabeth made him member of the renewed Senate.