Ivan Trubetskoy

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy (Template:Langx; 28 June 1667 – 27 January 1750) was a Russian field marshal, promoted in 1728.<ref name=prison/> 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.<ref name=peter/> Made a boyar in 1692, Trubetskoy commanded part of the Russian fleet during the Azov campaigns in 1696.<ref name=command/> In 1699, he was named governor of Novgorod.<ref name=command/> Trubetskoy ordered surrender during the Battle of Narva in 1700.<ref name=command/> He was captured and held prisoner in Sweden until exchanged in 1718.<ref name=prison/> At the moment of death he remain the last living boyar in Russia. Elisabeth made him member of the renewed Senate.Template:Citation needed

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