The House of Trubetskoy, (; ; ; Ruthenian: ''Trubetsky''; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a Russian

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family of Ruthenian stock and Lithuanian origin, like many other

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ly houses of

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, later prominent in Russian history, science, and arts. They are descended from

Algirdas Algirdas (; , ; – May 1377) was List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his brother Kęstutis (who defended the western border of the Duchy) he created an empire stretching from the pre ...

's son

Demetrius I Starshy Dmitry the Older or Dmitry of Bryansk (, , died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the Lithuanian Duke of Bryansk from 1356 to 1379 and from 1388 to 1399. Dmitry was the second eldest son of Algirdas, the Grand Duke of Lithu ...

(1327 – 12 August 1399). They used the

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coat of arms and the Trubetsky coat of arms.

Sovereign rule

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s Troubetzkoy descend from

, one of

's sons, who ruled the

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s of

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and

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. He was killed together with his elder sons in the

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(1399). Demetrius's descendants continued to rule the town of Trubetsk (Troubchevsk) until the 1530s, when they had to convert to

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or leave their patrimony and settle in Moscow. They chose the latter, and were accepted with great ceremony at the

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Time of Troubles

Undoubtedly, the most prominent of early Troubetzkoys was Prince Dmitry Timofeievich Troubetzkoy, who helped Prince

Dmitry Pozharsky Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky ( rus, Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Tsardom of Russia, Russian prince known for his ...

to raise a volunteer army and deliver Moscow from the

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in 1612. The

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over, Dmitry was addressed by people as "Liberator of the Motherland" and asked to accept the

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's throne. He contented himself, however, with the governorship of

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and the title of the

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(''derzhavets'') of Shenkursk. Prince Dmitry died on May 24, 1625, and was interred in the

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. Quite different was a stance of his first cousin, Prince Wigund-Jeronym Troubetzkoy. He supported the Poles and followed them to

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after the

. Here his descendants were given enviable positions at the

and married into other princely families of Poland. By the 1660s, however, the only Troubetzkoy left, Prince Yuriy Troubetzkoy, returned to Moscow and was given a

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title by Tsar

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of the

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. All the branches of the family descend from his marriage to Princess Irina Galitzina.

Members

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* Prince Alexis S. Troubetzkoy, 1934–2017, historian, educator * Princess Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy, 1863–1945, American novelist, poet, playwright, married to Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, artist (1864-1936) * Prince Dmitrii Timofeyevich Troubetzkoy, d. 1625, Savior of the Motherland during the

* Prince Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy, 1863–1920, religious philosopher, professor, publicist, lawyer, public figure. * Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy (Moscow, 23 August 1912, Paris, France – 20 December 2008), driver of the first

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to compete in

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. Fourth husband of the American heiress

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. * Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy, 1667–1750, Russian field marshal, Boyar * Prince Nikita Yurievich Trubetskoy, 1699–1767, Russian statesman, Field Marshal * Prince Nikolai Sergeyevich Troubetzkoy (Moscow, April 16, 1890 –

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, June 25, 1938) Russian linguist, historian. * Prince

Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy (; 1828–1900) was a Privy Counsellor and Chamberlain of the Russian Imperial Court. A relative of the Decembrist revolt, Decembrist Prince Sergei Petrovich Troubetzkoy, he served as the President of the M ...

, 1828–1900, father of

Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy (; 4 August ld Style and New Style dates, O. S. 23 June1862 – 23 September 1905) was a List of Russian philosophers, Russian Christian philosophy, religious philosopher. He was the son of Prince Nikolai P ...

and Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy, co-founder and Chairman of the

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in Moscow, co-founder of the

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* Prince

Paolo Troubetzkoy Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (also known as Pavel or Paul; ; Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 — Pallanza, 12 February 1938) was an Italian sculptor of Russian origin who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing scu ...

( Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 –

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, 12 February 1938), artist, sculptor * Prince Pyotr Petrovich Troubetzkoy, 1822–1892, Russian diplomat, botanist, father of

and Pierre Troubetzkoy. * Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy (1864-1936), artist and second husband of Amélie Rives * Prince

, 1862–1905, Russian religious philosopher, first elected Rector of Moscow University * Prince Sergei Petrovich Troubetzkoy, August 29, 1790 – November 22, 1860,

Decembrist The Decembrist revolt () was a failed coup d'état led by Liberalism, liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire. It took place in Saint Petersburg on , following the death of Alexander I of Russia, Emperor Alexander ...

Wladimir Troubetzkoy Wladimir Troubetzkoy (10 October 1942 – 2 June 2009) was a French literary historian of Polish-Belarusian-Russian origin. Growing up as a member of the aristocratic Russian family Troubetzkoy in exile in France, but speaking the Russian languag ...

, 10 October 1942 – 2 June 2009, French literary historian * Prince Youcca Troubetzkoy, also Nicolas Barclay, George Fairwood, (December 12, 1905 – April 22, 1992) French-American actor. * Prince Yuriy Petrovich Trubetskoy, 1643–1679, Ruthenian prince, Boyar * Prince Yuri Yurievich Trubetzkoy, 1668–1739, Russian General, Senator

References

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