The House of Trubetskoy (English), Трубецкие (Russian), Трубяцкі (
Belarusian), ''Trubecki'' (Polish), ''Trubetsky'' (
Ruthenian), Трубецький (
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
), ''Troubetzkoy'' (French), ''Trubic'' (Croatian), ''Trubetski'' (Estonian), ''Trubezkoi'' or ''Trubetzkoy'' (German), is a Russian
gentry
Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past.
Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies
''Gentry'', in its widest c ...
family of Ruthenian stock and
Lithuanian origin, like many other
prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. ...
ly houses of
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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, later prominent in Russian history, science, and arts. They are descended from
Algirdas
Algirdas ( be, Альгерд, Alhierd, uk, Ольгерд, Ольґерд, Olherd, Olgerd, pl, Olgierd; – May 1377) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He ruled the Lithuanians and Ruthenians from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his br ...
's son
Demetrius I Starshy
Dmitry the Older or Dmitry of Bryansk ( lt, Dmitrijus Algirdaitis Brianskietis, pl, Dymitr Olgierdowicz, died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the second eldest son of Algirdas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first ...
(1327 – 12 August 1399 (the
Battle of the Vorskla River
The Battle of the Vorskla River was a great battle in the medieval history of Eastern Europe. It was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. ...
)). They used the
Pogoń Litewska
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coat of arms and the
Trubetsky coat of arms
Trubetsky is a Ruthenian-Polish-Russian coat of arms. It has been used by the Trubetsky family.
History
The Trubetsky coat of arms consist of four parts:
Image:Coat of arms of Latvia.svg, Coats of arms of Latgale and Inflanty which become th ...
.
Sovereign rule
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. ...
s Troubetzkoy descend from
Demetrius I Starshy
Dmitry the Older or Dmitry of Bryansk ( lt, Dmitrijus Algirdaitis Brianskietis, pl, Dymitr Olgierdowicz, died on 12 August 1399 in the Battle of the Vorskla River) was the second eldest son of Algirdas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first ...
, one of
Algirdas
Algirdas ( be, Альгерд, Alhierd, uk, Ольгерд, Ольґерд, Olherd, Olgerd, pl, Olgierd; – May 1377) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He ruled the Lithuanians and Ruthenians from 1345 to 1377. With the help of his br ...
's sons, who ruled the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
s of
Bryansk
Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population:
Geography Urban la ...
and
Starodub
Starodub ( rus, links=no, Староду́б, p=stərɐˈdup, ''old oak'') is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the Babinets River (the Dnieper basin), southwest of Bryansk. Population: 16,000 (1975).
History
Starodub has been known ...
. He was killed together with his elder sons in the
Battle of the Vorskla River
The Battle of the Vorskla River was a great battle in the medieval history of Eastern Europe. It was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. ...
(1399). Demetrius's descendants continued to rule the town of
Trubetsk
The Principality of Trubetsk ( Russian: ''Трубецкое княжество'') was a small, landlocked Rus' principality in Eastern Europe. In the later Middle Ages it was bordered by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to its west and by Muscovy ...
(Troubchevsk) until the 1530s, when they had to
convert
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* "The Conversion" ...
to
Roman Catholicism
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or leave their
patrimony and settle in Moscow. They chose the latter, and were accepted with great ceremony at the
court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
of
Vasili III of Russia
Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the nam ...
.
Time of Troubles
Undoubtedly, the most prominent of early Troubetzkoys was Prince
Dmitry Timofeievich Troubetzkoy
Prince Dmitry Timofeyevich Troubetzkoy (died: 24 May 1625) was a Russian military and political figure during the Time of Troubles, one of the leaders in a rebellion against the Polish occupation and the leader of the Zemsky Sobor's provisional gov ...
, who helped Prince
Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky ( rus, Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadersh ...
to raise a volunteer army and deliver Moscow from the
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in ...
in 1612.
The
Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...
over, Dmitry was addressed by people as "Liberator of the Motherland" and asked to accept the
Tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...
's throne. He contented himself, however, with the governorship of
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...
and the title of the
Duke
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(''derzhavets'') of
Shenkursk. Prince Dmitry died on May 24, 1625 and was interred in the
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева ла́вра) is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Pos ...
.
Quite different was a stance of his first cousin, Prince Wigund-Jeronym Troubetzkoy. He supported the Poles and followed them to
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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after the
Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...
. Here his descendants were given enviable positions at the
court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
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
boyar
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title by Tsar
Alexis of Russia
Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...
. All the branches of the family descend from his marriage to Princess
Irina Galitzina.
Members
* Prince
Alexis S. Troubetzkoy
Alexis Sergeevich Troubetzkoy was an international author notable for his works on Russian history. He also served as the headmaster of Selwyn House School, Appleby College and the Toronto French School in Canada. He was born as a prince of the ...
, 1934–2017, historian, educator
* Princess
Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy
Princess Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (August 23, 1863 – June 15, 1945) was an American author of novels, poetry, and plays. ''The Quick or the Dead?'' (1888), her first novel, which sold 300,000 copies, created more of a sensation than any of her ...
, 1863–1945, American novelist, poet, playwright, married to Prince
Pierre Troubetzkoy
The House of Trubetskoy (English), Трубецкие (Russian), Трубяцкі (Belarusian), ''Trubecki'' (Polish), ''Trubetsky'' ( Ruthenian), Трубецький (Ukrainian), ''Troubetzkoy'' (French), ''Trubic'' (Croatian), ''Trubetski'' ( ...
, artist (1864-1936)
* Prince
Dmitrii Timofeyevich Troubetzkoy, d. 1625, Savior of the Motherland during the
Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...
* 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
Ferrari
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to compete in
Grand Prix motor racing
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. Fourth husband of the American heiress
Barbara Hutton.
* 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 –
Vienna
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, June 25, 1938) Russian linguist, historian.
* Prince
Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy, 1828–1900, father of
Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy (russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Трубецко́й; 4 August Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S._23_June.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>O._S._23_June">O ...
and
Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy, Co-founder and Chairman of the
Russian Musical Society
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in Moscow, co-founder of the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
* Prince
Paolo Troubetzkoy
Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (also known as Pavel or Paul; russian: Павел Петрович Трубецкой, translit=Pavel Petrovich Trubetskoy; Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 — Pallanza, 12 February 1938) was an artist and a sc ...
(
Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 –
Pallanza
Pallanza is a district of the Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of Verbania. It is located in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, on the bank of Lake Maggiore.
History
Pallanza was autonomous until 1939 when it was merged with Intra to form ...
, 12 February 1938), artist, sculptor
* Prince
Pyotr Petrovich Troubetzkoy, 1822–1892, Russian diplomat, botanist, father of
Paolo Troubetzkoy
Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (also known as Pavel or Paul; russian: Павел Петрович Трубецкой, translit=Pavel Petrovich Trubetskoy; Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 — Pallanza, 12 February 1938) was an artist and a sc ...
and
Pierre Troubetzkoy
The House of Trubetskoy (English), Трубецкие (Russian), Трубяцкі (Belarusian), ''Trubecki'' (Polish), ''Trubetsky'' ( Ruthenian), Трубецький (Ukrainian), ''Troubetzkoy'' (French), ''Trubic'' (Croatian), ''Trubetski'' ( ...
.
* Prince
Pierre Troubetzkoy
The House of Trubetskoy (English), Трубецкие (Russian), Трубяцкі (Belarusian), ''Trubecki'' (Polish), ''Trubetsky'' ( Ruthenian), Трубецький (Ukrainian), ''Troubetzkoy'' (French), ''Trubic'' (Croatian), ''Trubetski'' ( ...
(1864-1936), artist
* Prince
Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy (russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Трубецко́й; 4 August Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S._23_June.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>O._S._23_June">O ...
, 1862–1905, Russian religious philosopher, first elected Rector of Moscow University
* Prince
Sergei Petrovich Troubetzkoy
Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy (russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Трубецко́й; 29 August 1790 – 22 November 1860) was one of the organizers of the Decembrist movement. Close to Nikita Mikhailovich Muravyov in his views, he ...
, August 29, 1790 – November 22, 1860,
Decembrist
The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
*
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
External links
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