Igor Troubetzkoy

Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was a French aristocrat and athlete of Russian descent. He was styled His Serene Highness, but did not use the style often.

Early life and family

Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was born on 23 August 1912 in Paris, France. He was a member of the princely Trubetskoy family. His brother, Youcca Troubetzkoy, was an actor in French films during the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

Being a good skier and athlete in younger years, Igor started automobile racing in 1947 in a Simca-Gordini, taking a bronze at the Coupe de l'Agaci.
With Count Bruno Sterzi he started the Scuderia Inter racing team in 1947 and bought three Ferrari 166 S, among the first cars made by Ferrari:

Spider Corsa, #006I open 2-seater by Allemano, cycle fenders and lamps
Spider Corsa, #010I open 1-seater track car. Igor raced this car in 1948.
Spider Sport, #001S by Allemano, open 2-seater, road-registered in which Igor won Targa Florio with Clemente Biondetti.

He retired from racing due to an accident at Circuit d'Albi. Sterzi had left the Scuderia and it ceased to exist, but the name was used for Ferrari 166 Inter, the company's first Grand Touring car.

Personal life

He was married to American heiress Barbara Hutton in March 1947 and inspired her son from an earlier marriage, Lance Reventlow, to take up racing. After his divorce from Hutton in 1951, Igor took up painting. In 1953, he fathered a son, Arnaud Marie, who in the 1970s started Troubetzkoy Paintings that makes replica paintings.