Yakov Fyodorovich Dolgorukov

He was the first Russian ambassador to serve at the court of Louis XIV of France.^[6]

In November 1700, he was serving with the forces of the Tsar at the battle of Narva but was captured and spent some 11 years in a Swedish prison.^[6][7]

On his return to Russia in 1712 he was appointed a senator in the Governing Senate.^[6]

In 1715, during an investigation of financial fraud in the court of the Tsar, he accused Alexander Danilovich Menshikov of corruption.^[8] The Tsar forgave Menshikov but Yakov and Menshikov became great rivals.^[8]

He died in 1720 at age 81.^[9]

• Massie, Robert K. (2022-05-12). Peter the Great. Apollo. ISBN 978-1-80110-277-3.