Alexis Sergeevich Troubetzkoy was an international author notable for his works on Russian history.

He was born as a prince of the Trubetskoy family, to parents Prince Serge Grigorievich Troubetzkoy and Princess Lubov Alexeevna Obolensky.

He taught at Bishop's College School and served in the Royal Canadian Navy for 8 years.

[2][3] He also helped the International Orthodox Christian Charities gain the release of two of their workers taken hostage.

His obituary in the Montreal Gazette mentioned among his published books Imperial Legend: the Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I; A brief history of the Crimean War; Arctic Obsession: the Lure of the Far North; The St. Petersburg Connection.