Wrangel family
Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian Вра́нгель) is a Baltic German noble family, included in Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Prussian nobility. Its earliest known ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).
Notable members[]
- Herman Wrangel (ca.1584-1643), a Swedish Governor-General of Livonia, Field Marshal, and Privy Councillor
- Carl Henrik Wrangel (1681–1755), a Swedish Field Marshal
- Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613–1676), a Swedish soldier and Privy Councillor (son of Herman Wrangel)
- from Addinal (, 1736–1813), Russian General-Lieutenant
- Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel (1784-1877), a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army.
- Ferdinand von Wrangel (Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, 1797–1870), Imperial Russian Navy admiral, Arctic explorer, Governor of Russian Alaska
- (, 1844–1919)
- Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Peter von Wrangel, 1878–1928), a leader of the White Army during the Russian Civil War
- (Alexander Evataiyevich Wrangel, 1804–1880), Baron, Russian infantry general
- (1833–1915), Baron, Russian diplomat
- (, 1797–1872), Baron, Imperial Russian Navy admiral
- (1816–1860)
- (, 1784–1841)
- (, 1794–1874), Baron Russian cavalry general
- (1812-1899), Prussian Infantry General
- (, 1797–1884), Russian General of Artillery
- (1800–1872), Baron, Russian infantry general
- (, 1803–1868)
- Karl Gustav von Wrangel (, 1742–1824), Russian infantry general.
- (, 1827–1875), Russian senator
- Baroness (or Vrangel) (1835-1906) Russian painter
- (, 1803–1868), Russian General-Lieutenant, Governor of Livland
- (1862–1901), composer
- Margarethe Mathilde von Wrangell (1877–1932), the first female full professor at a German university (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart)
- (Nikolai Yegorovich Wrangel, 1847-1920), Baron, author of memoirs, "From Serfdom to Bolshevism"
- Herman Wrangel (1857–1934), Swedish Count, diplomat, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Herman Wrangel (1859–1938), Swedish lieutenant general
- (1864–1945), Swedish major general
- (1880–1915)
- (1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian
See also[]
External links[]
Baensch, Henry von (1887). Geschichte der Familie von Wrangel vom Jahre 1250 bis auf die Gegenwart [History of the von Wrangel family from 1250 to the present] (in German). Adamant Media Corporation. ISBN 1-4212-4594-9. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
Categories:
- Wrangel family
- Swedish noble families
- German noble families
- Russian noble families
- Baltic nobility
- Baltic-German people