The House of Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian Вра́нгель) is a Baltic German noble family,[1] whose members have also been included in Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Prussian nobility. The family's earliest known patrilineal ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).
| Wrangel | |
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| Swedish, Baltic German, Russian, Spanish and Prussian noble family | |
_-_vapen_(Adelskalendern_1913).jpg) Coat of arms for count Wrangel | |
| Place of origin | Medieval Livonia |
| Founder | Eilardus (1241†) |
| Cadet branches | List
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Notable members edit
- 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)
- Heinrich Johann Freiherr Wrangell from Addinal (Andrei Ivanovich Wrangel, 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
- Ferdinand Georg Friedrich von Wrangel (Ferdinand Ferdinandovich Wrangel, 1844–1919)
- Pyotr Wrangel (Peter von Wrangel, 1878–1928), a leader of the White Army during the Russian Civil War
- Alexander von Wrangel (Alexander Evataiyevich Wrangel, 1804–1880), Baron, Russian infantry general
- Alexander Egorovich Wrangell (1833–1915), Baron, Russian diplomat
- Wilhelm Bernhard Friedrich von Wrangel (Vasily Vasiliyevich Wrangel, 1797–1872), Baron, Imperial Russian Navy admiral
- Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangel (1816–1860)
- Georg Gustav Ludwig von Wrangel (Yegor Vasiliyevich Wrangel, 1784–1841)
- Karl Michael von Wrangel (Karl Yegorovich Wrangel, 1794–1874), Baron Russian cavalry general
- Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Oskar von Wrangel (1812-1899), Prussian Infantry General
- Reinhold Otto Fabian von Wrangel (Roman Yegorovich Wrangel, 1797–1884), Russian General of Artillery
- Karl Karlovich Wrangel (1800–1872), Baron, Russian infantry general
- Hans Georg Hermann von Wrangel (Yegor Ermolayevich Wrangel, 1803–1868)
- Karl Gustav von Wrangel (Karl Reingoldovich Wrangel, 1742–1824), Russian infantry general.
- Georg von Wrangel (Yegor Yegorovich Wrangel, 1827–1875), Russian senator
- Baroness Helene Von Wrangel (or Vrangel) (1835-1906) Russian painter
- Michael von Wrangel (Mihhail Yegorovich Wrangel, 1803–1868), Russian General-Lieutenant, Governor of Livland
- Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangel (1862–1901), composer
- Margarethe Mathilde von Wrangell (1877–1932), the first female full professor at a German university (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart)
- Nikolaus von Wrangel (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
- Herman Wrangel (1864–1945), Swedish major general
- Nikolai Nikolayevich Wrangel (1880–1915)
- Olaf von Wrangel (1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Wrangel - Uppslagsverk - NE.se". www.ne.se. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
Further reading edit
- 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.