Carl Erik Mannerheim (14 December 1759 – 15 January 1837) was a Swedish–Finnish soldier, statesman and member of the Senate of Finland as its first Vice Chairman of the Economic Division, an office corresponding to that of the modern

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Biography

Carl Erik Mannerheim was born in

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the third and youngest son of the

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and the Gothenburg

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, Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778)Johan Augustin Mannerheim
(in Swedish) and his second spouse, Helene Maria Söderhjälm (1722–1793). His eldest brother was the prominent Swedish administrator Lars Augustin Mannerheim (1749–1835) and the middle brother Gustaf Johan Mannerheim (1754–1826) was the most significant ancestor of the Swedish branch of the Mannerheim family. Mannerheim studied at

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, which he left to pursue his military career. He joined the

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against the King of Sweden,

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. As a result, he was sentenced to death, however, he was pardoned. He left the army in 1795. In 1796 he married , daughter of , a wealthy general and governor of

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1790–1806. In 1809 Mannerheim became a member of the

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and took part in the creation of Grand Duchy's institutions. He was the main figure in the Finnish delegation sent to the Russian Emperor that discussed Finland's future within the tsar's realm. He became the first Vice Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate of Finland in 1822 and served until 1826. He was a great grandfather of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

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* http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=2222# {{DEFAULTSORT:Mannerheim, Carl Erik Finnish senators People from Säter Municipality 1759 births 1837 deaths Finnish people of Swedish descent Mannerheim family Swedish emigrants to Finland 18th-century Finnish nobility 19th-century Finnish nobility