Wrangel (sometimes

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as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian ''Вра́нгель'') is a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

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family, whose members have also been included in

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and

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. The family's earliest known patrilineal ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).

Notable members

Herman Wrangel Herman Wrangel (born 1584/1587 – 10 December 1643) was a Swedish military officer and politician of Baltic German extraction. Biography Herman von Wrangel was born in Livonia. He came to Sweden around 1608. In 1612, he participated in the ...

(ca.1584-1643), a Swedish Governor-General of

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

, Field Marshal, and Privy Councillor *

Carl Henrik Wrangel Carl Henrik Wrangel, friherre Wrangel af Adinal (28 January 1681 – 23 March 1755) was an officer of the Swedish Army, attaining the rank of Field Marshal. Biography He was born in Haapsalu in Swedish Estonia as the son of Reinhold Wrangel. ...

(1681–1755), a

Field Marshal *

Carl Gustaf Wrangel '' Fältmarskalk'' Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish Statesman and Military Commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Nort ...

(1613–1676), a

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 ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (from Old High German ''marahscalc'', "marshal, stable master, groom"; en, general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal; ; often abbreviated to ''Feldmarschall'') was a rank in the armies of several ...

'' of the

Prussian Army The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, german: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power. The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...

. *

Ferdinand von Wrangel Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (russian: Барон Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, tr. ; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint ...

(''Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel'', 1797–1870),

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admiral,

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explorer, Governor of

Russian Alaska Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...

Ferdinand Georg Friedrich von Wrangel Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

(''

Ferdinand Ferdinandovich Wrangel Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

'', 1844–1919) *

Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (russian: Пётр Никола́евич барон Вра́нгель, translit=Pëtr Nikoláevič Vrángel', p=ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ, german: Freiherr Peter Nikolaus von Wrangel; April 25, 1928), also known by his ni ...

(Peter von Wrangel, 1878–1928), a leader of the

White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв� ...

during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

* 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 may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

('' 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

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* 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 (

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, Stuttgart) *

Nikolaus von Wrangel Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

(''Nikolai Yegorovich Wrangel, 1847-1920), Baron, author of memoirs, "From Serfdom to Bolshevism" *

(1857–1934), Swedish Count, diplomat, Minister for Foreign Affairs *

(1859–1938), Swedish lieutenant general *

(1864–1945), Swedish major general * Nikolai Nikolayevich Wrangel (1880–1915) *

Olaf von Wrangel Olaf von Wrangel (July 20 1928, Tallinn (Reval), Estonia – September 29 2009, Aumühle, Germany) was a German journalist, radio- and television correspondent and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Life He was a ...

(1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian File:Wrangel Herman-Ugglan.jpg,

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File:Margarete von Wrangell.jpg, Margarete von Wrangell File:Pyotr Wrangel, portrait medium.jpg, Peter Wrangel

Notable members

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