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 ...

noble family, whose members have also been included in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, Russian,

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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 th ...

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

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from ...

admiral,

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explorer, Governor of Russian Alaska *

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 {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Russian Civil War , partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I , image = , caption = Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist, *Soldiers ...

* 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

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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 Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * G ...

('' 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 The University of Hohenheim (german: Universität Hohenheim) is a campus university located in the south of Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818, it is Stuttgart's oldest university. Its primary areas of specialisation had traditionally be ...

, Stuttgart) * Nikolaus von Wrangel (''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 (1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian File:Wrangel Herman-Ugglan.jpg,

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Margarete von Wrangell Margarethe Mathilde von Wrangell, after 1928 Princess Andronikow, ''née'' Baroness von Wrangell (7 January 1877 in Moscow – 21 March 1932 in Hohenheim) was a Baltic German agricultural chemist and the first female full professor at a Ge ...

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Peter 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 ...

Notable members

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