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The Wrangel family (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel; Russian: Врангель) is a Baltic German noble family with branches in several countries. Members of the family have also been part of the Swedish, Russian, Spanish, and Prussian nobility.
The family's earliest known patrilineal ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).
Overview
The most prominent member of the family is perhaps Ferdinand von Wrangel, an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, Arctic explorer, and governor of Russian Alaska. Another notable family member, Herman Wrangel, served as governor-general of Livonia.
Branches
= Swedish branch
=The family was naturalized in 1772 and introduced in 1776 with number 2092 at the House of Nobility.
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)
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"
Nikolai Alexandrovitch Von Wrangel of Terpelitzy
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
[Николай Александрович|Nikolai Nikolayevich Wrangel] (1880–1915)
Olaf von Wrangel (1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian
George Wrangell (1903–1969), American advertising model
See also
List of Swedish noble families
References
Further reading
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.
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