Wrangel family
Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian Вра́нгель) is a Baltic German noble family, included in Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Prussian nobility. Its earliest known ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).
Notable members
- Herman Wrangel (ca.1584-1643), a Swedish Governor-General of Livonia, Field Marshal, and Privy Councillor
- 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
- 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 Nikolayevich Wrangel (Peter von Wrangel, 1878–1928), a leader of the White Army during the Russian Civil War
- Alexander Evstafiyevich Wrangel (1804–1880), Baron, Russian infantry general
- Alexander Egorovich Wrangell (1833–1915), Baron, Russian diplomat
- Wilhelm Bernhard Friedrich von Wrangel (Vasili Vasiliyevich Wrangel, 1797–1872), Baron, Imperial Russian Navy admiral
- Vasili 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
- 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
- Michael von Wrangel (Mihhail Yegorovich Wrangel, 1803–1868), Russian General-Lieutenant, Governor of Livland
- Vasili Georgiyevich Wrangel (1862–1901), composer
- Margarethe Mathilde von Wrangell (1877–1932), the first female full professor at a German university (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart)
- Nikolai Egorovich Wrangel (1847-1920), Baron, author of memoirs, "From Serfdom to Bolshevism"
- Nikolai Nikolayevich Wrangel (1880–1915)
- Hans Olaf von Wrangel (1928–2009), Baron, German parliamentarian
See also
External links
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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