Wrangel family

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox noble houseThe Wrangel family (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel; Template:Langx) is a Baltic German noble family with branches in several countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 Pyotr Wrangel, a military officer in the Imperial Russian Army and later commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army in Southern Russia. Other notable family members include Ferdinand von Wrangel, an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, Arctic explorer, and governor of Russian Alaska, and Herman Wrangel, who served as governor-general of Livonia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Branches

Swedish branch

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Coat of arms of the Wrangel family

The family was naturalized in 1772 and introduced in 1776 with number 2092 at the House of Nobility.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Notable members

See also

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