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Herman von Wrangel was born in Livonia. He came to Sweden around 1608. In 1612, he participated in the Kalmar War against Denmark. In 1619, Wrangel was commander of Älvsborg fortress. He was appointed Field Marshal in 1621, Privy Councillor in 1630, and Governor General of Swedish Livonia in 1643. [1] [2]
Apr 30, 2022 · Ellistfer. Fältmarskalk, ståthållare, generalguvernör, riksråd. Herman Wrangel (1584 or 1587 – December 11, 1643) was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction. He was appointed Field Marshal in 1621, Privy Councillor in 1630, and Governor General of Livonia in 1643. He was also the father of Carl Gustaf Wrangel.
Wrangel family. The House of Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian Вра́нгель) is a Baltic German noble family, [1] whose members have also been included in Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Prussian nobility. The family's earliest known patrilineal ancestor is the knight Eilardus (1241†).
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- Medieval Livonia
- Eilardus (1241†)
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Wrangel was born on 30 March 1859 in Klara Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the third son of the then lieutenant, later colonel Erik Fredrik Wrangel (1816–1896) and his wife Katarina Maria Gustafva Ehrenstam, a daughter of minister Johan Fredrik Ehrenstam and his wife (née af Trolle). Through this mother, Herman Wrangel had naval ancestry: before his app...
Military career
Wrangel was promoted to sub-lieutenant (löjtnant) in 1883 and two years later he was called up for service in the General Staff and continued partly there, partly in the Fleet Staff until 1889, when at the same time as his appointment as captain he was commanded to serve as an adjutant in the Military Office of the Ministry for Naval Affairs, which position he held until 1891. In the spring of 1889 he was also posted as a substitute teacher on board cadet ships and maintained this position fo...
Political career
Wrangel was a member of the Upper House of the Riksdag (where he belonged the National Party) from 1909 to 1910 for Blekinge County and from 1914 to 1919 for Gothenburg and Bohus County and including a member of the Committee on Defence in 1914, of the select committee no 2 in 1915, no 1 in 1917 and in 1918 as well as of the Committee of Supply (Statsutskottet) in 1918 and in 1919. Within the Riksdag, Wrangel worked for the strengthening of the defence (especially the navy) and for the increa...
Wrangel married on 19 December 1883 in Karlskrona City Parish (Karlskrona stads församling) to Gertrud Hallberg (25 May 1862 in Karlskrona – 17 March 1914 in Skeppsholms Parish, Stockholm), the daughter of the vicar August Ferdinand Hallberg and Marie Charlotte Crona. Wrangel married on 7 March 1922 in Stockholm (Västerhaninge Parish, Stockholm Cou...
Fleet
1. 1879-10-17 – Acting sub-lieutenant 2. 1883-04-27 – Sub-lieutenant 3. 1889-10-25 – Lieutenant 4. 1900-12-31 – Lieutenant commander 5. 1903-12-31 – Commander 6. 1907-10-11 – Captain
Coastal Artillery
1. 1909-08-13 – Major general 2. 1916-08-16 – Lieutenant general
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword(6 June 1917)Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword(6 June 1911)Knight of the Order of the Sword(1 December 1899)Knight of the Order of the Polar Star(18 September 1897)Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences(1st class 1899; 2nd class 1909)Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences(1890)Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1909)Member of the Royal Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History (Kungliga Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia) (1907)Wrangel, Herman (1892). Svenska örlogsflottan 1719 och dess förhållande till ryssarnas härjningar (in Swedish). Stockholm. SELIBR 8218203.Wrangel, Herman (1894). Sjövapnets betydelse i fosterlandets försvar. Svenska nationalföreningens skrifter, 99-2041721-1 ; 3 (in Swedish). Stockholm. SELIBR 8226012.Wrangel, Herman (1897). Lärobok i teoretisk och praktisk navigation (in Swedish). Gothenburg: Zachrissons boktr. SELIBR 10035200.Wrangel, Herman (1910). Lärobok i teoretisk och praktisk navigation (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Gothenburg. SELIBR 8222437.The Wrangel family soon established themselves among the elite of Swedish society. It was no coincidence that this was a family with both military successes and a strategic marriage policy. In the 1860s, Herman Wrangel had a rapid military career, took part in wars against Denmark and Russia and was appointed commander of Kalmar Castle.
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Estonian-born German-Balitc nobleman, Captain Herman Wrangel had entered Swedish service, and in 1611 he received Skokloster as a gift from the King Karl IX. His son, the famous Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel, started to build the present castle in 1654.
Herman Wrangel, born either 1584 or 1587 in Livonia, and he died December 10, 1643. Herman Wrangel was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction. He was appointed Field Marshal in 1621, Privy Councillor in 1630, and Governor General of Livonia in 1643. He was also the father of Carl Gustaf Wrangel. Polish-Swedish War Wrangel, 1. Herman, "Nordisk familjebok" (2nd edition, 1921)
