Wrangel family


The Wrangel family is a Baltic German noble family with branches in several countries. Members of the family have also been part of the Swedish noble families|Swedish], Russian, Spanish, and Prussian nobility.
The family's earliest known patrilineal ancestor is the knight Eilardus.

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 Russian Navy">Russian nobility">Russian Navy, Arctic explorer, and governor of Russian Alaska, and Herman Wrangel, who 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