Carl Erik Mannerheim
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Carl Erik Mannerheim [ ˈmɑnːɛrhɛim ] (born December 14, 1759 in Säter , † January 15, 1837 in Turku ) was a Finnish military and politician. He is seen as one of the pioneers of Finland's independence.
Carl Erik Mannerheim was a son of the baron and colonel Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778) and his wife Helena Maria Söderhielm (1722–1793), a daughter of Lorentz Niclas Söderhielm (* 1690).
Mannerheim initially entered the Swedish military. Because of his participation in the against Gustav III. directed Anjalabund , Mannerheim was first sentenced to death, but then pardoned.
After the occupation of Finland by Tsar Alexander I in 1808, Mannerheim headed the Finnish delegation that was to negotiate Finland's future status in the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg . A year later he was appointed to the Finnish War Council and in 1816 to the governor of Turku and Pori . In 1826 Mannerheim was elected Vice President of the Finnish Senate.
Mannerheim was married to Wendela von Willebrand. One of their children was the politician and entomologist Carl Gustaf Mannerheim , who later became the grandfather of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim .
In 2009, Finland issued a stamp pad with portraits of Tsar Alexander I, Georg Magnus Sprengtporten , Carl Erik Mannerheim and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt in memory of the country's beginnings in its efforts to become independent .
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| SURNAME | Mannerheim, Carl Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish military and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Later |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1837 |
| Place of death | Turku |