Karl von Wrangell
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb von Wrangell , Freiherr zu Ludenhof ( Russian Карл Карлович Врангель Karl Karlovich Wrangel ; born July 10 . Jul / 22. July 1800 greg. In Ludwinowo, Vitebsk ; † August 24 jul. / 5. September 1872 greg. in Grodno ), was a Russian infantry general .
Life
Origin and family
Karl was a member of the Swedish line of the Barons Wrangel af Ludenhof of the Baltic noble family von Wrangel . His parents were the Arrendator von Ludwinowo, Carl Gustav Friedrich Freiherr von Wrangell zu Ludenhof (1773-1813) and Christina Elisabeth, née von Wernsdorff (1778-1802). He married Caroline von Tiesenhausen (1798–1861) in Annenhof near Narwa in 1829 . The marriage resulted in five children.
Career
Wrangell attended the Jesuit school in Vitebsk from 1810 and came to the military orphanage in St. Petersburg in 1813 . In 1819 he was promoted to ensign and in 1820 he was with the Guard Jäger Regiment. From 1826 to 1829 he took part in the 41st Jäger Regiment in the Caucasus War and the Russo-Persian War . During this time he was promoted to staff captain . He was also involved in the Polish campaign in 1830. In 1834 he was promoted to colonel and in 1837 was again dispatched to the Caucasus as commander of the Yerevan Grenadier Regiment . After his promotion to major general in 1845, he became commander of the 21st Infantry Division in 1849. In 1849 he was promoted to lieutenant general and was interim corps commander on the Turkish border from 1853 to 1854 . In 1854, as commander of the Yerevan Detachment, he was able to take the Bajazet fortress . Thereupon he was at the beginning of 1855 commander of the 6th Reserve Infantry Division in the Crimea and in March of the same year commander of the Eastern Army, and in 1856 commander of the Crimean Army. In 1859 he was in command of the IV Army Corps and in 1861 the III. Army Corps in front. Also in 1861 he was promoted to general of the infantry and in July 1862 became interim supreme commander in the military district of Kiev . Since December 1862 Wrangell was a member of the Council of War and the Army Inspectorate. He concluded his career with his appointment as adjutant general to the emperor for life in 1869.
Wrangell was a bearer of the Order of St. George III. Class, the Alexander Nevsky Order , the Royal-Imperial Order of the White Eagle , the Order of St. Anne I Class, the St. Stanislaus Order I Class, the Order of St. Vladimir II Class, the Virtuti Militari , of the Golden Sword for Valor and the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class.
literature
- Henry von Baensch: History of the von Wrangel Family. Berlin / Dresden 1887, pp. 397-426
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Karl Karlovitch von Wrangel. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
- Врангель, Карл Карлович . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона , Volume 7, 1892, p. 337 (Russian)
- Wrangel af Ludenhof nr 55, TAB 10 on Adelsvapen.com (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser , 25th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1924, p. 806; Genealogical manual of the der Freiherrlichen Häuser , A4, Volume 27 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 1962, p. 472.
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| SURNAME | Wrangell, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wrangell, Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb von (full name); Врангель, Карл Карлович (Russian); Wrangel, Karl Karlowitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwinowo, Vitebsk Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1872 |
| Place of death | Grodno |