Carl Gustaf Wrangel

Fältmarskalk Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel in 1662 by Matthäus Merian the Younger.
Born	23 December 1613 Uppsala, Sweden
Died	5 July 1676 (aged 62) Spyker on Rügen, Swedish Pomerania
Buried	Skokloster, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Rank	Field Marshal, Lord High Admiral, Lord High Constable
Commands held	Commander-in-chief of the Swedish army in Germany
Battles/wars	Thirty Years War (incl. Torstenson War) War for Bremen Second Northern War Scanian War
Other work	Count of Salmis, later Sölvesborg Freiherr of Lindeberg and Ludenhof Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania Chancellor of the University of Greifswald Supreme Judge in the Uppland
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Fältmarskalk Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676)^[1] was a Swedish statesman and military commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years' War, as well as the Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars.

A Baltic German, he held the ranks of a Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish forces in Germany (1646–1648), and Lord High Admiral of Sweden (from 1657). Wrangel was Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania (1648–1652 and 1656–1676) and, from 1664, Lord High Constable of Sweden and a member of the Privy Council. He held the title of a Count of Salmis until 1665, when he became Count of Sölvesborg. By 1673, Wrangel's title was "Count of Sölvesborg, Freiherr of Lindeberg and Ludenhof, Lord of Skokloster, Bremervörde, Wrangelsburg, Spyker, Rappin, Ekebyhov, Gripenberg and Rostorp".^{[2][nb 1]}

From 1658, Wrangel was Supreme judge in Uppland, and in 1660, he became Chancellor of the University of Greifswald. He held several estates, primarily in the Dominions of Sweden, where he constructed representative mansions: Wrangelsburg, in Pomerania, still bears his name.

Wrangel is part of the Wrangel family and was a close friend of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden.

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