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Carl Gustaf Wrangel

1613 - 1676

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Fältmarskalk Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Gustaf Wrangel is the 602nd most popular military personnel (down from 567th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 200th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Gustaf Wrangel ranks 602 out of 2,058. Before him are Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, David Elazar, Yu Jin, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Artaphernes, and Aleksei Antonov. After him are Harpagus, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Oda Nobuhide, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Alexander von Kluck, and Živojin Mišić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Carl Gustaf Wrangel ranks 8. Before him are André Le Nôtre, Gerrit Dou, Claude Perrault, Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, and John George II, Elector of Saxony. After him are Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mattia Preti, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Bartholomeus van der Helst, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1676, Carl Gustaf Wrangel ranks 12. Before him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, and Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria. After him are Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Francis I Rákóczi, Paul Gerhardt, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Abraham Bosse, and Jean Desmarets.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Gustaf Wrangel ranks 227 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Asplund (1885), Sven Nykvist (1922), Jo Bonnier (1930), Maud Adams (1945), PewDiePie (1989), and Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539). After him are Stefan Edberg (1966), Gustaf de Laval (1845), Stenkil (1030), Lena Olin (1955), Dead (1969), and Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Sweden

Among military personnels born in Sweden, Carl Gustaf Wrangel ranks 3. Before him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), and Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755). After him are Johan Banér (1596), Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592), Magnus Stenbock (1664), Henri Saint Cyr (1902), Hans von Rosen (1888), and Gustaf Dyrssen (1891).

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