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  Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613-1676), Swedish soldier, was descended from a family of Estonian origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany.
Karl Gustav was born near Uppsala on December 23, 1613 and at the age of twenty distinguished himself as a cavalry captain in the war against the Army of the League.
Under Wrangel and Turenne the allied Swedish and French armies marched and fought in Bavaria and Württemberg.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Karl_Gustav_von_Wrangel.html   (281 words)

  
 Ryttaren
1646 utnämndes Wrangel till överbefälhavare i Tyskland och blev medlem i riksrådet. Efter Westfaliska freden 1648 utnämndes han till generalguvernör i Pommern.
Carl Gustaf Wrangel vistades i Leiden och andra städer i Holland.
För den unge Wrangel stod det tidigt klart att han måste tillägna sig ridkonsten för att motsvara omvärldens förväntningar på en adelsman.
www.lsh.se /skokloster/ridkonst/ryttaren.html   (449 words)

  
  Carl Gustaf Wrangel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Herman Wrangel and was descended from a family of Baltic German origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany.
Carl Gustaf was born near Uppsala and at the age of twenty distinguished himself as a cavalry captain in the war against the Army of the League.
Under Wrangel and Turenne the allied Swedish and French armies marched and fought in Bavaria and Württemberg.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Wrangel   (380 words)

  
 Carl Gustav Wrangel - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
Unter Wrangels Befehl wurde 1641 ein Angriff der kaiserlichen Truppen unter Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm und Piccolomini bei Wolfenbüttel siegreich abgewehrt.
Zunächst zog Wrangel nach Hessen, eroberte Höxter und Paderborn und vereinigte sich schließlich bei Gießen mit Turenne, der trotz aller Finessen der Diplomatie nicht passiv bleiben konnte.
Seinen letzten Feldzug unternahm Wrangel 1674 gegen den Kurfürsten von Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm.
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 - Svenska slott, herrgårdar, borgar & fästningar | historiesajten
Det kom att bli Carl Gustaf som byggde upp det Skokloster med det utseende som vi i idag kan se.
När Herman Wrangel avled 1643 begravdes han i Skokloster kyrka - och sonen Carl Gustaf (30) ärvde Skokloster.
I mitten av 1660-talet lät Wrangel iordningställa sitt stora bibliotek, och vid hans död omfattade boksamlingen cirka 2,400 böcker.
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Nach Banérs Tod übernahm Wrangel (mit zwei weiteren Feldherrn) als Generalmajor zeitweilig den Heeresbefehl über die schwedischen Truppen, solange der neue Oberbefehlshaber, Torstenson, sich noch in Schweden aufhielt.
Wrangel vertrieb zunächst 1657 die Dänen aus dem Herzogtum Bremen, kämpfte in Jütland, Holstein und eroberte Friedrichsöde.
In den Jahren 1660 bis 1665 ließ Wrangel in Stralsund in der dortigen Heilgeiststraße sein ''Wrangelsches Palais'' errichten.
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 Herman Wrangel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herman Wrangel (1584 or 1587-1643) was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction.
He was appointed Field Marshal in 1621, Privy Councillor in 1630, and Governor General of Livonia in 1643.
He was also the father of Carl Gustaf Wrangel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herman_Wrangel   (97 words)

  
 Nordisk Museologi Summaries 1994/1
The owner was count Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613-1676), Admiral of the Realm, later Marchal of the Realm, proprietor of large landed estates round the Baltic, Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania, Chancellor of the University of Greifswald etc.
Wrangel's Skokloster can be regarded as a sort of memory theatre, or can at least be understood in connection with the art of memory tradition.
Wrangel filled Skokloster with symbols of the world, the seasons, the four continents, etc. Twenty rooms were named after European towns.
www.nordiskmuseologi.com /Summaries/941Summaries.html   (1693 words)

  
 Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613-1676), Swedish soldier, was descended from a family of Estonian origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany.
Karl Gustav was born near Uppsala on December 23, 1613 and at the age of twenty distinguished himself as a cavalry captain in the war against the Army of the League.
At the outbreak of a fresh Polish war[?] in 1655 Wrangel commanded a fleet, but in 1656 he was serving on land again and commanding, along with the Great Elector of Brandenburg, in the three days battle of Warsaw.
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 Byggnader - Sveriges Domstolar
Carl Gustaf Wrangel var urtypen för den svenska stormaktsadeln, kanske den rikaste, krigare och ämbetsman i ett.
För Wrangel var Sparres palats för enkelt, ett nytt skulle byggas.
De lyhörda uppfattar hur Gustaf III:s mördare Jakob Johan Anckarström suckar i fängelsehålan i källaren där han satt under rättegången vid Svea hovrätt som ändade i hans avrättning.
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 Encyclopedia: List of Swedish military commanders
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (March 31, 1757 – August 19, 1814) was a Swedish courtier and diplomat.
Georg Carl von Döbeln Döbeln at Jutas by Albert Edelfelt Baron Georg Carl von Döbeln (April 29, 1758-16 February 1820) was a Swedish soldier.
King Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway, or domestically Karl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 – March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte (1711–1780), procurator at Pau, and Jeanne St....
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Skokloster - Carl Gustaf Wrangel’s castle on the shores of Lake Mälaren Come on in to the 17th century, Sweden’s Age of Greatness, and to one of the most evocative and astonishing milieus anywhere...
The owner was count Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613-1676), Admiral of the Realm, later Marchal of the Realm, proprietor of large landed estates round the Baltic, Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania...
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 Carl Henrik Wrangel -- Carl Henrik Wrangel, född 28 januari 1681, död 23 mar...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Carl Henrik Wrangel -- Carl Henrik Wrangel, född 28 januari 1681, död 23 mar...
Carl Henrik Wrangel, född 28 januari 1681, död 23 mars 1755, friherre Wrangel af Adinal, militär, fältmarskalk.
Son till Reinhold Wrangel, far till Georg Gustaf Wrangel af Adinal, brorson till Didrik Wrangel af Adinal.
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 Wrangel af Salmis nr 13 - Adelsvapen-Wiki
Grevliga ätten Wrangel af Salmis nr 13 †
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, greve Wrangel af Salmis, född 1613.
Efter Carl Gustafs död blef han öfverbefälhafvare i Danmark.
www.adelsvapen.com /genealogi/Wrangel_af_Salmis_nr_13   (656 words)

  
 Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Wrangel began his military career in Germany during the Thirty Years' War and by 1638 was a major general.
Although appointed vice admiral in 1653, Wrangel achieved most success with the land forces in the First Northern War (1655-60).
During Charles XI's minority, Wrangel sat on the Regency Council (1660-72), first as grand admiral and (from 1664) as grand marshal and president of the War Board.
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/30/Sweden/wrangel.html   (194 words)

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